If you have ever been frustrated by language barriers as an author, reviewer, editor, conference participant, job seeker, or a researcher working abroad, we’d like to hear your story! We will also share information on today’s multilingual movements in academia, such as...
Welcome to Inuyama Nerds #6: "Nerdemic! Virality, zombies and other tales from the end of the world." In this rendition of our popular event, organizers Sanjana Kadam and Kenneth Keuk tackle the great existential crisis of our time: zombification!
Have you evern worried about how to write a proper email to another scientist (whom you have never met!) to ask about collaborative research or postdoc opportunities? Have you ever felt like your email message might be or may have been misinterpreted by its recipient? If your...
The fourth in the series of our casual science communication events ( Inuyama Nerds )* was held during the 12 th PWS symposium and the CICASP 10 th anniversary tribute. Using different concepts and approaches, three invited speakers shared their views on the meaning of...
As part of celebrating the 10th Anniversary of CICASP , and to reaffirm our commitment to promoting good science communication, we hosted a Scientific Visual Storytelling Contest during the 12th PWS Symposium . The goal of a scientific visual story is to inform an audience...
Dr. Liesbeth Frias and her colleagues recently published an open-access paper on parasite transmission among primates living on the island of Borneo. Here she tells us what it's like to search for primate fecal samples (poops!) in Bornean forests, and what we can learn about a...
