Let's develop your scientific writing skills
and reveal what it takes to publish in top journals !

2020
3 Sessions
Tuition waived ／ Deadline：Noon, November 12Webinar 1: Focus on Scientiﬁc Writing
Fri, Dec 4 17:00 ‒ 19:30 JST
Abstract Review
Mon, Dec 7 17:00 ‒ 19:30 JSTWebinar 2: Focus on Scientiﬁc Publishing Tue, Dec 8 17:00 ‒ 19:30 JST〈 Trainers 〉

Jennifer Sargent

Senior Editor, Nature Medicine

Markus Elsner

Senior Editor, Nature Biotechnology〈 Format 〉 Webinar（We will send ”GoToWebinar” invitation emails to the participants.）〈 Research Field 〉general life sciences〈 Eligibility 〉Full-time staﬀ, including senior postdoctoral fellows, assistant professors, lecturers, and associate professors.
Each participant is required to submit an abstract in addition to sign a letter of conﬁdentiality in advance.
Participants are expected to attend all of the 3 sessions.
Participants are required to register by Nov 20 upon receipt of a link for the sessions.

〈 Number of partcipants 〉 30 participants

If the number of applicants exceeds 30, participants will be selected based on theapplicants' reasons for participation.

〈 Application is required〉 Deadline： Noon, November 12, 2020
https://forms.gle/XMk2yJcPVqTu22KX9〈 Contact 〉

or please apply from the QR code on the right.

Program for the Development of Next-generation Leading Scientists with Global Insight (L-INSIGHT Oﬃce)l-insight-info@mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Organizer : Program for the Development of Next-generation Leading Scientists with Global Insight (L-INSIGHT)

Trainers
Jennifer Sargent, Senior Editor, Nature Medicine
Jennifer completed her undergraduate degree in biochemistry at the University of Queensland in
Brisbane, Australia. Prior to her doctoral work, Jennifer studied signal transduction systems in P.
aeruginosa with Joanne Engel at the University of California, San Francisco, USA. She received her
PhD from Dartmouth College for her studies on transcriptomics and genetics of scleroderma in
Michael Whitfield’s lab. Jennifer did her postdoctoral work with Juan Rivera at the National
Institutes of Health, USA, investigating sphingolipid signalling in allergy and autoimmunity. Jennifer has been serving the clinical and scientific communities as a professional editor since 2014. Shewas an editor at Nature Reviews Endocrinology before moving to The Lancet in 2015. In 2019,Jennifer joined the team at Nature Medicine as the editor for metabolism, physiology, global health,and public health.

Markus Elsner, Senior Editor, Nature Biotechnology
Markus did his graduate work at EMBL in Heidelberg, Germany and the University of Gothenburg,
Sweden, where he worked on characterizing protein dynamics in living cells. In his postdoctoral
studies at the National Institutes of Health he investigated the mechanisms of lipid and protein
sorting during membrane transport events. He joined the journal in 2008.

Nature Masterclasses virtual workshop agenda
Scientific Writing and Scientific Publishing (3 session)
Webinar 1: Focus on Scientific Writing (2.5 hours)
Welcome and Introductions
What Makes a Great Paper? : Examples of what top tier journal editors look for in a manuscript
Q&A
Practical Exercise 1: You're the Editor!
Break
Titles and Abstracts : How to create an engaging and brief title and abstract
Q&A
Practical Exercise 2: Writing a Title
Final Q&A
Abstract Review Session: (up to 2.5 hours)
An 8-minute, one-on-one session for each participant with a Nature Research journal editor,
at a fixed time during the pre-scheduled Abstract Review session. In the session, the editor will provide
participants with personalized advice on how to structure abstracts and improve their scientific writing.
Webinar 2: Focus on Scientific Publishing (2.5 hours)
Welcome and Introductions
The Editorial Process and Peer Review : An overview of editorial processes at top tier journals and ofpeer review, tips on writing rebuttal letters when responding to reviewers’ comments, and how to be agood peer reviewer
Q&A
Practical Exercise 1: Assessing Referee Reports
BreakJournal Decisions : A guide through the editorial process post peer review, what happens after a paper is
accepted, as well as how to deal with rejection
Q&A
Practical Exercise 2: Best Practice in Scientific Publishing
Final Q&A