Foundational Skills in Life Sciences
di Dr. Synaptologica
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Students and scholars in life sciences need to use many skills to survive and excel during scientific training, which involves listening, reading, writing, and speaking.
But I have seen many of them struggle in understanding and learning those skills.
I am a professor in the U.S., a tenured faculty member with MD, PhD degrees.
I will assist you through the skills, so that you will learn and improve successfully in your professional life.
Please visit my website for more information (https://synaptologica.com/), and send me emails with questions, comments or ideas ([email protected]).
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- 61. How I prepare for teaching how to read papers to professional students · 17 min · Episodio 61What does it take to prepare a single lecture? In this episode, I will talk about months-long process for crafting a lecture on how to read clinical papers. I am passionate about…
- 60. Postdoc training program (that I organized in my university) · 21 min · Episodio 60I have set up a training program for the postdoctoral researchers (postdocs) in my home department. Today, I would like to talk about: how and why I have done it, what we do in…
- 59. Happy 2-year anniversary! (plus, how I am scripting episodes) · 16 min · Episodio 59This podcast is now two years old. And it is the start of the third year! Thank you for listening and for your support! I would like to give you my behind-the-scenes information…
- 58. Paragraph 1 of Introduction, written by Nobel Laureates: meaning of each sentence therein · 17 min · Episodio 58Let’s read the first paragraph of the Introduction section in a paper written by the Nobel Laureates. Specifically, we will read each sentence in the paragraph, and think about…
- 57. How to read the main points of Introduction paragraphs · 19 min · Episodio 57The Introduction section of a life-science paper tells the main story, sometimes even multiple related ones. But without helpful subheadings, understanding its core points can be…
- 56. How many paragraphs in Introduction? · 13 min · Episodio 56In combination with the last episode, we will talk about an introduction to how to read the Introduction section. With these two episodes, we will be ready to analyze the content…
- 55. Does the Introduction section have subheadings? · 13 min · Episodio 55Sub-sections and subheadings will be helpful. The Methods and the Results sections of life-science papers are divided into sub-sections. And the sub-sections will have…
- 54. Can you explain the role of Introduction in one sentence? · 14 min · Episodio 54The single-sentence rule for understanding research paper Introductions. Have you thought about what the Introduction section of a life-science paper really does? In this…
- 53. Minimum features of well-written abstracts · 16 min · Episodio 53In today’s episode, we will learn which structural components will be minimally essential for an abstract, and which will be additionally necessary for a well-written abstract…
- 52. Example of a well-written abstract (other than the one by Nobel Laureates) · 20 min · Episodio 52Let’s talk about an excellent abstract that I read this week. It was so well written, and I was so excited to read it that I wanted to talk about it with you today. The beauty of…
- 51. Have you read an abstract that was not written well? · 9 min · Episodio 51My students selected a paper to read in a journal club. The abstract (and the rest of the paper) was not written well. The abstract gave us two precious lessons. Lesson 1: Good…
- 50. Happy 50th episode! · 6 min · Episodio 50We have reached 50 episodes! Thank you for listening. Today, we will briefly talk about how I have kept sustainable podcasting so far. The most important thing may be that I have…
- 49. Another well-crafted logic loop in Abstract by Nobel Laureates (mini-series: reading-30) · 18 min · Episodio 49We will talk about the second of the two, well-crafted loops of logic, in the Abstract of a paper written by the Nobel Prize Laureates. Not all abstracts have this second loop…
- 48. Well-crafted logic loop in Abstract by Nobel Laureates (mini-series: reading-29) · 20 min · Episodio 48I can visualize two well-crafted loops of logic, in the Abstract of a paper written by the Nobel Prize Laureates. Can you? We will talk about one of them in today’s episode. Such…
- 47. Why is the 2nd sentence important in an abstract? (mini-series: reading-28) · 21 min · Episodio 47Let's analyze a single sentence in the Abstract of an impressive paper. It is the paper that led to the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. This is the paper that we call…
- 46. Let’s analyze the Abstract of a paper written by Nobel Laureates (mini-series: reading-27) · 28 min · Episodio 46Today, we will analyze the Abstract of an impressive paper. It is the paper that led to the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. This is the paper that we call the…
- 45. Let’s read the Abstract of a paper written by Nobel Laureates (mini-series: reading-26) · 21 min · Episodio 45Today, we will take a significant step towards understanding the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. We will read the Abstract of the Laureates’ most important paper that…
- 44. An evolving reader: my phases through reading textbooks (Q&A-5: textbooks, part 2) · 22 min · Episodio 44How are you reading life-science textbooks? My approach to reading textbooks has evolved significantly throughout my academic career, from student to researcher to instructor to…
- 43. An evolving reader: my phases through reading textbooks (Q&A-5: textbooks, part 1) · 22 min · Episodio 43How are you reading life-science textbooks? My approach to reading textbooks has evolved significantly throughout my academic career, from student to researcher to instructor to…
- 42. Happy Holidays! · 1 min · Episodio 42Happy Holidays to you, and I wish you the very best in 2025!
