This active-learning course is designed for upper division STEM majors pursuing authentic research experiences through a formal research training program at UC Berkeley. Students will develop research and professional skills needed to pursue PhD training in the biosciences, including critical thinking, scientific reasoning and data interpretation, and scientific communication. The course will be structured around scientific presentation formats commonly used at national scientific conferences. Students will learn best-practices for rigor and reproducibility in research, writing meeting abstracts, data display and interpretation, and disseminating research results through talks, posters, and lay summaries.

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