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Three pillars on which to build an inclusive research group

When I was a new PI I knew what I valued in a research group – a fun, collaborative, inclusive lab culture that values everyone’s opinion and with a variety of backgrounds and perspectives. I also felt that change towards a more diverse and inclusive research culture – within my organisation and academia in general…

Writing paragraphs and stringing them together

This post is about structuring a paragraph, and about stringing paragraphs together. I’ve written about the overall structure of a scientific paper in my previous post, but I’ve noticed that many people put very little thought into structuring the text within their paragraphs. Because we’re never really taught this! And as a result, paragraphs can feel disjointed,…