Welcome to the Animate Your Science Blog

What's the difference between a scientific conference poster session and an art gallery? Learn from examples of good poster design.

Science is to be seen just as much as it is to be heard. Read about some handy tips on making scientific illustrations.

Direct your reader to the ‘next step’ with a QR code. What’s more: making a customised, permanent QR is free and easy.

For academics, it’s tough to be seen, even by your peers. With over 7000 papers published every day, who has the time to read every new...

You may be familiar with the saying 'Publish or Perish' but have you heard about 'Visible or Vanish'?

How do I design effective webinar slides? Do I use less or more slides? Do I use less or more visuals? Animations? It's all right here.

Let's face it, scientific progress relies, in part, on effective science communication and increasingly, this requires an online...

It was a warm and tranquil summer day back in 2016 when the news broke. The Great Barrier Reef is experiencing mass coral bleaching. My...

Without communication, there is no science. But the discipline of science communication is still a relatively fresh idea. It's a career...

This post will give you a quick rundown of exactly what you need do to boost the impact of your next scientific paper.

Every researcher dreads that moment. The moment you realise you’ve become THAT person. The person at the dinner table who provokes polite...

Published a paper? Now navigate the perils and promise of SciCommLand! #SciComm

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Don’t shoo away the bird! Behemoth social media platform, Twitter, is much more than a place for celebrity gossip and catching up on...

The ideas are flowing, the research is exciting and you have numerous papers being published. BUT, none of it is getting recognised....

Peer-reviewed papers are the currency of science. They are the basis upon which we trade and record knowledge. They are our stamps of...

Meet Dr. Smart. Dr. Smart is a terrific scientist who’s making exciting discoveries to advance her field of research. She knows her...

You’re busy, and I understand. What with all the grant writing, teaching, supervising students and post-docs, as well as trying to fit in...

It used to be that scientists like ourselves put our minds to task, spent countless hours in our labs, and finally, after many long...

A familiar story. . . Dr Smart is a successful scientist. She’s a hard worker and has been focusing on her research for years. Following...