Scientific writing for biomedical articles

Before we start the course I would like to have some idea of who you are and what research you are working on.  Please write up to 300-500 words including:

•  A short bio (who you are, which languages you fluently write and speak, academic history).
• Your research area
• Your plans for the future
• Your expectations of the course.

On our first session we shall see the characteristics of reader friendly scientific writing.

From Day 1 you will need the Handbook and the blue book by Ann Bless.

We will discuss the structure of the abstract, the title and the introduction.

On session 2 you will get feedback from your peers on your abstract and titles. We also complete more exercises on tenses and punctuation. 

For Day 3 you will bring your introduction, please bring 3 printed copies or be ready to email your text to members of your working group.

The aim of this lesson is to practice giving a pitch of your research and practice scientific presentation skills.

To give you a realistic experience of the a conversation of your research where you feel you must convince others of the value of your research in a short time. Participants have two options to practice giving a pitch

1.     Slide show: a 2 minute pitch of a project or current research. A pitch is a brief statement of what you / your project aims or does, why it’s important and it’s scientific value. You can prepare 1 or two slides (an image, a graph, etc.).

2.     Poster: 2' pitch of a poster that aims to get conference participants to understand the key message of your poster and encourages them to stay longer and ask questions. 

Everyone will get feedback.