CREATIVE WAYS TO COMMUNICATE YOUR RESEARCH Anne Osterrieder Oxford Brookes University EPSO-FEBS Conference Dublin, 24 June 2014 #EPSO14

WHO?

Transcript: http://www.plantcellbiology.com/2013/06/how-i-became-a-plant-cell-biologist/

WHAT?

Fame Lab, The Three Minute Thesis Competition, Dance your PhD.

http://www.plantcellbiology.com/

https://twitter.com/anneosterrieder

YouTube: http://tinyurl.com/musicalcells

WHY?

http://multimedia.mcb.harvard.edu/media.htm Golgi apparatus

Its fascinating!

Responsibility. Fun! New skills. Networking. Makes me a better scientist.

Why is this important? Understand molecular mechanisms of Golgi stack structure Understand Golgi populations in individual cells Put Golgi populations into functional context in cells Study effects on plant phenotypes

WHERE?

http://www.cafescientifique.org/

I will never stand behind a lectern again! I will always need to have a stage! I used some of the theatre techniques for my presentation [at a research conference] - standing with my feet apart, breathing properly. It helped me. I spend 50 hours per week in my office, not talking to people. [A project like this] is a healthy thing to do if you are doing an Arts and Humanities PhD.

Ivy Livingstone, CC-BY 4.0. http://biodidac.bio.uottawa.ca/index.htm

HOW?

Your research Discipline, research area or specific project? General concepts or actual data? Published or unpublished research? Issues: Intellectual property, copyright, collaborative research, peer review

Who is your audience? Peers Other researchers Teachers Media Interested non-experts Not interested non-experts Adults Young people Colleagues

Your goals and preferences What do you want to achieve? How much time do you have? Do you prefer to write, take photos, speak? What do you enjoy doing?

Be creative!

Start small

but dont be afraid to think big!

Make science communication part of your every-day work

Evaluate!

Have you visited the Science Bazaar before? Yes No Activities Very satisfied satisfied Neither satisfied nor dissatified

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WHEN?

Publish or Perish

Perception of science communication?

Plant Cell Biology Plant Biology Biology Natural Sciences Sciences Academica Outside academia

By Killy Ridols (Patagonia) [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Thank you! http://www.plantcellbiology.com http://www.youtube.com/plantendomembrane @AnneOsterrieder