Updates and Results Talks and Posters Advice Ideas Important Figures Write-Ups Outreach How-To Funding Opportunities GENETIS
  Advice, Last 2048 days  ELOG logo
New entries since:Sun Oct 4 05:04:37 2020
ID Date Author Subject
  Draft   Fri Apr 17 13:27:36 2026 Amy Connolly Writing letters of recommendation

 

Quote:

 

Quote:

Pay close attention to the wording of your stated level of support in the first sentence, and in the last paragraph.  Make sure it is as strong as you mean it to be.

Is the person you are writing for already working at the level of the position they are applying for?  If so, state that and give examples.

 

 

  Draft   Wed Apr 8 20:16:21 2026 Amy Connolly Writing letters of recommendation

 

Quote:

 

Quote:

Pay close attention to the wording of your stated level of support in the first sentence, and in the last paragraph.  Make sure it is as strong as you mean it to be.

Is the person you are writing for already working at the level of the position they are applying for?  If so, state that and give examples.

 

 

  Draft   Fri Apr 3 14:42:13 2026 Amy Connolly Writing letters of recommendation

 

Quote:

Pay close attention to the wording of your stated level of support in the first sentence, and in the last paragraph.  Make sure it is as strong as you mean it to be.

Is the person you are writing for already working at the level of the position they are applying for?  If so, state that and give examples.

 

  Draft   Sat Mar 28 08:31:50 2026 Brian ClarkBox Opening Advice
  • You will likely adjust your code to go from running the 100% to the 10%. Make sure you actually re-process the 10% with the 100% code and check to see that every value is duplicated correctly. This was a problem for both Jacob's and Brian's box opening.
  Draft   Sat Mar 21 16:09:41 2026 Brian ClarkA guide to writing good talk slides

 

Quote:

This is a checklist we should all complete when giving talks.

 

Note that the source .tex code is in the .tar.gz file.

 

  40   Wed Oct 13 09:32:57 2021 Amy To-dos for writing thesis

Acknowledge federal funding.

Writing:

Check paragraph structure.  Make sure that the first sentence of each paragraph summarizes the entire paragraph, and every later sentence is there to support the first sentence.

Do not start a sentence with a variable.

Look up the difference between "which" and "that" and check their usage throughout.

Make sure every figure or table is referred to in the text.

Provide enough details that a later student can reproduce what you did, included function names, etc.  Use appendix if needed.

Avoid colloqial language, such as instead of "we got," write "we measured."

ELOG V3.1.5-fc6679b