Writing laboratory is an intense practical course that helps participants prepare, write and revise a full research article manuscript in 10 weeks and get it ready for publication.
The course is suited for researchers from life sciences, natural sciences, and the quantitative branch of social sciences.
It is ideal for both inexperienced PhD students getting ready to write their first research article as well as seasoned scientists frustrated with writing, feeling that their process is ineffective and takes too long.
Furthermore, busy researchers at any academic stage appreciate the intense drafting week where they can progress quickly with undistracted focus and daily trainer feedback.
The course can be conducted in an online or blended format (combination of in-person drafting phase and online preparation & revision phases). Furthermore, the group sessions can be complemented with individual trainer support (one-on-one consultations with text feedback).
A popular version contains an in-person drafting week with daily text feedback for all ten participants. In this case, the course is carried out in collaboration with Dr. Kerstin Minnich (scientific writing trainer & editor).
Once a year this course is organized online by the trainer and can be booked by individual researchers.
Furthermore, busy researchers at any academic stage appreciate the intense drafting week where they can progress quickly with undistracted focus and daily trainer feedback.
The course can be conducted in an online or blended format (combination of in-person drafting phase and online preparation & revision phases). Furthermore, the group sessions can be complemented with individual trainer support (one-on-one consultations with text feedback).
A popular version contains an in-person drafting week with daily text feedback for all ten participants. In this case, the course is carried out in collaboration with Dr. Kerstin Minnich (scientific writing trainer & editor).
Once a year this course is organized online by the trainer and can be booked by individual researchers.
In the first phase participants prepare everything for effective and quick write-up. Online materials (videos, texts & checklists) guide the participants to
Optional: (bi-)weekly online Q&A sessions for support with individual challenges.
In the second phase particiapnts write the first draft of their manuscript, completing one major section of a research article each full day.
This part can be conducted in five full days in person (on-site/retreat) or in ten half-day (4-hour) live online sessions. Both versions contain daily
Optional: individual consultations with trainer with the possibility of text feedback.
Daily schedule (in Central European Time, UTC+1):
In the third phase participants revise their manuscript and get it ready for submission.
Participants are supported by
Optional: (bi-)weekly online Q&A sessions, peer-feedback training, one-on-one consultations with text feedback.
Dr. Martina Michalikova is a biologist and computational neuroscientist who obtained her doctoral title in 2016 from the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. She is also a certified writing consultant specialized in scientific writing in English as a second language.
Since 2017, she has been working as a freelance trainer for scientific writing & publishing, giving workshops, leading writing groups, and providing individual writing support as a coach & consultant. Since 2020 she is leading the Scientific Writing Pro online course, which has been successfully completed by over 80 students by now.
Dr. Kerstin Minnich is a biologist and certified writing consultant who obtained her doctoral title in Human Biology at the Ulm University Hospital, followed by a postdoctoral research period in the fields of endocrinology, immunology and cancer biology.
In 2016, she founded the editing service LIFE SCIENCE WRITING. Besides editing scientific texts, she is now giving workshops on scientific writing and working as an individual writing coach. In 2021 she has joined Martina as a co-trainer for the Write Up Your Paper online course and now, in 2023, is joining the Scientific Writing Pro course as well.
