Cath Ennis, PhD, PMP

Scientific & medical writer / editor / writing coach. Academic life sciences / biotech grants, manuscripts, & more. 🇨🇦 she/her

[Cath Ennis, PhD, PMP @Wordomics]

My webinar, "Introduction to Project Management and Time Tracking for Freelancers", is now available as an on-demand recording on the @editorscanada site https://t.co/MLEztQifbx #projectmanagement #freelancing

[Cath Ennis, PhD, PMP @Wordomics]

RIP Twitter. You can find my professional profile on LinkedIn at https://t.co/6u7DtSXo0S and my personal social media profile at @enniscath.bsky.social

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Alphabet Notes https://t.co/7wm90Vh44I

[Cath Ennis, PhD, PMP @Wordomics]

Key quote from the article: "Encouraging researchers to pack in their text more densely instead of revising their writing so it is clearer and more concise is well-intentioned but terrible advice."

[Cath Ennis, PhD, PMP @Wordomics]

Alternative title: "If your proposal is too long you need to edit the text, not break the formatting rules" | Tips and Advice for NIH Grant Proposal Submissions: Why font, margin, and spacing tricks are a bad idea https://t.co/wRHcB8vMGv

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Effect Size https://t.co/zEGy9gXyTJ

[STRM.BIO @STRMbio]

Missed any of our recent blog series on how microvesicles have the potential to overcome the #GeneTherapy delivery problem? Be sure to check it out today!
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[Cath Ennis, PhD, PMP @Wordomics]

Could widespread use of #ChatGPT force funding agencies to change the structure of their grant applications and eventually result in *less* fluffy, generic waffle? Wouldn't that be nice! https://t.co/Tcl3JYwLvs

[AMA Manual of Style @AMAManual]

UPDATE: A new section has been added: 5.1.12, Use of Artificial Intelligence and Language Models. This update summarizes the JAMA Network policy against including writing technologies/tools as authors. This change was made February 23, 2023.
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[NSERC / CRSNG @NSERC_CRSNG]

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Launching #EDI at #NSERC, a hub highlighting our actions, programs and policies related to equity, diversity and inclusion. We invite the research community as a whole to work with us on strengthening the research ecosystem.

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[Kat Arney @Kat_Arney]

URGENT! We're looking for freelance life sciences B2B technical writing support for the next few months. Up to 4 days per week. If that sounds like you, drop me a line [email protected] for more information
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[Cath Ennis, PhD, PMP @Wordomics]

"Working With an Editor: An Overview for Writers" - free @EditorsCanada webinar by Marianne Ward on Feb 23rd. Looks like a great intro! https://t.co/B0vbSiS30m

[Cath Ennis, PhD, PMP @Wordomics]

Why does re-formatting someone else's tables in Word always seem to take longer than making your own tables from scratch?

[Cath Ennis, PhD, PMP @Wordomics]

Happy 2023 tracking spreadsheet-making day to all those celebrating!

[Cath Ennis, PhD, PMP @Wordomics]

I received Word documents from two different clients this week that had weird formatting (grey highlighting & blue text in one, bold text in another) that I couldn't fix using the usual keyboard shortcuts or buttons on the Home tab. Luckily, format painter did work. Anyone else?

[Cath Ennis, PhD, PMP @Wordomics]

Not sure what the point of that is, exactly. I just wanted to import the PDF into my EndNote library with all the other PDFs so I only have to work from one source. UGH.

[Cath Ennis, PhD, PMP @Wordomics]

Well, that's a new one: found a journal that has the full text publicly available and will let me view a PDF or ePub version on screen, but says I don't have the required license to download either version or print the on-screen version to PDF.

[Cath Ennis, PhD, PMP @Wordomics]

You can access my webinar on project management and time tracking for freelancers at https://t.co/MLEztQ1c9x

There's lots of other great content included in this sale, too!

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Save 50% on recorded webinars! If you missed out on the Editors Canada conference or any of our live webinars, now's your chance to catch up. Prices will never be lower. Don't miss out! Sale ends Nov. 28! https://t.co/nFiix0LOEt

[Cath Ennis, PhD, PMP @Wordomics]

My favourite thing about freelancing is getting to catch up on the details of the latest research in so many different fields. I'm currently working on a manuscript on a topic I haven't followed closely since undergrad, and it's amazing how far it's come!