李沉简：美国康奈尔大学医学院神经学与神经科学系 副教授
时间：2009年7月13日～24，下午1点-4点，每隔一日上课；
地点：新生物楼208
注册学生：10人 （报名地点：教务办公室 彭燕老师）
注册说明：
（1）限定为生科院博士研究生，针对已有实验结果，准备写文章的学生。在开课前，学生应有文章的初稿。
（2）李老师给每位同学的信（点此下载文件）的第2页，要求学生导师签字，同意学生的实验结果供李老师及其他同学评议，报名时将导师的同意信交给彭燕老师，否则报名无效。
（3）因名额限制，按照“先来后到”为原则，一个导师只有一个学生名额，名额满了则报名截止。
学分： 无
课程介绍：
Scientific reading and writing are necessary and critical skills for scientists. Scientific writing and oral presentation are necessary for communicating one’s results and ideas to the scientific community, via publications of original research papers, grant proposals or other forms of scholarly exchange.
This course is designed for teaching the skills of scientific writing and presentation. It is targeting the registered senior graduate students or postdoctoral fellows (no more than 10) who actually face the task of writing manuscripts for their research. Participants are expected to have actual drafts of manuscript BEFORE the class begins.
The course will have five classes for Scientific Writing, and two for oral presentation, taught by Dr. Chenjian Li. After each class, we will meet and have in depth discussion about applying the class materials to each student’s manuscript.
The group of registered students for Scientific Writing and presentation should obtain written permission and confirmation from their PIs what results they should use to write manuscripts and prepare slide presentations.
Scientific Writing:
Class 1:
What is scientific writing?
When is it time to publish?---the “Least Publishable Unit” question
The ethics of scientific publishing
What journals to submit your manuscript
A brief recount of the IMRAD method
The problem of “a writer’s block” and how to solve it
Homework: evaluate your data and decide if it is up for publication, and if yes, on what journal.
Class 2:
Logic and clarity---the most important aspects of scientific writing
The “Why”, “What” and “How” of a research project
The skeleton of a manuscript---an outline
How to decide the title of a manuscript
How to write an abstract
How to write the Results section
Homework: Write the outline of a manuscript.
Class 3:
How to write the discussion
How to write the Method and Materials
How to present data through appropriate tables, photos, graphs
How to use on-line supplementary material option
Class 4:
Use and misuse of English language
Common mistakes by writers
Common mistakes by Chinese authors
Helps for writers whose native language is not English
Homework: correct the mistakes
Class 5:
Authorships and their orders
Acknowledgements
How to write a cover letter to editors
Suggestions or exclusions of reviewers
Issues in revision of a manuscript
Scientific publication and related patent issues
Oral presentation
Class 6:
The difference between written and oral presentations
Effective organization of data
The smooth transition between sections depends on clear logic flow
The time concern of a slide presentation
Use and misuse of fancy effects
Achilles’ heel of many speakers—question and answer session
Class 7:
Students’ presentation and critique
