SIH Skills Development: Understanding a Paper

A key skill to have as a scientist is to be able to digest new information rapidly. In this workshop we'll dive into the essentials of how to read a paper.

The ability to properly read and understand literature is a critical skill. We’ll be using a very recent manuscript describing a novel CRISPR-based COVID-19 detection platform as our framework to discover how to read a paper.

Key Concepts:

• Role of figure formatting and story order in ease of understanding data
• Determining validity of conclusions based on presented data
• Accessibility and validity of papers (peer review versus open-source)

Please RSVP if you plan to attend so you'll receive the WebEx invitation.