Effective Scientific Communication

3 credits · Graduate School

This is a graduate-level course with two major goals pivotal for success as a scientist: (1) To learn effective scientific written and oral communication (2) To learn effective grant writing and reviewing. The class features lectures and workshops with faculty from the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology and other departments. The course is divided into three sections: (1) Instruction on scientific writing, rigor and reproducibility, experimental design, manuscript preparation, and practical statistics (2) Grant Writing and Reviewing. Proposals written by the students on a topic related to their research interests will be discussed by the class in writing workshops and feedback sessions and reviewed by their fellow students at a mock study section (3) Student Presentations. Students will prepare and present lectures related to their research interests. Prerequisite: Bioregulation classes. [3] Weaver and Burkewitz.