About to give a paper talk at a conference? Here are some solid tips to ensure success: Practice, practice, practice It doesn’t matter how often you’ve given public speeches or how experienced you are in your research, you need to practice your presentation, and practice it numerous times. Practice it aloud by yourself or in front of your dog/cat/boyfriend/mother, just practice!Why? – You will become fluent in speech…

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Are you about to present a poster at a research conference? Here are some tips to ensure a great poster session: Know your audience’s poster-viewing style People typically peruse the title posters and if it involves something that interests them, they’ll stop and check it out. Some people want to read your poster without interruption. They may decide to ask you questions, or they may walk away without asking questions. Other…

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Presenting your research at a conference? Should you present a poster or a paper? Here are some pros and cons of both. Poster Presentations Pros Easy to prepare Create a few summary sentences in PowerPoint, add some tables or figures, and you’re good to go. Interaction with people one-on-one Poster presentations are usually 2 hours, which means more opportunities to have…

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This blog will be a place where I will be discussing many aspects of academic life, and share experiences from my previous graduate career at the University of Oregon Institute of Molecular Biology, to my current role as a senior postdoc with both research  (studying Molecular Developmental Biology at Stony Brook University) and teaching (at Brooklyn College) components, and hopefully in the future to describe the search and transition to…

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