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ASM Scientific Writing and Publishing Institute Program

2012 program will be available soon.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

3:00 - 3:45 p.m. Welcome, Introductions, and Institute Overview
3:45 - 4:15 p.m.
Session 1: Before You Start to Write & Are You Ready to Write
4:25 - 5:45 p.m.
Session 2: Rendering and Presenting Your Awesome Data
5:45 - 6:30 p.m. Dinner
6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Session 3: Coordinating Your Figures and Tables with Results, Figure Legends, and Materials and Methods
7:40 - 9:00 p.m. Breakout Session 1: Critiquing Figures and Tables
9:00 - 11:00 p.m. Writing Session 1: Revising Results, Figure Legends, and Materials and Methods

Friday, March 18, 2011

7:45 - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 - 9:15 a.m.
Session 4: Introduction - Starting the Story When the Answer is Already Known
9:20 - 10:05 a.m.
Session 5: The Synthesis of Progress. Moving the Bar with Compelling Discussion Sections
10:10 - 12:10 p.m. Critique Session 1
12:15 - 12:45 p.m.
Session 6: Baiting the Hook: Writing Powerful Titles and Compelling Abstracts
12:45 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:40 - 2:40 p.m. Writing Session 2: Revising Titles and Abstracts
2:45 - 3:25 p.m.
Session 7: Testing the Waters: How Peer Review Works & How Being a Reviewer Will Improve Your Writing
3:30 - 5:30 p.m. Writing Session 3: Revising Critiques from Preassigned Manuscripts
5:30 - 6:15 p.m. Dinner
6:20 - 7:00 p.m.
Session 8: How to Strategically Respond to Reviews to Get Your Paper Published & Writing an Effective Rebuttal Letter
7:15 - 9:00 p.m. Writing Session 4: Reading and Digesting Critiques; Preparing a Draft of a Rebuttal Letter

Saturday, March 19, 2011

8:15 - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:15 - 10:00 a.m. Writing Session 5: Reading and Digesting Critiques; Preparing a Draft of a Rebuttal Letter (II)
10:05 - 12:05 p.m.
Session 9: Ethics - Right, Wrong and In-Between
12:10 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Session 10: The ABCs of Manuscript Submission
1:35 - 3:00 p.m. Breakout Session 3: Small Group Discussion to Discuss Critiques and ASM: Rebuttal Letters
3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Critique Session 2
5:00 - 5:45 p.m. Questions/Answers with Facilitators; Evaluation of Institute
6:00 p.m. Evening Off to Enjoy Washington, D.C. Restaurants

Sunday, March 20, 2011

9:00 - 9:45 a.m. Breakfast
9:50 - 10:30 a.m.
Session 11: Science Writing without Your Own Novel Data - Editorials, Review Articles, Book Reviews, Letters to the Editor and Others
10:40 - 11:20 a.m.
Session 12: Enhancing the Odds - Choosing the Right Journal; Strategies for Recommending an Editor and Possible Reviewers
11:25 - 11:40 a.m. Wrap-up


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