Getting a scientific message across means taking human nature into account (The Conversation)
Education, Education GeneralRose Hendricks, University of California, San Diego
We humans have collectively accumulated a lot of science knowledge. We’ve developed vaccines that can eradicate some of the most devastating diseases. We’ve engineered bridges and cities and the internet. We’ve created massive metal vehicles…
How to get published in high-impact journals: Big research and better writing
Careers, Skills and Advice, Writing/Reviewing/Publishing/CommunicatingGetting your work published is about more than good science, it’s about good communication too, say Macmillan and Nature editors at the London Nature jobs Career Expo in September 2014.
How to get published in high-impact journals: Big research and better writing
21 Proofreading and Editing Tips for Writers
Careers, Skills and Advice, Writing/Reviewing/Publishing/CommunicatingProofreading can be a chore, but if you send out your work full of typos and grammatical errors you won't be judged by the good quality of your ideas....
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Short, engaging videos about plant biology
Education, GP Multimedia, Multimedia, MultimediaVideos are excellent ways to communicate about plant science. They can stimulate curiosity, explain a complicated idea, or make the invisible visible. Here is a curated list of some of our favorite short plant science videos.
Crash Course Biology: Plant Cells (10 min), Photosynthesis (13 min), The…
The Power of the 3 Minute Thesis: How to talk about your thesis in three minutes with Rishi Masalia
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In this webinar, we discuss how to craft a short, effective science communication talk for a general audience. Although this event is structured around the internationally recognized 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, which is organized and run by the University of Queensland…
Communicating Effectively with Graphics
BlogFrédéric Bouché, a postdoctoral research with Richard Amasino at the University of Wisconsin, recently caught our attention when he published a set of impressive visual abstracts to support his latest research papers. We invited him to share how and why he makes these images. -Editors
When you…
iGRAD-Plant, the International Graduate School for Plant Science
BlogLast week I was a guest of the PhD students of the iGRAD-Plant program, based at Heinrich Heine University (HHU), Düsseldorf (Germany). The program is an international joint PhD program with the nearby Research Center Jülich and the Genetics Program of Michigan State University. The program is funded…