Writing for Science

12/30/2021

12 Platforms for free visuals.

“I love finding the perfect images when designing my PowerPoint slides. Here are 12 platforms for finding FREE visuals (icons, stock photos) for your presentations, lectures, and websites! I'll let you know my favorites 👇 ”

12/03/2021

https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009554

Affiliation Biomedical Engineering and the Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

11/11/2021

https://www.theopennotebook.com/2018/02/20/ask-ton-crafting-a-winning-fellowship-proposal/

Fellowships can provide a supportive environment that yields more impactful stories, supplement commissions from journalism outlets, provide financial assistance for travel, and foster relationships with peers. Snagging a fellowship requires an application package that makes a strong case for your p...

10/30/2021

PLoS has a writing center:

The PLOS Writing Center is your source for scientific writing & publishing essentials. Learn how write a successful scientific research article with our free, practical guides and hands-on resources for authors looking to improve their scientific publishing skillset.

10/28/2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLPCdDp_LE0

PCR Seminar with Judy Swan: "Scientific Writing: Beyond Tips & Tricks"In order to write clearly, we must understand how we read. In this workshop, we learned...

07/02/2021

https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008187

Citation: Goh H-H, Bourne P (2020) Ten simple rules for writing scientific op-ed articles. PLoS Comput Biol 16(9): e1008187. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008187

01/26/2019

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2014/09/04/seven-strategies-to-improve-academic-writing-dunleavy/

Whether writing a research article or a grant proposal, it can be difficult to pinpoint the sections and areas that need further improvement. It is useful to have a set of tactics on hand to addres…

01/06/2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtIzMaLkCaM&feature=youtu.be

Do you worry about the effectiveness of your writing style? As emerging scholars, perfecting the craft of writing is an essential component of developing as ...

08/24/2018

https://contemplativemammoth.com/2018/08/21/five-common-writing-mistakes-new-scientists-make/

As a professor, journal editor, reviewer, and mentor, I review a lot of writing. I come from a long tradition of mentors who focused on writing — during my PhD, I often heard stories of my gr…

08/13/2018

Well folks, it's that time of year.....time to write the thesis. Here are some phrases you should remove, rephrase, and simplify in your thesis.

looked at
seen to
it appears
evidence has shown
It has been seen that
Is well studied
is linked with
It is well known
appears to be
have been found to
is involved in the regulation of
We hoped
We wondered

06/24/2018

How to review a paper.

The related posts: How to Review a Manuscript, How to Write a Manuscript, How (and When) to Write the Background Section of a Manuscript. Reviewing a manuscript for a professional journal can seem …

02/01/2018

Pointless p-values

Recently, Nature published my correspondence “Dispense with redundant P values”. It highlights my concern that p-values are often calculated because “every