Three More Resources

Greetings again. I hope all is going well.

This week I’m introducing 3 more resources.

The first is a poster repository that I learned of this week. This repository, named F1000 Posters, contains research posters in biology and medicine. All are openly accessible.

If you’re in biology or medicine, you might be interested in these posters. And you might consider submitting your posters.

Whatever field you’re in, viewing the posters might provide ideas about poster design. (By the way, the AuthorAID Resource Library contains—in several languages—a presentation on poster presentations and oral presentations.)

Also, this week Dina Andersson, from the AuthorAID partner IFS, mentioned a good resource on communicating science. Titled English Communication for Scientists, this online guide from the Nature Publishing Group contains 6 units:

• Communicating as a Scientist
• Writing Scientific Papers
• Writing Correspondence
• Giving Oral Presentations
• Interacting during Conference Sessions
• Communicating in the Classroom

The unit on interacting during conference sessions includes a part on chairing conference sessions. I plan to read this part before next Saturday, when I’ll moderate a session at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting.

Some of my graduate students also will attend the AAAS meeting. Their activities will include writing, for Science Editor magazine, brief reports on some sessions.

Reporting on conference sessions can be a valuable service. Therefore the third resource I’m mentioning is an article presenting advice on doing so. I hope some of you find it helpful.

Wishing you a good week— Barbara