About me
• 申请人长期从事与重要病毒及与肿瘤相关蛋白质的结构和功能 研究及新药创制等研究工作，参加及主持国家"973"、"863"、" 重大专项"和"自然科学基金"等多项基金项目。在蛋白质表达、 晶体生长、结构解析，结构与功能关系研究和以结构为基础的 药物分子设计方面积累了丰富的研究经验，得到了大量的科研 成果，迄今已在《Cell》《Nature》《EMBO Journal》《PNAS》 《PLoS Biology》《Nucleic Acids Research》《Journal of Virology》 等国际著名学术刊物上发表SCI论文90余篇。
Scientific writing and
presentation
Prof. Mark Bartlam
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University E-mail: bartlam@ Tel: 23502351
• “A naturalist’s life would be a
happy one if he had only to observe and never to write”
• Charles Darwin
•“Clear thinking is the key to clear
writing”
•“清晰的思路是写作的关键”
Course aims
• Help you to communicate work more
Course outline
• Lecture 11+12: How to present a poster. • What is a poster and how do people read
them?
• How to organize your poster; • How to write the text for your poster; • How to present your data in a poster; • Examples of good and bad posters.
Coue 13+14: How to prepare a scientific talk. • How to plan and organize your presentation; • How does a scientific talk differ from a paper? • How to present your data; • How to make your talk exciting; • Examples of good and bad presentations.
Course outline
• Lecture 7+8: How to write a scientific paper. • How to plan and layout your paper; • Writing a good abstract and introduction; • Methods; • Results, discussion and conclusions; • Authorships and acknowledgments; • Getting feedback from others.
effectively through:
• publications • presentations • Help you to think about and plan research
more clearly.
Course details
• Language: English • Duration: 18 lectures / 9 weeks • Teaching assistant: Yingying Wang (王莹莹)
About me
• Mark Bartlam博士，男，教授，博导， 1995年伦敦帝国理工学 院获理学学士学位，1999年，英国牛津大学获博士学位，2000 年到清华大学结构生物学实验室进行博士后研究， 2003年为 清华大学副教授，2007年起为南开大学生命科学学院特聘教授。 申请人同时还是外专局认证的海外专家，中科院生物物理所大 分子国家重点实验室 客座副教授。
communication (reports, thesis/dissertation, papers, talks, posters, grant applications);
• Principles of scientific writing and presentation (what
information to include...);
Course outline
• Lectures 1+2: Introduction to scientific presentation and
writing.
• Outline and objectives of the course; • Introduction to different types of scientific
• Ethics, plagiarism and fraud.
Course outline
• Lectures 3-6: Effective writing (I and II). • “Clear thinking is the key to clear writing”; • Rules of scientific writing; • Managing your time effectively; • Literature search, review and citation; • Refining and proofreading; • Common errors to avoid.
Course outline
• Lecture 9+10: How to publish a paper: • Choosing the right journal for your paper; • Impact factors, immediacy factors and
citations;
• How a scientific journal works; • The roles of the editor and referees; • Submitting your paper; • Peer review: how to respond to referees.