Sunday, September 2, 2018

Writing to Inform (Journal Entry #1)


I believe the main goal of science is to inform and should always be the main purpose of a researcher. As an aspiring scientist and MS degree candidate, I ought to breath the rules of scientific or academic writing. I write emails to my professors, thesis advisers and colleagues daily. Writing, revising and improving my thesis manuscript is keeping me busy.

Writing is a way of expressing myself. However, I find scientific or academic writing a higher way of communication. Not only do I need to express myself, I need to inform people of my scientific results. I do not usually dread it but the problem with me writing scientifically is that I need to make sure that people, I mean most people, even non-technical ones, to understand what I am saying. This way, it is another task to not only make yourself clear but to make it concise. Any form of misinterpretation of my work could lead to scientific disasters. My purpose is to let the public know the highlights or uses of my research. By the way, my work involves probiotics.

I need to improve my skills in writing scientific reports. I find it hard to convey my interpretation of data I have gathered especially if the reader is not from the same field. I also hope to improve my slide presentation skills as this is very useful in scientific conferences, lectures and gatherings.

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