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Alternatives to presenting your science with Powerpoint
…software for starters. Here are some alternatives to the Microsoft PowerPoint or Apple’s equivalent (Keynote) that solve that particular problem… Unhooking from propriety software for presenting your science Open Office…
Read MoreThe Do’s and Don’ts of Making and Presenting a Scientific Poster
At a conference, a poster can be a great tool for drawing people into conversation. Not only do you have something to break the ice with, you can also get…
Read MoreHow to Present Successfully at Conferences
…the thought of spending hours working on a powerpoint presentation exactly thrilling. However, there are many benefits to presenting your work at a conference. First of all, an invitation to…
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 More10 Tips for Mastering Your Qualifying Exam
…good story. When presenting material in your exam, you have to make it interesting. Always start with the big picture and add details as you are asked. Don’t just memorize…
Read MoreOnline Learning Resources for Scientists Working From Home
…simplify your data analysis. Microsoft Word has many add-ins, including a writing assistant that improves your grammar and equation editors. [3] Practice Presenting Online It’s very likely you will eventually…
Read MoreWhy Have Journal Club?
…person presenting the day’s journal article. First off, I think it goes without saying that the presenter should read the article, cover to cover, every single word. The Intro, Methods,…
Read MoreWriting Your First (or next) Paper: Part III
…of time working on the experiments, presenting lab meetings, and maybe even presenting a poster or giving a talk, you have come to think of the project as yours. It’s…
Read MoreJournal Club: How to Prepare Effectively and Smash Your Presentation
…out from the millions of others to be worth presenting. Keep It Relevant and Keep It Interesting When choosing a paper to present, keep your audience in mind. Choose something…
Read MoreHow to Make a Good Graphical Abstract
Presenting science concisely poses many challenges: How do you say enough without saying too much? Are you capturing the main points? Does this research paper abstract attract the reader’s attention…
Read MoreBuild a CV You Can Be Proud Of – Part II: Teamworking and Networking
…conferences (no need to feel intimidated… a lot of people presenting at conferences are PhD students who will probably appreciate any help and advice you can offer!) and through the…
Read MoreHow To Start Your PhD The Right Way
…effectively communicate novel findings to audiences from different backgrounds. As you progress through the course of your PhD studies, you will spend a lot of time presenting at lab meetings,…
Read MoreThe Cell: An Image Library – An Overview of an Award-winning Multimedia Site
…The Cell presents the ideal forum for presenting these images to the research community and the public. The images are peer-reviewed so users can be confident that they are seeing…
Read More10 Tips on Writing a Research Poster
…if you’re just starting out in scientific research. They can be perfect ice-breakers and they also allow you to get some really useful feedback from a completely different perspective. Presenting…
Read MoreWriting Your First (or next) Paper: Part I
…you know that nothing happens to the substrate without Protein X. To compound matters, you are likely presenting a ton of experiments in your lab meetings, so your labmates and…
Read MoreStand By Your Poster
A lot of scientists hate presenting posters. Because more often than not, you stand near your carefully designed, full of great results placard, all alone, while there is a crowd…
Read MoreHow To Write an Awesome Abstract
…whether or not to devote their time and attention to the work you’re presenting based on the contents of that abstract. Make it easy to understand what you did, and…
Read MoreScientific manuscripts: what constitutes authorship?
…those murky waters by presenting some simple criteria, and look at some authorship scenarios that commonly arise in academia. Where authorship gets complicated Lots of people can be peripheral, but…
Read MoreHow to Become a World Class Speaker
…practice at presenting in a setting where if you screw up, your job or reputation doesn’t depend on it. You need to challenge yourself to give different kinds of speeches…
Read MoreFive Easy Ways to Reduce Word Count
…word limit of 2500. And the abstract for the conference you’d like to speak at this spring only allows you 300 words to summarize the work you will be presenting….
Read MoreFlexible electronic lab notebook for labs and individuals
…labs still use paper lab books for recording, analysing and presenting experimental data. These lab books can only be shared with others in person, which seems very limiting in the…
Read MoreA poster presentation at a conference: a to-do list
…and ensure that you are standing next to it. From the program, find people you’d like meet, and note when and where they are presenting. Meet them and feel free…
Read MoreThe Art of Bridging the Gap between Scientists and the Public
…the most difficult. Explaining your work to the public, especially if it involves presenting basic research to an audience not familiar with your field, will always be hard—but it is…
Read MoreAn Introduction to Chimeric Antigen Receptors (CARs)
…with a disease or infectious agent. Both receptors have specific advantages and disadvantages. TCRs cannot recognize antigens without the assistance of other cells called antigen-presenting cells. A TCR can however…
Read MoreCrash Course in Microbial Identification
…what temperature range does the organism grow best? Can the organism tolerate acidic media? 5. Dichotomous Identification Keys Dichotomous keys contain a series of steps, with each step presenting descriptions of…
Read MoreFlowJo Software: how’s your FlowJo mojo?
…to set up on a positive-stained sample, apply to all and then check the gating on my controls (experimental/FMO/iso/ comps.). Presenting your data Once we’ve done the core of our…
Read MoreDon’t Forget to Visit the Exhibits!
…presenting posters or talks, or co-publish in journals. In addition, working on commercial products can be a help in applying for jobs in industry. 7. What’s new? Conferences are a…
Read More10 Ideas for Researchers Working from Home
…online and get presenting. It’ll help with the feelings of isolation too as you’ll still be in contact with others. 6. Learn to Code If you have data analysis that…
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 MoreHow to Read a Scientific Paper
…on preparing and presenting a journal club session, read our ultimate guide to journal clubs. Read Online Reviews Whether in the comments section of the article published online, on a…
Read MoreAre University Career Services Worth Their Weight in Gold?
…experience and that of past students, and make sure you are presenting yourself in the best possible way to your prospective employer. They actually go much further than this of…
Read MorePhd Skills That Landed Me My Corporate Job!
…ideas. Additionally, we gain invaluable writing and presenting skills whenever we share our own data at conferences or in peer-reviewed journals. According to Dr Raderschadt, “(Life Science) PhDs have a…
Read MoreMIFlowCyt Guidelines: Helping You to Publish Your Flow Data
Wow, you’ve done it! Your experiment worked and your boss asked you to write it up for publication in your favorite journal. Where to start with presenting your flow data?…
Read MoreBad Reference? It’s Not the End of Your Science Career
…seminar organizer who has seen you presenting your work and answering questions. Or if you are a bit longer in the tooth, just go back to your last satisfactory employer…
Read MoreMentoring Undergrads
…a poster and/or presentation. In most cases, undergrads will need to learn how to refine and master professional level presentation techniques (preparing slides and presenting them in front of a…
Read MoreAre you growing in your career?
…different lab techniques, management, presenting, writing, negotiating or whatever. The question is, are you growing in these areas in your current job? If not, is there a way for you…
Read MoreReality TV for Scientists
…going to get messy. Research project with the stars: B-list celebrities become first year graduate students and experience rotating through three labs, presenting their work to their department and trying…
Read MoreTen Tips for Turning Beastly Western Blots Beautiful
…that could turn a really ugly Western blot into a thing of beauty . To save you the humiliation of presenting an ugly blot at lab meeting, I am sharing…
Read MoreNGS Target Enrichment Strategies
…make a double-stranded cut at that site — presenting the possibility that an unwanted DNA sequence can replaced by a normal one. NGS technologists are beginning to use this same…
Read More7 Ingredients for a Successful Job Application
…they list 10 “nice-to-have” qualities and you have 5 of them, apply. For example, if you have experience searching for and writing patents but no experience in presenting at conferences,…
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