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Marcus Lab
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Recipe for a successful presentation
Recipe for a successful
presentation:
- Pick an interesting paper, preferably
experimental, on a topic of your interest. This Journal Club focuses on
depth not breadth; but this must be balanced with not over-stressing
"usual suspects" topics by "usual suspects" authors.
Picking the right paper is key—ask your colleagues if it will help
you decide.
- Plan to talk about 30 minutes, not counting
questions. However, know that the questions will come and do not
discourage them. If you get many questions and if discussions develop at
the end of the presentation, take it as a good sign (people are
interested).
- Prepare 5–15 slides. To get people
aligned with the topic, consider an initial slide containing paper
title, authors, and the key result in your own words, perhaps along with
one figure (device, data, as you wish). A good structure for presenting
a paper is given by "Rashba's Rules."
Rashba's Rules:
- Context: What is known, what is the problem,
what have the authors aimed to do
- Key Result: What was the method, and what was
achieved
- Relevance: Relate the paper to the current work
of the group, if any
JC czar: Max Lemme
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Journal Club
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When:
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Thursdays,
3:00
p.m.
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Where:
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Lyman
425
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Access to full articles may require Harvard ID.
After each talk, the speaker of the subsequent week is
asked to introduce his/her paper to the audience and distribute printed
copies.
See Journal Club Archive
for previous presentations.
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