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communicating science to scientists INSPIRE. martin krzywinski mkweb.bcgsc.ca Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Center BC Cancer Research Center Science Online Vancouver ⁃ Oct 2013

BE AS INTERESTING AS POSSIBLE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE @SCIOVAN ⁃ Oct 2013

HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=0BOMKGXEDKE WHAT MAKES MANY OF THESE PRESENTATIONS BAD? WHICH ONES DO YOU LIKE THE MOST? WHY? @SCIOVAN ⁃ Oct 2013

ASSUME YOUR AUDIENCE TO BE INTELLIGENT BUT EASILY BORED @SCIOVAN ⁃ Oct 2013

DO NOT MISTAKE THE CAN SUBTITLE FOR THE SOUP @SCIOVAN ⁃ Oct 2013

YOUR SLIDES ARE NOT THE PRESENTATION @SCIOVAN ⁃ Oct 2013

YOUR SLIDES ARE A REPRESENTATION OF THE PRESENTATION @SCIOVAN ⁃ Oct 2013

YOUR SLIDES ARE NOT THE ONLY SOURCE OF INFORMATION @SCIOVAN ⁃ Oct 2013

YOUR SLIDES ARE THE FIRST SOURCE OF INFORMATION @SCIOVAN ⁃ Oct 2013

topic narrative delivery @SCIOVAN ⁃ Oct 2013

topic narrative delivery message emphasis detail @SCIOVAN ⁃ Oct 2013

MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION EPISODIC @SCIOVAN ⁃ Oct 2013

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NO CLIPART ∙ GRADIENTS ∙ BULKY ARROWS @SCIOVAN ⁃ Oct 2013

NO READING ∙ WALLS OF TEXT ∙ DATA DUMPING @SCIOVAN ⁃ Oct 2013

AVOID TIGHT PACKING AND ASYMMETRIES calm tense @SCIOVAN ⁃ Oct 2013

ALIGN TO A GRID @SCIOVAN ⁃ Oct 2013

EXERCISE 1 IMPORTANCE OF CHOICE @SCIOVAN ⁃ Oct 2013

You have more data and analysis than you can fit in a presentation. How do you choose EXERCISE what to show? Have a concise description of main points. Do not overinform. 1. For each typeface, choose exactly three characters that you feel best express the Justify your choices. Choose a narrative that naturally ends at your main conclusion. Touch on relevant (not all) style, personality and spirit of the typeface. Your choices can be different for each. What aspect of the supporting data. Give the audience a sense (not tedious proof) of the scale of complexity typeface did your 2. If your choices are different for each typeface, select a minimal set of three and connections in your data. characters exemplify? characters that serve all three typefaces. a b c d e f a b c d e f a b c d e f g h i j k l g h i j k l g h i j k l m n o p q r m n o p q r r m n o p q s t u v w x s t u v w x s t u v w x $ y z ! @ # $ y z ! @ # y z ! @ # $ F A B C D E F A B C D E A B C D E F L G H I J K L G H I J K G H I J K L Q R Q R M N O P R M N O P M N O P Q W X S T U V W X S T U V X S T U V W + Y Z % & ? + Y Z % & ? + Y Z % & ? 6 6 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 0 . 7 8 9 0 . 7 8 9 0 . @SCIOVAN ⁃ Oct 2013 M I N I O N G I L L S A N S F I L O S O F I A

CASE STUDY 1 BRIDGETTE CLARKSTON @SCIOVAN ⁃ Oct 2013

Kallymeniaceae in Canada Genus # Species Reported: Euthora 1 Pugetia 2 G.Saunders G.Saunders Callophyllis 9 Erythrophyllum 1 Kallymeniopsis 1 G.Saunders Kallymenia 1 Hommersandia 1 Cirrulicarpus 1 Callocolax 1 algaebase @SCIOVAN ⁃ Oct 2013

Determining Relationships @SCIOVAN ⁃ Oct 2013

Results: Callophyllis laciniata 76 / 0.75 / 0.99 Salishia sanguinea * LSU+barcode S. firma * * S. chilensis Support values: Pugetia fragilissima * bootstrap (100 %) / aLRT (1.00) / Pugetia P. cryptica posterior probability (1.00) Callophyllis flabellulata * = > 95% bootstrap, 0.95 aLRT, C. violacea 0.95 posterior probability C. schneideri 100 / 0.52 / 0.77 * C. variegata 65 / 1.00 / 1.00 C. thompsonii C. beringensis * C. dissecta Callophyllis C. pinnata Chile C. edentata C. heanophylla C. radula C. crenulata C. pinnata Euthora timburtonii * Euthora E. cristata Kallymeniopsis oblongifructa * Erythrophyllum delesserioides Pugetia Beringia wynnei 82 / 0.80 / 0.97 0.01 substitutions / site @SCIOVAN ⁃ Oct 2013

