Journal club
For presenting a paper to your group: why you chose it, the study design, a figure-by-figure reading, an evidence-strength table, strengths and limitations, and what it means for your own work.
Previews are rendered from the downloadable file.
Tools for the figures in this template
What's inside
- 1Paper details and why you chose it
- 2Background and the paper's question
- 3Study design in three steps
- 4Figure-by-figure reading
- 5Evidence strength for each claim
- 6Strengths and limitations
- 7Implications for your lab and discussion questions
How to use it
- 1
Download the file in your language and open it in PowerPoint.
- 2
Read the hidden instruction slide first: it explains timing, colours and figures.
- 3
Replace the example study slide by slide. Right-click a chart → Edit Data to use your numbers.
- 4
Need a figure? Use the link under any figure slot to open SciDraw AI with a matching prompt.
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