(a) Virtual seminar series
SLAAM seminars, Department of Physics UC Merced
Living Histories (Brief personal history talks by leading Biological Physicists)
(b) Lectures
(c) Books
What is life?, Erwin Schrodinger (External link, pdf)
Cell biology by the numbers, Rob Phillips and Ron Milo (Link)
Physical biology of the cell, Rob Phillips, Jane Kondov, Julie Theriot and Hernan Garcia (Link)
Biological Physics, Philip Nelson, Marko Radosavljević, Sarina Bromberg (Link)
The gene : An intimate history, Siddhartha Mukherjee (Link)
Usefulness of useless knowledge, Abraham Flexner (pdf)
Please check suggested readings in biophysics by Prof. Raghveer Parthasarathy (Link)
(c) Podcasts (to be added)
(a) Presentation skills
Grad Slam prep workshop with Jane Binger (Organized by the UC Merced Graduate Student Association, Feb 10, 2021)
How to give a great research talk, Simon Peyton Jones, Microsoft Research (You Tube)
Think Fast, Talk Smart: Communication Techniques, Matt Abrahams (You Tube) (Podcast) (Books)
Scientific presentations: A cheat sheet (Nature Blog, Link)
Tips to design PowerPoint slides for scientific presentations (Link)
Tips for giving a successful scientific presentation (Link)
10 tips for giving effective virtual presentations, Matt Abrahams ( Link)
Presentation skills for scientists: A practical guide, Edward Zanders, Lindsay MacLeod (eBook is available through UC Merced library)
Giving better presentations, Michael Alley (Link)
How to give a lecture (You Tube)
How to speak by Patrick Winston (You Tube)
(b) Writing skills
Weitzlab guide to good paper writing (Link)
The craft of writing effectively, Larry McEnerney, University of Chicago (You Tube) (Handout)
The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science, Scott L. Montgomery (Link to the book)
Writing Science, Joshua Schimel (Link to the book)
The science of scientific writing (Long article)
(c) Scientific computing
Good enough practices in scientific computing (Link)
Best practices for scientific computing (Link)
Reproducible workflows (Link)
(d) Navigating graduate school
The Unwritten Rules of PhD Research, Marian Petre, Gordon Rugg (Link to the book)
Perspective from a just-graduated survivor, Jacinth Rajendra (Link)
(d) Professional development programs and websites
LaTeX template for dissertations (Shared by Alision Huff, Dropbox)
Latex thesis template (Lasith Adhikari, Github)
Acing your qualifying exam (UC Davis Grad division, Link)
Studying for qualifying exam (Old article but has some valuable tips, Link)
Draw and get code for latex symbol (Link)