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Thanks mate! I’m really interested in seeing how you do your 3MT- sounds cool! Let me know if you record it and happy to share 👍

Why the sad face? 🥺

Thanks for the lovely comment! Hoping this will be the year I’ll make some more vids lol. I have a bunch of workshops and seminars Ive down that are just waiting to be converted into vids 👍

Thanks! Always great to hear the videos are useful. Should be firing up some new vids this week (looking to try doing a bunch of shorts). Let me know if there’s any topics you’d find useful for me to cover

Thanks Ally! Let me know if there’s any other topics you want covered.

No worries Craig! Let me know how it goes and if there are any other things you think I should include in a follow up video

@@stemventurist I received second place for my presentation. I think a video on tips and techniques on overcoming the fear or presenting and how to engage the audience and judges better.

@@craig3205 Awesome, congrats! Regarding fear- one thing I've been hearing a lot lately is to rather try and ignore it, turn that anxious energy into excitement. Apparently these energies are similar/ fire along the same neurons, so it's better to change your perception of the feelings. ie. instead of 'I'm dreading giving a talk', reframe it to 'I'm excited to tell people what I'm working on'. There's also some tips in part 2 of this video, but I think each deserve some in depth detail. I'll through them on the my list of topics to cover!

Yeah it’s always hard to find synergistic minds that are also located close by. Have you tried hitting up your local startup scene? Preferably some science/ biotech related, but generalist could also be good (particularly if you want more of a business mind to balance out your science mind).

Nice! Sounds similar to me except instead of bum building more of a scicomn business (and looking to wrap up my wetlab work). What’s your plan with your lab at home- any particular focus? It reminds me of this book I read a few years ago called ‘bio hackers’. I imagine the field has significantly progressed since then!

Thanks! This feedback means a lot! I really need to get back into producing content (I’ve got a tonne of ideas sitting around). Are there any particular topics you’d like to see me cover?

Tips for the preparation of 20min talks (conferences, congresses, etc) without it being boring/too overwhelming, but still professional@@stemventurist

Thanks Devon! Looking back at this video, it almost seems an eternity ago when I filmed this! I’m hoping to start doing some more filming on new topics soon (been doing a bunch of seminars and workshops to flesh out more topics). Is there any other topics you want covered that would be useful to you?

@@stemventurist I'd be interested in thesis defence strategies! And tap into that right algorithm because these are highly under-viewed

I’ll put that topic on the list, but not sure if I’m the greatest person for this. I didn’t really have to defend my thesis at my university (it was a thesis by publication and a public seminar, no formal defence). Although I sort of wish I had that experience upon reflection. The channel and vids are optimised for the algorithm and the channel is growing. I think I just need to pump more videos out to get some spikes going and increase the speed of the growth. For context, I’ve gone from 100 to 600 subscribers since I published my last vid in 2020 (ages ago!).

I think it’s definitely worth it. Another thing I’ve found beneficial which I don’t think I included in the video, was that it’s a great tool for job hunting. I spent about a month liking and retweeting jobs or positions that colleagues were announcing. Now the algorithm serves me up these type of posts all the time. Also useful if your looking for non academic jobs (I’ve tried it for both). 👍

I think you’re my 500th follower! Does this earn you some kind of prize? Ha ha

Thanks for the feedback! Not sure if I’d be much help to you as I’m more familiar with the Australian research landscape. So not really sure what the best approach is as an international looking to get into Canada or the UK. Things might also be different with the COVID situation (Australia for example has really reigned back internationals arriving with pretty strict border control). I’d suggest looking and reaching out to others who have made a similar journey fairly recently. I’d do this by looking for anyone in my network first, and if I didn’t know anyone, do a search on LinkedIn (searching for something like India PhD postdoc and Uk or Canada). Someone whose recently made the transition will be empathetic to your situation (and more likely to respond) and can also give you done tips and traps to avoid. You can reach me at stemventurist@gmail.com but not sure I can be much more help. Other idea might be to see if some universities you’d like to work at have any international office. If you reach out to them, they might be able to provide some extra advice on the current landscape and how to get over that way.

Glad it was helpful!

@@stemventurist It was indeed! I am surprised this video has not gone mainstream. Keep up the great work. Hope it takes off for you. Quality and information are on par!

