Scientific Writing I (2010) Syllabus

Course objectives:
The ultimate goal of the "Scientific Writing I-III" course series is to obtain scientific writing skills that scientists need in order to present their research internationally.The course is designed to provide ooportunities for self-development of students as an independent researcher.

Prerequisites:
None
Contents:

This year's course is called "From Manuscript to Publication: How to survive and succeed ". In this workshop, participants go through the process of manuscript submission to acceptance (or rejection). This will be done using papers that are already published by others. Participants will take turns in acting as an "author" and a "reviewer". As an "author", participant will write a cover letter to submit a paper, and when the reviews come back, write a response to reviewers' comments (including "rebuttal" as necessary). They will also act as a "reviewer", and write referee's comments on manuscripts submitted by other participants. By going through this procedure participants will learn how to make a "manuscript" into "publication" --- and survive and succeed through the peer review system.

Time: See schedule below

Place: National Institute of Genetics, C213 (Building C, 2nd floor seminar room)

Course organizer: Yasushi HIROMI Participating faculty
Appropriate grade level and Eligible Departments: (x) 1, (x) 2, (x) 3, (x) 4, (x) 5:
( ) School of Life ScienceC (x) All DepartmentsC( ) Other

Schedule:

1/13 (Thu) 15:30-17:10:
Introductory lecture "Manuscript submission and review process: How to write a cover letter" (H. Akashi)

1/27 (Thu) 15:30-17:10:
Journal Club,
Discuss cover letter
"How to write a review" (T. Takano)

2/17 (Thu) 14:00-15:40:
Discuss reviews
"How to write a response to reviewers' comments" (Y. Hiromi)

3/10 (Thu) 14:00-15:40:
Discuss response/rebuttal

Grades:
To obtain credit one must attend more than two thirds of the classes and complete course assignments. Grades will be either Pass or Fail.

 



Papers to be used

group A
Gene expression divergence recapitulates the developmental hourglass model
Kalinka AT et al., Nature 468: 811-814, 2010

group B
A phylogenetically based transcriptome age index mirrors ontogenic divergence patterns
Domazet-Loso T, Tautz D, Nature 468: 815-818, 2010



Participating faculty:

name email
(xxxx[at]lab.nig.ac.jp) 		phone
(055-981-xxxx) 		office
Hiroshi AKASHI hiakashi 6793 C611
Yasushi HIROMI yhiromi 6767 C415
Toshiyuki TAKANO totakano 6781 A211


Previous year's courses

 Scientific Writing 2008
Scientific Writing 2006
Scientific Writing 2004
Course and workshops on Scientific Writing

 

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