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The EMBS Student Resource Center provides information and materials on upcoming and past workshops, conferences and seminars. You will be able to download documents for your own reading. We will aim at providing resources for continued education and learning so that you will make the best out of your work and career.

Please note that the EMBS Student Resource Center is maintained in parallel with the EMBS GOLD Resource Center, which you can visit here.

EMBC'09 Workshop on Scientific Writinng Skills

Dr. Michael Newman - EiC of the EMB Magazine, Dr. Bruce Wheeler -EiC of T-BME, and Dr. Matthias Reumann - EMBS GOLD Rep gave an overview on structure and methods of scientific writing, as well as the editors and reviewers point of view on scientific articles. The presentation handouts can be downloaded below. When using the material, please reference and cite the authors accordingly!

M. Neuman. "The backbones of an article" 31. Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Minneapolis, USA, 2009

EMBC'09 Workshop on Scientific Presentation Design and Delivery

Ms. Jacqualyn Brinkman - Postdoctoral Program Coordinator at the iCAPTURE James Hogg Research Institute in Vancouver, Canada, Dr. Christopher James - EMBC'09 Student Paper Competition Chair, and Cristian A. Linte - EMBS Student Rep gave a workshop on how to put together a scientific presentation, tailoring it to the audience, designing the slides and choosing the appropriate visual aids, and of course, how to refine your delivery and better present yourself. A handout containing useful references on the topic may be downloaded below.

Brinkman J, James C and Linte CA. Preparing for an Effective Presentation. EMBC'09 Workshop on Presentation Design and Delivery. Minneapolis MN USA

EMBC'09 Symposium on preparing for Yout First Job in Academia, Private Sector or Government

Cristian A. Linte - EMBS Student Rep organized a mini-symposium on how to prepare, apply for and negotiate your first biomedical engineering job. You can use the links below to download handouts of the presentations delivered by Mr. Steve Johnson - Amgen Inc., Dr. Ali Khademhosseini - Harvard University, Dr. Semahat Demir - Biomedcial Engineering Program Director, National Sciecne Foundation, and Dr. Eric Zhao - Medtronic Inc.

Johnson S. First Job out of Graduate School - Private Sector. EMBC'09 Minisymposium on First BME Job: Academia, Private Sector, Government. Minneapolis MN USA

EMB Magazine Student Corner Columns

Use the links below to download copies of some of the Student Corner columns published in the Engineering in Medicine and Biology magazine that relate to topics of interest on leadership skills and career development.

Linte CA. (2008) Writing for publication in bioengineering. IEEE Eng Med Biol. 27(3): 7-11