by Brian Waters | Oct 13, 2021 | Professional Development, Research skills
If you need to make a biographical sketch (biosketch) for a NIH grant application or fellowship application, this video tutorial will show you an easy way to do it using the NLM NCBI My Bibliography and SciENcv. Using these tools will allow you to customize your NIH...
by Brian Waters | Oct 6, 2021 | Professional Development, Research skills
A scientific poster is often the first type of presentation a budding scientist will give. The video below walks through the steps required to make a poster in PowerPoint. Font sizes can vary according to poster size. My recommendations are: Title: 60-90 pt Authors: a...
by Brian Waters | Sep 29, 2021 | Professional Development, Research skills
Presenting in a poster session is a great opportunity to promote your research and expand its impact. But only if you can get people to stop and look at the poster. In this video I simulate my thought process when I’m attending a poster session and deciding...
by Brian Waters | Aug 19, 2021 | Process, Professional Development
A scientific poster presentation is often the first type of scientific presentation that early career researchers will give. Before you write a journal article or a senior thesis even, usually you will have an opportunity to present a poster to during a poster session...
by Brian Waters | Aug 16, 2021 | Process, Professional Development, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing Tips
Course giveaways! To celebrate the launch of our second course and first coaching package, the Scientific Writing School is going to give away enrollment for up to 5 students in each of our current offerings! Here is what you need to do to be considered: 1. ...
by Brian Waters | Jan 26, 2020 | Book reviews, Professional Development
Ever since my Mom taught me to read at age 5, I have loved learning from books. I enjoy learning in other ways also, but books have been a major source for me to both learn new things, and to gain additional awareness of nuances about things I was already doing that...