Foundational Skills in Life Sciences

About Foundational Skills in Life Sciences

Students and scholars in life sciences need to use many skills to survive and excel during scientific training, which involves listening, reading, writing, and speaking. But I have seen many of them struggle in understanding and learning those skills. I am a professor in the U.S., a tenured faculty member with MD, PhD degrees. I will assist you through the skills, so that you will learn and improve successfully in your professional life. Please visit my website for more information (https://synaptologica.com/), and send me emails with questions, comments or ideas (ideas@synaptologica.com).

Publisher

Dr. Synaptologica

Category

education · education · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Jul 2023

Latest episode

1 Sept 2025

Latest episodes

63 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Sept 2025

   61. How I prepare for teaching how to read papers to professional students

   What does it take to prepare a single lecture? In this episode, I will talk about months-long process for crafting a lecture on how to read clinical papers. I am passionate about teaching this foundational skill. The preparation includes choosing a paper that is best fit for the interest of the student body. It also includes making presentation slides tailor-made for the specific paper. I hope this episode is helpful for both fellow instruct...

2. 

   11 Aug 2025

   60. Postdoc training program that I organized

   I have set up a training program for the postdoctoral researchers (postdocs) in my home department. Today, I would like to talk about: how and why I have done it, what we do in the program and what (positive!) feedback that I received. This episode might help you if you are a student looking for training opportunities or if you are a mentor who is already guiding your immediate trainees. This episode = mini-series: training-1. (My email is active. But ...

3. 

   30 Jul 2025

   59. Happy 2-year anniversary! (plus, how I am scripting episodes)

   This podcast is now two years old. And it is the start of the third year! Thank you for listening and for your support! I would like to give you my behind-the-scenes information, so that you will have some understanding about how I am preparing the scripts of the episodes for you. This episode = podcast update 8. (My email is active. But my website is under construction. Please wait for a while. Thank you for the patience!)

Reach and audience

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 39 / 100

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Quality

55

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60

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