Entries by olle

Amgen Scholars, Karolinska, June–August 2023

Hi guys & thanks for a great day at Björkö and Birka! Time has come to plan and prepare your (1) poster, and (2) presentation. Below, you will find some advice, as well as my Google slides from the seminar in June. Feel free to email me for questions, reflections, or feedback. O. PS Some […]

Karolinska 14 June 2023

Hi guys & thanks for a great afternoon at Karolinska! Below, you will find some additional material, my Google slides as well as some links which may be useful. I wish you a nice summer and good luck with your summer projects: may your experimental systems be reliable and may your biomolecules be obedient! Feel […]

DTU Biosustain 5 December 2022, Poster Improvement Workshop

Hi everyone, Thanks for a great afternoon and evening at Gråbrødretorv where we had some really interesting discussions on how to balance the perspectives of the scientist and the communicator. I am looking forward to seeing what improvements you will come up with! Part III of the workshop 6–12 December: the virtual feedback room at […]

SciLifeLab Facility Forum, Djurönäset, 17 October 2022

Djurönäset’s bus stop for southgoing traffic.  Thanks for a great late afternoon session! Here are some advice, built on the feedback: Always set up a goal for your communication activities. Then use that goal as an aiming point when you’re planning, preparing and performing the activity. (Setting up goals is also a great way to start a work […]

Summer Research School, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, 22 June 2022

Tack för en trevlig eftermiddag på Karolinska! Lycka till med era projekt, och hör gärna av er med frågor och undringar. O. olle@bergman.com Social media se.linkedin.com/in/ollebergman/en instagram.com/generalblom Our seminar Slides: Communication tips, presentation techniques, & poster design Mentimeter responses A PPt for scientific presentations This template is based on a chapter in the first edition […]

Amgen Scholars, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, 21 June 2022

Hi guys! I hope you’re all well, that you had a great midsommar, and that you look forward to starting your lab work. There is a chance that I’ll show up for the Wasa Museum visit or the Birka trip—otherwise, we will meet for the poster workshop in August. Below, you will find my Google […]

Summer Research School, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, 15 June 2022

Hi guys & thanks for a great afternoon at Karolinska! Below, you will find my Google slides as well as some links which may be useful. I wish you a nice summer and good luck with your summer projects: may your experimental systems be reliable and may your biomolecules be obedient! Feel free to email […]

My dad and I

When I was six years old, my father stayed home for a year and took care of all the housework. We became very close that year.   People around us were probably bewildered by this castling of the gender roles. But for me, it felt like the most natural thing in the world. A monthly […]

Three genres I turn to when I want to relax

Words, words, words (that’s actually a Hamlet quote – from Act 2 Scene 2)! As a professional writer, you have to be a professional reader as well. In a way, you’re a text machine where an ingoing feed of text (from latin textus ‘tissue’) is transformed into an outgoing feed. But when I want to […]