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TEAM iGEM VIT VELLORE 2023

BUDDING

IN

STEM

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A Guide to Scientific

Communication

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Aarushi Sultania, Human Practices Head

L Srimathi, Team Co-Lead

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SURELY, YOU MUST BE JOKING, MR FEYNMAN !

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Some pointers to read effectively

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  1. Tables, tables and more tables!
  2. Mind maps/flow charts/pictorial representations
  3. Note keywords
  4. Multiple reads needed to fully understand the paper
  5. Linking keywords-title to the rescue!

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HOW DO I READ SCIENTIFIC PAPERS?

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A demonstration by Sheldon Cooper

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Just kidding, It’s only us.

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Heather A. Leslie, Martin J.M. van Velzen, Sicco H. Brandsma, A. Dick Vethaak, Juan J. Garcia-Vallejo, Marja H. Lamoree, Discovery and quantification of plastic particle pollution in human blood, Environment International, Volume 163, 2022, 107199,ISSN 0160-4120,

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2022.107199.

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  • Establishing Purpose of Reading
  • Skimming through - note sub-headings
  • Further reading on different techniques/topics identified
  • Special Takeaways, Identifying avenues for further research

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  • Establishing Purpose of Reading
  • Skimming through - note sub-headings
  • Further reading on different techniques/topics identified
  • Special Takeaways, Identifying avenues for further research

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  • Establishing Purpose of Reading
  • Skimming through - note sub-headings
  • Further reading on different techniques/topics identified
  • Special Takeaways, Identifying avenues for further research

SPIKE AND RECOVERY METHOD - (VALIDATION)

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  • Establishing Purpose of Reading
  • Skimming through - note sub-headings
  • Further reading on different techniques/topics identified
  • Special Takeaways, Identifying avenues for further research

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LIFE IN PLASTIC,

NOT SO

FANTASTIC

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FURTHER READING

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https://web.stanford.edu/class/ee384m/Handouts/HowtoReadPaper.pdf

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https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2016/05/09/how-to-read-and-understand-a-scientific-paper-a-guide-for-non-scientists/

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https://web.stanford.edu/~siegelr/readingsci.htm

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Matarese, Valerie (2013). Supporting Research Writing || Using strategic, critical reading of research papers to teach scientific writing: the reading–research–writing continuum. , (), 73–89. doi:10.1016/B978-1-84334-666-1.50005-9