Science Writing
Stranded in Science SciComm series

Figure making

Figure size: Please be kind to your reader, Chem. Mater., 2017 [PDF]

Absolute, arbitrary, relative, or normalized scale? How to get the scale right, ACS Energy Letters, 2019 [PDF]

Graphical excellence, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2014 [PDF]

Ten tips for capturing figures with captions, ACS Energy Letters, 2019 [PDF]

Which font looks best in a figure? Chem. Mater., 2016 [PDF]


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The tortured academics department: Manuscript writing tips from an Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Steven Cranford
Editor-in-Chief, Matter (Cell Press)
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Dr. Jayme Dyer
Biology Instructor and Freelance Science Communicator
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Science graphics: What, Why, When and How

Ms. Jen Christiansen
Senior Graphics Editor, Scientific American Magazine
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Editorial insights into proposing and writing a review article

Dr. Sannie Culbertson
Editor, Trends in Biochemical Sciences (Cell Press)
Mar 1, 2022 | 3 pm via Zoom


Communicating clinical data to the public

Prof. Andrew Berglund
Director, The RNA Institute, SUNY Albany
Feb 2, 2022 | 3 pm via Zoom


Molecular cooking in your kitchen (Live demo and follow-along!)

Prof. Subha Ranjan Das
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University
Dec 2, 2021 | 7:00 pm via Zoom


The write stuff: Science writing beyond the journal article

Prof. Michelle M. Francl
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Bryn Mawr College
Nov 10, 2021 | 3:00 pm via Zoom


SciComm pop! Exploiting culture to popularize science

Dr. Steven Cranford
Editor-in-Chief, Matter (Cell Press)
Oct 6, 2021 | 10:30 am via Zoom