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Assertive Slide Titles to Guide Your Presentation
…you were trying to say. And after all, isn’t audience comprehension the point of presentations? For more information and useful presentation tips, check out “The Craft of Scientific Presentations” by…
Read MoreHow to Reconcile Being an “Aspie” and a Scientist
…But I somehow managed to deal with this by training a lot and planning my presentations carefully. Furthermore, PowerPoint presentations are a great help. They provide guidance to your talk,…
Read MoreA Quick Guide to Organizing Your First Academic Event
…event for a starting point.Enhance your chance of securing industry funding by allotting some time and space for industry presentations or demos. If your event includes a competition (e.g., student…
Read MoreAlternatives to presenting your science with Powerpoint
…contains a Powerpoint equivalent called Impress that you can use to make presentations and pdfs LaTeX lets you make pdfs only. In general, saving your presentations in pdf format allows…
Read MoreTips on Receiving and Applying Constructive Feedback for Scientists
…an open mind and a good attitude when receiving feedback on your performance is fundamental to personal and professional progress. Feedback can be uncomfortable—for both the person giving it and…
Read More15 Top Tips to Giving a Great Talk
…have come a long way. And so, almost 4 years down the line, having given a number scientific presentations and having listened to quite a few, I realized there are…
Read MoreBanish Those Insecurities: Tips on Giving Scientific Talks
…need to take some initiative to improve our presentations. One of the hardest things is trying to deal with those little voices in our heads that express our insecurities. Here…
Read More10 Ideas for Researchers Working from Home
…for some links. 5. Practice Your Presentations Many researchers fear presentations, but they are a staple of science life from lab meetings to conferences. You need to be able to…
Read MoreHow to Become a World Class Speaker
…take you out of your comfort zone and allow you to develop faster than giving similar lab meeting presentations week on week ever could. The 10 speeches are: The Ice-breaker….
Read MoreAccessibility in Science: How Can We Make Science More Accessible?
…what immediate actions can you take? We’ve listed some suggestions below: Consider color blindness and neurodivergency in your presentations. Consider using fonts suitable for dyslexic readers in your presentations and…
Read MoreBuild a CV You Can Be Proud Of – Part I: Communication Skills
…by 3%… they don’t need to know every teeny detail about how you got there. Make sure you pitch it at the right level. Presenting to Academics & Industry Presentations…
Read MoreTalking When Terrified: Tips for a Nervous Presenter
When I was in school, I absolutely hated giving talks. I was a really nervous presenter, my heart would start beating faster, my face would go red, my hands would…
Read MoreHow to Give an Incredible Scientific Talk
Committee meeting approaching? 10 minute department seminar? Lab meeting? Fear not! My adviser has insulted my presentations so regularly, that I’ve finally learned some things. Hopefully, I can head your…
Read MoreHow to Present Successfully at Conferences
The very idea of standing up and giving an oral presentation at a conference gives even the most confident of us butterflies. Additionally, I don’t know many scientists who find…
Read More10 Tips on Writing a Research Poster
…your work is generally much less daunting in the one-to-one and small group situations provided by poster presentations, and they give you a chance to gauge your audience’s reaction in…
Read MoreCareers for Scientists – Medical Writer
…thorough grounding in communicating research effectively through presentations, posters and manuscripts so by the time it came to writing my thesis, I (quite unexpectedly) found it to be a logical…
Read MoreHow to Choose the Right PhD Lab
…delivering presentations. Besides your lab mates, the history of funding, the funding of your project, presence of necessary equipment (you might not like visiting a collaborator’s lab situated 20-miles away…
Read MoreThe Art and Science of Figure Creation: Think BIG to see Small
…film. Slide presentations were slides. Micrographs were, well, micrographs on film. Figure creation involved several steps: figures for publications had to be mocked up; then photographed using film cameras and…
Read MoreHow to Have a Successful Lab Outreach Program
…inferior. Always keep in mind the knowledge base of the visiting students and adjust your presentations accordingly. Talking about things they understand and giving them just a little taste of…
Read MoreJournal Club: How to Prepare Effectively and Smash Your Presentation
…wrong. Poorly explained papers dictated blandly to an unengaged audience. Confusing heaps of data shoehorned into long presentations. Everybody stood awkwardly outside a meeting room you thought would be free….
