This document discusses using blogging and microblogging (Twitter) for scientists to share information. It introduces the speaker and their background in science communication. Benefits of blogging include staying engaged with the latest research, networking, and practicing science writing skills. Examples are given of scientist blogs in different fields. Twitter is described as a way to quickly share thoughts and follow topics. Exercises are provided for attendees to think about how they could start blogging or using Twitter to discuss their work.
Editor of Colloid and Surfaces B. What do I, as an editor, look for in order to reach a favourable decision on a manuscript?
Prof. dr. ir. Henk Busscher
Head of Department of Biomedical Engineering, UMCG
Maximizng the power of good scientific writingJames Coyne
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A highly cited author discusses how differently he is now writing and promoting his articles compared to his first ones.
How to improve the quality of our journals and of your manuscript (publisher’s perspective)
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An introduction to #quclms (question of the week at UCL Medical School) a Twitter based educational project aimed at encouraging: discussion and debate; use and critique of evidence; self-directed and peer-led learning, in UCL Undergraduate medical students.
Editor of Colloid and Surfaces B. What do I, as an editor, look for in order to reach a favourable decision on a manuscript?
Prof. dr. ir. Henk Busscher
Head of Department of Biomedical Engineering, UMCG
Maximizng the power of good scientific writingJames Coyne
Presentation at UMCG Central Medical Library, University of Groningen Symposium "How to Write a World-class Paper“ November 14th, 2014
A highly cited author discusses how differently he is now writing and promoting his articles compared to his first ones.
How to improve the quality of our journals and of your manuscript (publisher’s perspective)
Rob van Daalen
Publisher at Elsevier
See also: http://youtu.be/s0fjjphxCLw
Advice to junior researchers: High or low road to success?James Coyne
A presentation from the International Psycho-Oncology Society Conference in Rotterdam invited by the IPOS Early Career Professionals Special Interest Group.
An introduction to #quclms (question of the week at UCL Medical School) a Twitter based educational project aimed at encouraging: discussion and debate; use and critique of evidence; self-directed and peer-led learning, in UCL Undergraduate medical students.
What is salami slicing?
It refers to the practice of partitioning a large study that could have been reported in a single research article into smaller published articles.
In other words, it means breaking up a single research paper into their “least publishable units,” with each paper reporting different findings from the same study.
A set of papers are referred to as salami publications when more than one paper covers the same population, methods, and research question.
A talk to beginning graduate students, Part 2.
This is about the fundamentals of knowledge, understanding and science, promoting the scientific method and Karl Popper's views. The remainder outlines the practice of a thesis work, from hypothesis through proposal onwards... And I shamelessly mock pyramidology and related fields...
Briefing presentation provided at Nanjing Agricultural University on what to think about when considering publishing in science communication-related journals listed in the Social Science citation Index.
What is salami slicing?
It refers to the practice of partitioning a large study that could have been reported in a single research article into smaller published articles.
In other words, it means breaking up a single research paper into their “least publishable units,” with each paper reporting different findings from the same study.
A set of papers are referred to as salami publications when more than one paper covers the same population, methods, and research question.
A talk to beginning graduate students, Part 2.
This is about the fundamentals of knowledge, understanding and science, promoting the scientific method and Karl Popper's views. The remainder outlines the practice of a thesis work, from hypothesis through proposal onwards... And I shamelessly mock pyramidology and related fields...
Briefing presentation provided at Nanjing Agricultural University on what to think about when considering publishing in science communication-related journals listed in the Social Science citation Index.
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Takeaways from great presentation by Andrew Cassel, “Shattering Silos: Sharing Science on Social,” HigheEdWeb, Oct. 2017. (Article about presentation, by Donna Talarico, here: https://link.highedweb.org/2017/10/shattering-silos-sharing-science-on-social-tie7/ )
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Notes:
* I've deliberately not made this talk CC-licensed or downloadable, because it contains various company logos and people's photos that were only intended for use in this talk.
* The transcript below was automatically generated. I know it's ugly, but I can't fix it or remove it - sorry!
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Presenters: Moshe Pritsker, JoVE
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This talk looks at what researchers need to do to ensure their research is widely disseminated and reaches the largest audience possible. In summary: Publishing a paper is the beginning not the end; Making work open access does not mean it is accessible; Writing in plain language is translating, not dumbing it down; Sharing work involves peer networks and publishing platforms and If you don't take control of your online presence someone/something else will. The presentation was originally given as part of the Cambridge University Alumni Festival on 27 September 2015.
The French Revolution, which began in 1789, was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France. It marked the decline of absolute monarchies, the rise of secular and democratic republics, and the eventual rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. This revolutionary period is crucial in understanding the transition from feudalism to modernity in Europe.
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http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
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2. Contents
• Introducing myself
• Why do I blog/use twitter?
• Examples of scientist blogs
• Blogging versus twitter
• Blogging versus journalism
• Why don’t you start a blog?
• Exercises
• Summary
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3. Introducing myself
• MSc in molecular biology at Wageningen University in 2003
• PhD in molecular/neurobiology from Erasmus MC in 2008
• Postdoc at UMCG (neurogenetics, Ellen Nollen); 2009‐2011
• ~10 papers in peer‐reviewed journals
• Quit science
Now:
• “science outreach officer” for ERIBA
• Science‐journalist/communicator
• Twitter: @evateuling
• Blog: evateuling.blogspot.com
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4. Social media
• Who is on Facebook?
• Who is on LinkedIn?
