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Category Archives: Scientific meetings
Please don’t back out at the last minute!
A well-planned meeting is among the more gratifying social events to organize. I bet Mike Travisano, Matt Herron, and Will Ratcliff were really glad to see their catalysis meeting actually taking place. We were the little figures they got to … Continue reading
Measuring the success of a scientific meeting
The success of a scientific meeting is something we care about, but measuring it may be complicated. One might think the best measure involves whether or not the stated goals were accomplished. These goals could be as simple … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Templeton, evolution, measurement, Meeting, Multicellular organism, new ideas, Organism, scientific meeting
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Dividing the bill for dinner at scientific meetings
Did you notice the pained face of the young graduate student when she realized she would be subsidizing that fried calamari, rib eye, 4 beers, and dessert that the professor across the table just enjoyed? She had ordered carefully, deciding … Continue reading
What to do when your mind and fingers wander during a talk
You are sitting in a dark room, your internet-activated computer right in front of you. Facebook beckons. Your email icon is bouncing, but you really want to listen to this talk. But the body is weak. What to do? This … Continue reading
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Tagged Powerpoint, Presentation, Research, scientific meeting
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Can a big group write a good paper?
This week I’m at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center at a Catalysis meeting on the Evolutionary Origins of Multicellularity. There are 28 people on the list. NESCent is the more recent Evolution match of Ecology’s NCEAS. We will spend the … Continue reading
Did you go to the undergraduate poster session at your university?
Yesterday was the spring poster session by Wash U undergrads. There were about 180 posters. Apparently they were organized according to submission date, so literature could be next to physics or biology. At first that baffled me, but then I … Continue reading
How is a woman supposed to behave?
Should we women be retiring, or aggressive? How do we strike a balance between being modest, yet letting our brilliance shine? How many times have you heard stories of women who were viewed as too assertive, with career consequences? There … Continue reading
Have you got an elevator pitch ready to go?
What is your big question? Can you explain it to anyone in 90 seconds? Can you link exactly what you are doing to something anyone would understand as important? Can you give a brief audience the flavor of what exactly … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, elevator pitch, important science, interaction, talks
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Where are all the women speakers? Too much fast thinking?
Beginning tomorrow here at KITP is a meeting entitled Cooperation and the major evolutionary transitions. It runs for 5 days and has 37 speakers. From the look of the program, there will be more biology than there has been among … Continue reading
