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11 February 2013 - 04:09 PM
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metaltemujin, on 16 May 2011 - 06:02 AM, said:
The most general answer would be, "Read, Study, Revise, Practice"
I am asking for unique styles of improving oneself and something which is more smart that reading 10+ 20 page papers on an article to learn barely two pages or more on average (based on one's capacity).
I was curious cos sometimes I feel really horrible and strange that I dont know anything in my field and I also dont know how to go about studying it
And reading more than a few papers at a time figuratively almost kills me >.<;;
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metaltemujin, on 16 May 2011 - 06:02 AM, said:
The most general answer would be, "Read, Study, Revise, Practice"
I am asking for unique styles of improving oneself and something which is more smart that reading 10+ 20 page papers on an article to learn barely two pages or more on average (based on one's capacity).
I was curious cos sometimes I feel really horrible and strange that I dont know anything in my field and I also dont know how to go about studying it
And reading more than a few papers at a time figuratively almost kills me >.<;;
Post Source: How do you improve your bio skills?
The question is "how to improve your bio skills?
There are many to learn. The most important to start with is basic lab techniques. These may include:-
Making up stocks solutions.
Serial dilutions
Western blotting
Basic cell and tissue culture
methods of sterilisation
Basic microbiology
Basic molecular biology
......the list is endless
Then you have to learn about setting up experiments:-
Positive and Negative controls
Optimisation steps
The critical path for your experiments
Hypothesis lead research
Accuracy as well as precision.....i.e your experiments must be reproducible
..........the list is endless
Then you have to learn to present your research/results to your collegues..and then further afield:-
Statistical analysis
Presentation skills
What content to put in AND LEAVE OUT
Anticpating questions
looking for weaknesses in your results
Further experiments that need to be done.
............the list is endless
Then if you are lucky you can contribute or write papers for published journals:-
Again most of the above will come into that.
The most important thing that I can impress on young people coming into science is the importance of which research group you join. I was very lucky in my career that the first lab head I worked for won a nobel prize for physiology. I also worked for a post doc tha spent many years with me learning the basics as listed above. You can read many books and papers but the most important thing is EXPERIENCE...EXPERIENCE......EXPERIENCE.
I hope you find this useful
Kindest regards
Uncle Rhombus
metaltemujin, on 16 May 2011 - 06:02 AM, said: The most general answer would be, "Read, Study, Revise, Practice"
I am asking for unique styles of improving oneself and something which is more smart that reading 10+ 20 page papers on an article to learn barely two pages or more on average (based on one's capacity).
I was curious cos sometimes I feel really horrible and strange that I dont know anything in my field and I also dont know how to go about studying it
And reading more than a few papers at a time figuratively almost kills me >.<;;
Post Source: How do you improve your bio skills?
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metaltemujin, on 16 May 2011 - 06:02 AM, said: The most general answer would be, "Read, Study, Revise, Practice"
I am asking for unique styles of improving oneself and something which is more smart that reading 10+ 20 page papers on an article to learn barely two pages or more on average (based on one's capacity).
I was curious cos sometimes I feel really horrible and strange that I dont know anything in my field and I also dont know how to go about studying it
And reading more than a few papers at a time figuratively almost kills me >.<;;
Post Source: How do you improve your bio skills?
The question is "how to improve your bio skills?
There are many to learn. The most important to start with is basic lab techniques. These may include:-
Making up stocks solutions.
Serial dilutions
Western blotting
Basic cell and tissue culture
methods of sterilisation
Basic microbiology
Basic molecular biology
......the list is endless
Then you have to learn about setting up experiments:-
Positive and Negative controls
Optimisation steps
The critical path for your experiments
Hypothesis lead research
Accuracy as well as precision.....i.e your experiments must be reproducible
..........the list is endless
Then you have to learn to present your research/results to your collegues..and then further afield:-
Statistical analysis
Presentation skills
What content to put in AND LEAVE OUT
Anticpating questions
looking for weaknesses in your results
Further experiments that need to be done.
............the list is endless
Then if you are lucky you can contribute or write papers for published journals:-
Again most of the above will come into that.
The most important thing that I can impress on young people coming into science is the importance of which research group you join. I was very lucky in my career that the first lab head I worked for won a nobel prize for physiology. I also worked for a post doc tha spent many years with me learning the basics as listed above. You can read many books and papers but the most important thing is EXPERIENCE...EXPERIENCE......EXPERIENCE.
I hope you find this useful
Kindest regards
Uncle Rhombus
