Blog Comments

Kinetica Online is pleased to provide direct links to commentaries from our senior editor Dr. Steven Pelech has posted on other blogs sites. Most of these comments appear on the GenomeWeb Daily Scan website, which in turn highlight interesting blogs that have been posted at numerous sites in the blogosphere since the beginning of 2010. A wide variety of topical subjects are covered ranging from the latest scientific breakthroughs, research trends, politics and career advice. The original blogs and Dr. Pelech’s comments are summarized here under the title of the original blog. Should viewers wish to add to these discussions, they should add their comments at the original blog sites.

The views expressed by Dr. Pelech do not necessarily reflect those of the other management and staff at Kinexus Bioinformatics Corporation. However, we wish to encourage healthy debate that might spur improvements in how biomedical research is supported and conducted.

Scientific Manuscripts

Down with Dry Writing

Adam Ruben in Science Careers wondered why scientific articles are not written as more interesting and dynamic stories? He mentions that scientists are often taught to avoid writing in the first person, and that many journals prefer manuscripts be written in past tense. S. Pelech notes that scientific research manuscripts are written more often by committees than individuals so they will appear to be very impersonal despite the passion that underlies the work. He suggests that authors may as well make them as complete and interesting as possible, and emphasize personal perspectives that are being offered in the discussion and conclusions. Read More...