Thanks this means a lot! I haven’t uploaded a video in over a year as I’ve had to focus on my main business hustle for a bit, but I’ve got a tonne of ideas and plans for vids up my sleeve. Just need to sit down and crank them out. Interestingly, the channel has been slowly growing, mostly from the 3MT video. From what I can see of other related channels, if you get one video to pop highly, the channel gets a good boost. So hoping maybe with a few more vids I might catch the UA-cam algorithm wave of success ha ha.

Appreciate the feedback! The channels on a slow 🔥, but might pick up if I get off my bum and start making more vids.. I’ve actually got a few vids planned, but just trying to find some time (had to put it on the back burner for a bit). The next vids will be about how to make your science sound more engaging and interesting- I think you’ll like it!

Thanks for reaching out to me on LinkedIn. Feel free to message me here or there 😄

Thanks for the kind words Elly! Let me know if you have any other tips I didn’t cover. I’m thinking of doing some more presenting videos soon… just need to find some time to sit down and do them! I’ve got a few presentation slide decks I’ve used recently that would expand on these topics.

Hey Tamuka, thanks for the kind word! I’m based in Brisbane, Australia, so might be a while before we can do an in person collab (we still can’t leave the country lol). Shoot me an email and let’s chat over zoom- stemventurist@gmail.com

Can you explain further what you mean by intellectually dishonest? If you’re referring to the opening statement in this video, it’s more about the use of Twitter to help expand your reach so that more scientists see it, ie, more aware of your paper and likely to cite it if relevant.

Great to hear Alice! Wasn’t sure anyone was going to get value out of this video, so your comment has eased my concern! 😅

Good to know! Although I think I need to do another video on how to get a postdoc in COVID times... I've been a bit slack on getting videos out (almost a year now!), but have had to focus on my main business and research to keep things ticking. Also awesome to find out about your channel! I've been trying to keep a rough list of PhD related channels as I find them, so looking forward to going through your videos too!

No worries! Make sure to check out the other part on presenting if you haven’t already. It’s a good supplementary video on the performance side.

Thanks Sidharth, glad you found it useful :) Feel free to reach me on stemventurist@gmail.com or send me a direct message on Twitter

@@stemventurist thank you sir.. I write u mail

No worries! I’d say pretty much the same concepts would apply for a 2min postdoc interview. However the audience (being a PI or professor) is slightly different, so in general, you can skip explaining basic concepts and get straight into setting up the problem. Only deviation would be if your pitching a postdoc project that is left of field or slightly out of scope to a supervisors typical range of study. A example of this might he if your doing an interdisciplinary project that’s taking elements of their research and combining it with another field. In this situation, you might need to explain the forks their not familiar a little more basic. Also I’ve never heard of doing a 2min pitch for a postdoc interview. Is this a for a speed dating like thing?

Ha ha, that could be a good idea to make a 3MT on how to do a 3MT 😂 I think I did a bullet point summary in the episode notes (should take less than a 1min to read). Actually, would you find a 1 page PDF summary of the tips in the video useful/ something you’d refer to regularly?

Thanks Jama, I appreciate the kind words :) let me know how you go with your next presentation!

Glad you found the vid useful! It depends on how your structuring it, but I'd probably have the questions your examining around the 1min mark (after setting up the problem in the first part). I'd probably end with the big picture vision. i.e. What would happen if you solve the issues your researching- both at the micro and macro level. This can be a bit daunting to put yourself out there and make potential forecasts, but you can hedge your bets by saying something like 'my research could have an impact on (the problem your addressing), BUT collectively with others in the field, we could solve this much larger issue of (insert issue). If we solve it, it could change the world by (insert impact). If you have early data, you can also allude to that 'our early data is suggesting...but this will require further work'.

Also if you haven't already, check out part 2 of doing a 3MT. This vid is surprisingly not getting much love from the yotuube algorithm, but contains loads of tips in regards to the performance and presentation side of the 3MT. It will help you increase your confidence and perform your best on the day (although, this was written back when we were doing physical events, so I probably need to do a separate video of doing a recorded presentation): ua-cam.com/video/EC0mu1pI0PY/v-deo.html