OGPS Science Writing & Communication - Fall 2026

Join us for this virtual workshop to gain insights, knowledge, and the skills needed for you to excel in your next poster.

Workshop Goals:

1. Discuss effective presentation practices and strategies to improve how our science is presented, ensuring clarity and audience engagement
2. Learn techniques to boost confidence in public speaking, including best practices and mindset strategies for a successful poster
3. Learn how to structure your poster to convey your science to diverse audiences effectively
4. Identify best practices for creating visually appealing presentation slides and posters that enhance message retention

Getting started with manuscript writing can feel overwhelming, but a strong outline provides the foundation for a clear and compelling paper. Within this session, Prof. Teresa O'Meara, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, will focus on how to effectively organize your science, including the motivation, problem statement, and results, into a structure that supports your argument and engages readers.

In this interactive workshop, you will learn best practices for outlining, explore strategies for translating research into a logical flow, and begin drafting an outline for your own manuscript.

Although writing is a fundamental part of the research process, researchers at all levels struggle to carve out time and space for effective writing. Grounded in academic writing scholarship, this event offers practical approaches to help you shift your perspective and approach writing with renewed confidence.

Workshop Goals: 

• Embrace your identity as a writer to strengthen your self-assurance
• Discover how understanding your audience can make your writing more impactful
• Reflect on your personal writing habits to identify what to adjust or refine
• Explore proven productivity strategies to overcome procrastination and build momentum

Join us for this workshop to develop practical strategies for communicating your research effectively across disciplines and audiences. Designed specifically for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in the biomedical sciences, this session will explore how the same research may need to be framed differently depending on the audience, what they already know, and what they need to understand or do.

Through hands-on examples and guided practice, you'll learn how to identify what matters most to a particular audience, adjust technical detail and terminology, and communicate the relevance and significance of your work without sacrificing accuracy. You'll practice adapting the same scientific message for different audiences and contexts, with strategies you can apply to research talks, interdisciplinary discussions, written summaries, and other professional communication.

Workshop Goals:

• Identify the background knowledge, needs, and expectations of different scientific and professional audiences
• Learn strategies for adjusting technical detail, terminology, context, and emphasis while maintaining scientific accuracy
• Practice identifying and communicating the central message, relevance, and significance of your research for different audiences
• Build confidence adapting your research communication across disciplinary and professional settings

Join us for this virtual workshop to gain insights, knowledge, and the skills needed for you to excel in your next oral talk.

Workshop Goals:

1. Discuss effective presentation practices and strategies to improve how our science is presented, ensuring clarity and audience engagement
2. Learn techniques to boost confidence in public speaking, including best practices and mindset strategies for a successful oral talk
3. Learn how to structure your oral talk to convey your science to diverse audiences effectively
4. Explore techniques for science storytelling and emphasize the importance of your science narrative