• Who has a blog?
• Who is on twitter?
• Any other social media?
• People have different reasons to blog/use twitter
• So why/when did I start blogging?
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5. Why did I start
blogging?
• Annoyed by bad
media‐coverage of
genetics
• Article “Genetic
bullshit” published
on Sciencepalooza
• www.sciencepalooza.nl
(by the way, we need new
authors...)
9. A few examples of scientists‐blogs
• Two Dutch neuroscience‐PhD‐students
• A belgian PhD‐student in Delft
• A climate scientist
• Geekomdathetkan (a TUDelft scientist)
• Next scientist, about scientist 2.0
• Wetenschapper2.0 (similar, but in Dutch)
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17. Some more interesting blogs to
follow
Blogs that discuss general issues of the PhD life,
‐ The Thesis Whisperer
‐ PhD2Published.
Specific writing and reading problems:
‐ 3 Month Thesis
‐ Literature Review HQ.Study Hacks
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18. Why don’t you start a blog?
• Most heard answers:
– I don’t have time
– I write too slowly
– I have nothing special to tell
• My reply:
– Blogging doesn’t take too much time – you don’t have to write
every day
– Writing for a blog is very different than writing a paper
– Blogging is more like sharing thoughts
– You are a scientists so you do have something special to tell!
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19. Who would read my blog?
• Other PhD‐students and postdocs
in your field
– To learn about/from your
experiences
– To read about lectures/conferences
– To find out about novel techniques
• General public
– To read about science that is not
covered in the general news and is
easier to read than a scientific article
– To fullfill an inherent interest in
science
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20. What can I blog about?
• This cool paper you read last week but is not interesting enough for
journal club
• The lecture of this great speaker that you attended yesterday
• Your experiments that finally work after months of struggling
• Your experiments that still not work after months of struggling
• The conference that you will attend/ are attending
• The lecture that you will give to students
• The tricks you use to write your paper
• That your paper is accepted
• Your nice workout at the gym after a long day in the lab
• ... basically anything ...
...but keep private and work at least a bit separate...
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21. Microblogging/twitter
• Twitter = microblogging:
• Share your thoughts in 140 characters
• Use hashtags (#) to address the topic
• Follow topics by using #hashtags
– Like: #PhDchat
• Tweet specifically to people by using @
– Like: great paper in PNAS today about evolution of
dinosaurs... https://pnas.link.com @dinofreak
• Use twitter to follow institutes/companies you are
interested in (for example jobs)
– @academictransfer; @SfNTweets; ...
• Use twitter to announce a new blogpost
– Remind your followers of an old blogpost that is
still/again interesting
And many more options…
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25. Exercises (workshop 1):
Do not use words like Importantly or Surprisingly in your paper (heard at the
grants week, at the keynote of an editor of Nature)
Our lovecorner at the Nacht van Kunst en Wetenschap this Saturday
Holland is beautiful in the
Lecture ‘famous’ person: “Attending a lecture by Tom Kirkwood. summer.
After reading so much from him, I’m very interested in what he
will tell me today.”
Got introduced to John Rothwell, a
very big name in the field!
Mathematisation of biology
The challenges of behavioural research: how to design a response time task for elderly people
(the variance in response times in young healthy adults is already huge!)
“Analyzing, analyzing, analyzing…
Sitting whole day behind my computer is
not my cup of tea, time for some action
again!” Advertisement to find participants
26. Exercises (workshop 2):
The rats that looked most exhausted after stereotactic
injection of 6‐OHDA in the brain, were totally fine the
next day
Interesting project meeting in Klinikum Oldenburg
#Interesting paper, #Publication bias: "Publication bias hard to eliminate" ‐
http://www.ntvg.nl/publicatie/einde‐aan‐selectieve‐publicatie‐nog‐niet‐
zicht/volledig
#News, #Battle against Alzheimer: "US
Government sets out Alzheimer's plan" ‐ Paediatric physical therapy in infancy: from nightmare to
http://www.nature.com/news/us‐government‐ dream? A two-arm randomised control trial
sets‐out‐alzheimer‐s‐plan‐1.10688 The study compared two types of intervention, how effective
of therapy. I am curious whether it is necessary to ask for “the
best” one to work with children, or we just need a mix-and-
match as appropriate for each individual in a real clinic.
My last week's presentation in the seminar
proved that practice makes perfect. Looking forward to attend the 18th Annual
Meeting of the Organization for Human
Brain Mapping next month in Beijing
The installation I am presenting at the art and science night this Saturday
The 24th Annual Meeting of European Academy of Childhood Disability-
EACD 2012, Istanbul Turkey. The big conference in the paediatric fields of
the European continent but this year is somewhat under-expectation? Why?
32. Blogging/tweeting for other scientists
in/ outside your field
• Blog about your work, highly specific
• Report about conferences, meetings
and lectures
• React on papers that you have read
• Announce your publications, talks
and other achievements
• Blog about PhD‐life, struggles and
achievements
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33. Blogging/tweeting for the general public
• Explain your work in simple language
• Tell the story of your PhD
• Tell the story of being a scientists
• Write about research more generally (like a science
journalist)
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35. But does it help my research?
• YES it does.
• With a bit of help from your university and journalists, people
will read your blog
• You will be invited to give (public) lectures, to write articles on
other people’s blogs, to go to meetings, etc...
• You will get a lot of writing experience
• You will broaden your network
• You can discuss topics you are interested in with followers
that you would never meet in real life
• And there are probably many more reasons
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