Science communication
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When Batman meets Poison Ivy
Jessica Desamero had learned to love science communication by the time she was challenged to explain the role of DNA secondary structure in halting cancer cell growth to an 8th-grade level audience.
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 Yes, I have an accent — just like you
When the author, a native Polish speaker, presented her science as a grad student, she had to wrap her tongue around the English term “fluorescence cross-correlation microscopy.â€
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Becoming a scientific honey bee
At the World Science Forum, a speaker’s call for scientists to go out and “make honey†felt like the answer to a question Katy Brewer had been considering for a long time.
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I find beauty in telling stories about giants
Andrea Lius wished she could find a focus for her scientific research — until she realized that what she really liked was talking to other scientists about the focus of their work.
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Leveraging social media to share science
Scientist and educator Elisabeth Marnik explains how to combat misinformation, such as the popular myth that drinking bleach will prevent infections.
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Turning the ‘art' of scicomm into a full-time job
Two bench scientists took the eight-week ASBMB Art of Science Communication course and parlayed the skills they learned into a new career.
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The Art of Science Communication as an infographic
Sometimes a picture is worth a lot of words.
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A decade of teaching the Art of Science Communication
Why now, more than ever, scientists must be able to explain what they do to non-scientists.
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Science journalism internships for early career scientists
If you love science but are ready to leave the bench, consider a career in science storytelling.