Lecture 2 Communication Skills and Scientific Writing

Presentation ppt: (Link to full page)

Lecture 1 Research Management and Information Search

<Link to full page>

Activity on information search

Trial 1 (Link to full page)

 


 Trial 2 (Link to full page)

 

Re: Query regarding figures in thesis

Hi Professor Kwan,

Ok. I'll do that. Thanks so much!

Jeremy

On 17 April 2016 at 22:59, Prof. HS Kwan (School of Life Sciences) <hskwan@eservices.cuhk.edu.hk> wrote:

Dear Jeremy,

Yes, bar charts and figures from publications have copyrights. Three points may be useful:

1. You can put the figure/charts on a powerpoint slide and trace them
2. Use simplified form for the complex images
3. For bar charts, etc. You can use Excel and guess the numbers to re-construct the charts

Best,

HSK

---

From: Jeremy Wu [jerrywazhere@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2016 10:32 PM
To: Prof. HS Kwan (School of Life Sciences); Kwan H S; hskwan288.fnsc6313@blogger.com
Subject: Query regarding figures in thesis

Dear Professor Kwan,

For the figures that require copyright, I'm sure i'll have to draw the colour images from the Weinberg 2014, but do the bar charts of the studies also need to be changed as well? Do those have copyright too?

Jeremy

--

Brother in Christ

RE: Query regarding figures in thesis

Dear Jeremy,

Yes, bar charts and figures from publications have copyrights. Three points may be useful:

1. You can put the figure/charts on a powerpoint slide and trace them
2. Use simplified form for the complex images
3. For bar charts, etc. You can use Excel and guess the numbers to re-construct the charts

Best,

HSK

---

From: Jeremy Wu [jerrywazhere@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2016 10:32 PM
To: Prof. HS Kwan (School of Life Sciences); Kwan H S; hskwan288.fnsc6313@blogger.com
Subject: Query regarding figures in thesis

Dear Professor Kwan,

For the figures that require copyright, I'm sure i'll have to draw the colour images from the Weinberg 2014, but do the bar charts of the studies also need to be changed as well? Do those have copyright too?

Jeremy

Query regarding figures in thesis

Dear Professor Kwan,

For the figures that require copyright, I'm sure i'll have to draw the colour images from the Weinberg 2014, but do the bar charts of the studies also need to be changed as well? Do those have copyright too?

Jeremy

Double-checking the MSc thesis

Hi Professor Kwan,

Jeremy here. Just wanted to double-check if you received my thesis in your email about 2 days ago? Would you mind helping me take a look at the general outline of things to see if it is acceptable please? If you wouldn't mind passing me some feedback I would really appreciate it! Thank you so much!

Yours sincerely,
Jeremy

Regarding MSc Thesis (first draft)

Dear Professor Kwan,

Would you mind taking a look at my thesis please? I've basically done the first round of finalising touches to the document. I have yet to write acknowledgments and both the abstracts.

It would be wonderful if you could give me some comments if you have time. Please find the attached word file. Your advice is greatly appreciated!

Yours sincerely,

Jeremy

MSc Thesis query.

Hi Professor Kwan,

Instead of focusing on the two probiotic species, I was thinking of focusing on one or two specific diseases out of the following: colorectal/colon cancer, Crohn's disease, Ulcerative Colitis, etc.

So now my "revised" topic might be something like "Prebiotic effects on the gut microbiome and its benefits for colorectal cancer" (or Crohn's disease, Colitis, etc.)

Or perhaps "Prebiotic effects on the gut microbiome and its benefits for the PREVENTION of colorectal cancer" (or Crohn's disease, Colitis, etc.)

How does that sound?

Thanks again!

Jeremy

Re: Thesis query (new topic after discussion with you)

Dear Professor Kwan,

That's true. They are probiotics, but if I don't talk about their effects on the guy, I don't really know what to say when describing how prebiotics can improve our health, since the beneficial effects of prebiotics are basically all executed through probiotics, right? Or not? I might have misunderstood some information like  this, please correct me if I am wrong. 

Alternately, should I focus on something else, say for example, butyrate or anti-microbial compounds derived from prebiotics and can improve our gut health? (Maybe that will help me focus more on prebiotics rather than probiotics).

Thanks for your help!

Jeremy 

On 11 Feb 2016, at 9:36 PM, Prof. HS Kwan (School of Life Sciences) <hskwan@eservices.cuhk.edu.hk> wrote:

Dear Jeremy,

I have no objection to your idea of reviewing how Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus species affect gut microbiome. Just one problem...they are probiotics, not prebiotics.

Best,

HS Kwan

---

From: Jeremy Wu [jerrywazhere@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2016 3:49 PM
To: Prof. HS Kwan (School of Life Sciences); hskwan288.fnsc6313@blogger.com
Subject: Thesis query (new topic after discussion with you)

Dear Professor Kwan,

Happy Chinese New Year! Wishing you a prosperous and joyful year.

We discussed about having a more specific topic of the body of my thesis, remember?

I've been reading up on prebiotics and probiotics a bit and I was wondering if this topic idea would be comprehensive enough:

My thesis is about the effect of prebiotics on the gut microbiome, and how this affects health.

I'm hoping to write the main body on how "bifidobacteria and lactobacillus species" can affect the intestinal health (maybe looking at cancers or something like that) .

This topic seems to have more literature, and it will be specific to bifidobacter and lactobacillus species; but I have not determined which diseases to focus on yet.

How does this direction sound? Is it specific enough?

Sincerely,

Jeremy

P.S. I will also be using this topic for my abstract and presentation.