Read More5 Top Tips for Surviving Your First Conference
…to see presentations from the major players in your chosen field. Now you’ll probably have all sorts of frivolous reasons for not wanting to go to a conference, you don’t…
Read MoreWhy You Need To Mentor, No Matter What Your Level
…connected to the “real world” by forcing social interaction and challenging your prowess as a leader. Mentoring will also keep you primed for giving lectures, presentations, and engaging in seminars….
Read More15 Ways to Make Contacts at Conferences
…of people will want to ask you about your work. Check out these articles on writing posters and giving presentations. 10. Have a networking strategy for mixer sessions. Scan the…
Read MoreThe Importance of Delegation for Scientists
…data analysis or making figures. Figure out what other people love to do, and consider giving them opportunities to do those things. Delegating to Someone in Another Lab Sometimes there’s…
Read MoreHow to Share Your Lab Protocols and Why It Benefits You
…always check with your PI before sharing a lab protocol outside of your lab. Giving someone a printed copy and walking them through the protocol allows them to ask you…
Read More10 Signs You’ll Like Working in Biotech
…you like to travel, you will be doing a lot of handshaking, networking, and presentations, so being comfortable in groups is important. 8. Can you multitask? Not everyone likes to…
Read MoreUnveiling the new high-resolution INFINITY3-6UR Camera
…can zoom in on a small region-of-interest in your image (such as a single cell in a field with many cells) while retaining an excellent quality for presentations or publications….
Read MoreChemDraw: a Versatile Molecule Sketching Tool for (Bio)Chemists
Have you ever wondered how to make professional, easy-to-understand figures of molecules for presentations or publications? While several programs exist for this purpose, ChemDraw is like the Swiss Army knife…
Read MoreHow to Write a Killer Research Interest Statement
…as papers, presentations, awards, and grants. An important tip: your statement will be more powerful if you place your work in a broader context. Let your reader visualize the ‘big…
Read More10 Great Tips To Make A Good Impression At Your Interview
…remember to add how you have overcome any weaknesses using examples, e.g. if you’re nervous speaking in front of groups, mention how you attended a course on PowerPoint presentations/public speaking…
Read MoreA Picture Speaks a Thousand Words – Making Diagrams Simple
…know use Microsoft’s PowerPoint to create diagrams and there are obvious benefits for using this software – it’s easy to include in presentations, many people already have access to this…
Read MoreThe Multi-skilled Scientist: Key Skills for All Scientists to Master
…add flair and personality to your argument – you may not always win, but you will definitely get your point across. Presenting Presentations in science are something that everybody dreads,…
Read MoreTop 10 websites to help you with your PCR experiments
…You can also use Serial Cloner to prepare plasmid maps and diagrams of cloning setups to help in your presentations and reports. The majority of molecular biologists I know swear…
Read MoreHow to manage scientific data: Electronic lab notebooks compared with Google Docs and wikis
…online working environment, Google Docs consists of a series of discrete items – documents, spreadsheets, presentations, etc., which are created or imported by individuals. The collaborative aspect of Google Docs…
Read MoreSurviving Lab Life After Having Kids
…on the literature, put together figures or presentations or even get some writing done. Learn to triage like an emergency room doctor When you feel yourself being pulled between lab…
Read MoreMentoring Undergrads
…professional audience). This is the place where the mentor can aid and instruct on the critical points when making posters and presentations – this should not be underestimated. To sum…
Read MoreAdvice To An Earlier Me, On The Occasion Of My Graduation
…keeping for just such an emergency! Perhaps a little result from a previous experiment, or a little side project. This tactic also comes in handy for talks and presentations: don’t…
Read MoreMicroscope Cameras: From SLR to CMOS Devices
…technology to produce images suitable for posters, presentations and so on. However, a dedicated microscope camera specifically designed for the purpose (and compatible with the imaging software of the microscope)…
Read MoreSuccessful Students: Mentoring Students in the Lab
…out that most science students are visual learners, so I use videos and photos in my presentations and assignments. We found out that 90% of students get distracted by their…
Read MoreHow to Make a Good Graphical Abstract
…a graphical abstract, you can use it in presentations, in blog posts, on Twitter, on Facebook, on conference posters, etc. The more you use it, the more identifiable your paper…
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