Reading & Writing

If you are looking for courses and input on Reading and Writing you can choose from the following topics:

>> Scientific Writing from a reader’s perspective (also adoptable for non-scientists)

>> Strategic Reading

>> Peer Review

>> Grant Writing (Research Funding)

  • Community driven peer review for preprints
    A couple of days ago on May 15th in Leipzig, Germany at the Mx Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA), Corina Logan had invited Denis Bourguet and Thomas Guillemaud from Peer Community In to give a seminar on their non-profit service to science: A researcher-run solution to improving science and reducing reviewer burden: peer review … Read more
  • Communication of Science: Out with the old and in with the new!
    This post was originally published in Swedish at the Vetenskap & Allmänhet website. “VA is an independent Swedish non-profit membership organization that works to promote dialogue and openness between researchers and the public.” This English version was originally published by Olle Bergman on LInkedIn. I harp on about it all the time, so I may as well … Read more
  • The ethics of copyright transfer for scientific research
    On his blog Green Tea and Velociraptors our team colleague Jon Tennant questions the ethics of the widely practiced copyright transfer from authors of peer reviewed articles that are based mostly on public funding to commercial publishers.  The following is an excerpt from Jon’s original blog post. […] Typically, the process of copyright transfer for research articles … Read more
  • Brain research in Kenya
    This podcast was originally published at PhD Career Stories. Professor Alfred Orina Isaac is a Pharmaceutical Scientist at Kenya Technical University with a specific interest in Neuroscience. His research is focused on neurotoxicology and neuroprotection mechanisms in the brain. Currently, he is studying the neurotoxicity of Khat in a mouse model and also the neuroprotection capability of … Read more
  • Don’t be afraid of writing a peer review
    In his blog Green Tea and Velociraptors, Jon Tennant describes his approach to writing a peer review.  […] I remember the first time I got a review request in the second year of my PhD. An Editor emails you out of the blue, and asks you to provide your expert commentary on research by your colleagues. EXPERT COMMENTARY. BUT … Read more