Predatory meetings and how to avoid them

Almost as often as invitations to submit manuscripts to predatory journals, I receive invitations to attend predatory meetings, and you probably receive them as well. So what exactly are predatory meetings, and how do you know whether a meeting is real or organized by...

Designing a poster for a scientific meeting

Presenting a poster at a scientific meeting can be an excellent opportunity to receive feedback on your research, find new collaborators, and enlarge your network. Therefore your poster should primarily be a conversation starter and be easy to understand. Preparation...

COVID-19 and Bad Science

In these uncertain times manuscripts on SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 get published at high speed, sometimes as pre-publications on sites at MedRxiv  and BioRxiv. This is an important way to share knowledge rapidly in the hope of increasing insight into the disease,...