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We are pleased to inform you that the Nature Masterclasses Live workshop in scientific writing and publishing will be held as shown below. This two-day, hands-on workshop offers a rare and valuable opportunity to learn directly from Nature Portfolio journal editors.
Workshop highlights include:
- Building confidence in writing papers
- Working successfully with editors
- The basic principles of ethical research and publication
- Personalised advice on your abstract from a Nature Portfolio editor
この業、親僥猟の鵡Pおよび竃井にvする Nature Masterclasses Live エディタ`ワ`クショップを、和のとおり_岸します。云ワ`クショップは2晩gにわたるg樹議なプログラムで、Nature Portfolio のジャ`ナルエディタ`から岷俊僥べるF嶷なC氏です。
云ワ`クショップの麼な坪否┘魯ぅ薀ぅ硲は參和のとおりです。
- 胎猟峇永にする徭佚を互めるためのポイント
- エディタ`と森議に亅Pする圭隈
- 冩梢および竃井における戴尖の児云圻夸
- Nature Portfolio エディタ`によるアブストラクトへのeアドバイス┘薀ぅ謄ング?アドバイザ`がリバイスもサポ`トします
This event will be held as part of the activities of the Program for Forming Japan's Peak Research Universities (J-PEAKS), titled ＾.￣ / 云イベントは、仇囃嶄宰?蒙弼ある冩梢寄僥晒陥M並IJ-PEAKS仝々の試強の匯桟としてg仏します。
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Dates / 晩殻: March 24C25, 2026 (TueCWed) / 2026定3埖24晩(諮)-25晩(邦)
Venue / 氏: Hiroshima Airport Hotel / ﾚuエアポ`トホテル
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Target participants / : Early-career researchers / 飛返冩梢宀
Reception / 住送氏: Buffet-style dinner on March 24 / エディタ`式び麿蛍勸の冩梢宀との住送を朕議とした櫓奮氏
Participation Fee / 歌紗M: 1,500 yen
Please pay the participation fee in cash at the reception desk on the day of the event. Please note that participants are responsible for their own transportation to and from the Hiroshima Airport Hotel and lunch costs. Single rooms with breakfast included will be arranged for the night of March 24 only for participants who request accommodation at the time of registration (JPY 12,000 per night). / 歌紗Mは、輝晩氏鞭原にてF署でお屶Bいください。氏までの吏畹四Mおよび帛奮旗は光徭ご毅ください。凡牡を錬李される圭には、3埖24晩(諮) 1牡のみ、劾奮原きシングルル`ムを返塘します1牡12,000劭。
Registration / 歌紗賦z:
*Registration is limited to 30 participants. / 30兆浙
Abstract submission / アブストラクトの戻竃について
Please prepare an abstract for personalised feedback from a Nature Portfolio editor. You do not need to write a new abstract; abstracts from published papers, previously rejected manuscripts, or work written by a supervised student are all acceptable. Submission by two weeks prior to the workshop is recommended. / エディタ`によるeアドバイス喘に、アブストラクトをご笋ださい。仟たに鵡Pされる駅勣はありません。屡に竃井されたもの、リジェクトされたもの、峺а伏が鵡PされたものなどでもYです。ワ`クショップの2Lg念までの戻竃を容Xします。
Schedule / スケジュ`ル
Day 1:
9:00- Welcome and introductions
9:30- Module 1: What makes a great paper?
10:15- Practical exercise 1: You're the editor!
10:45- Module 2: Write a compelling paper
11:30- Break
11:45- Module 3: Titles and abstracts
12:15- Practical exercise 2: Writing a title
12:30- Lunch break
13:30- Abstract review by the Editors & Revising Abstract with the Writing Advisors
15:30- Break
15:45- Module 4: Create impactful figures
16:30- Q&A
17:00- End of day
17:30- Reception
Day 2:
9:00- Recap and overview
9:15- Module 1: Being an author
10:00- Module 2: Choosing the right journal
10:45- Break
11:00- Module 3: Submitting your paper
11:45- Practical exercise 1: Assess a cover letter
12:05- Lunch break
13:05- Module 4: The editorial process
13:50- Module 5: Focus on peer review
14:35- Module 6: Journal decisions
15:20- Break
15:35- Module 7: Ethics in research and publication
16:20- Q&A and feedback
16:30 End of the workshop
Editors / エディタ`B初
Dr. Ali Stoddart, Chief Editor, Nature Materials
Dr. Ali Stoddart is currently the chief editor of Nature Materials and handles manuscripts in the areas of porous materials, membranes and materials chemistry. She is based in the London office of Springer Nature. Previously, Dr. Stoddart was the launch and chief editor of the first physical sciences Nature Reviews journal, Nature Reviews Materials and she subsequently moved to launch Nature Synthesis in 2022. Dr. Stoddart started her editorial career at Springer Nature in the Nature Materials team in 2007 and, during that time at the journal, handled manuscripts in the areas of biomaterials and materials chemistry. Dr. Stoddart has an MSci in chemistry from the University of Cambridge, UK, and a PhD in polymer synthesis from Durham University, UK. Following her PhD studies, Dr. Stoddart gained experience in the pharmaceutical industry, at the start-up company, Cambridge BioTechnology and also spent 3 years as an editor at the journal, Chemical Communications, published by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Dr. Jerome Staal, Senior Editor, Research, Nature Medicine
Dr. Jerome Staal received his PhD from the University of Tasmania before completing postdoctoral research at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, in the laboratory of Dr. Doug Fields. His work focused on the mechanisms underlying activity-dependent myelination and neuronCglia interactions. He then returned to the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health in Melbourne, where he established his own laboratory studying multiple sclerosis. In 2018, Dr. Staal joined Nature Communications in New York as an editor handling manuscripts in cellular and molecular neuroscience, and in 2020 he moved to Nature Medicine. He currently oversees submissions in neurology and regenerative medicine, including stem-cellCbased technologies.
Contact / 栽せ:
冉弼篇撞 Writing Center
wrc-research[@]office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