PHOTOS LOOK ALIKE TO NONSPECIALISTS— FIX POSITION TO PROVIDE CONTINUITY ACHIEVE EMPHASIS WITH SPACING AND ALIGNMENT INSTEAD OF COLOR @SCIOVAN ⁃ Oct 2013

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CASE STUDY 2 SUSAN VICKERS @SCIOVAN ⁃ Oct 2013

Natural Gas Powered Vehicles � 2 � Waste and Others � Agriculture � 7% � 10% � Transportation � Emissions 24% � Intensive and Trade-Exposed � 11% � Oil and Gas � Buildings � 23% � 12% � Electricity � 13% � Natural Gas � Oil � Coal � % Cleaner � � (kg per Billion kJ of Energy Input) � Oil � Coal � Carbon Dioxide � 50409 � 70659 � 89616 � 28.7% � 43.7% � Carbon Monoxide � 17 � 14 � 90 � -20.0% � 81.1% � Nitrogen Oxides � 40 � 193 � 197 � 79.4% � 79.8% � Sulfur Dioxide � <1 � 483 � 1117 � 99.1% � 100.0% � Particulates � 3 � 36 � 1182 � 92.1% � 99.8% � @SCIOVAN ⁃ Oct 2013

INTRODUCTION SLIDE BUSY— MAIN POINT IS LOST LAYER COMPLEX INFORMATION ACROSS SEVERAL SLIDES START WITH INTRIGUE OR A QUESTION, IF POSSIBLE @SCIOVAN ⁃ Oct 2013

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Issues with Natural Gas � 3 � Global warming potential � 1 kg CH 4 � = � 21 kg CO 2 � United States Environmental Protection Agency: Overview of Greenhouse Gases � @SCIOVAN ⁃ Oct 2013

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SAR of Pd(NO 3 ) 2 by Cerium Formate � 21 � 1. CF 2. synthesis � Pd(NO 3 ) 2 ! x H 2 O � � cerium 418 K � H 2 O, RT � 2h � nitrate � � 2h � + � 24h � CF/Pd or � EG � CF or CHC-f � CHC-f/Pd � CF precursor � 3. Calcine � ∆� centrifuge � 400 °C/4h � Pd � PdO � CeO 2 � CHC � Pd-cerium formate composite � Pd-CeO 2 � @SCIOVAN ⁃ Oct 2013

MAINTAIN CONSISTENCY IN LABELING COMPLEX STEPS (K VS C, Δ ) AVOID OUTLINES OR BUBBLES FOR EMPHASIS— USE SPACE AVOID USE OF IDENTICAL ARROWS FOR DIFFERENT MEANING— REACTION VS CALLOUT INTRODUCE DETAIL IN OVERLAY SLIDE @SCIOVAN ⁃ Oct 2013

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CASE STUDY 3 ANNE STEINØ @SCIOVAN ⁃ Oct 2013

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Background – Inhibitor patient Why is he still in a wheelchair? @SCIOVAN ⁃ Oct 2013

WHY IS THIS ON SLIDE 15? @SCIOVAN ⁃ Oct 2013

HUMAN STORIES BEFORE DETAIL APPEAL TO EMOTION FIRST, THEN PROVIDE FACTS IF ASKING THE AUDIENCE TO COPE WITH COMPLEXITY, TELL THEM WHY @SCIOVAN ⁃ Oct 2013

EXERCISE 2 CREATE A PRESENTATION TOPIC: CANADA USE WIKIPEDIA ENTRY FOR INFORMATION SLIDES: 2 11X17, DRAWN, BLACK MARKER PREP TIME: 20 MIN TIME: 3 MIN AFTER THE PRESENTATION GIVE A 2 MIN PRESENTATION ABOUT YOUR PRESENTATION— WHAT WAS YOUR PROCESS? WHAT CHOICES DID YOU HAVE TO MAKE? @SCIOVAN ⁃ Oct 2013

drinks & science workshop @SCIOVAN ⁃ Oct 2013