Journal Club presentation reflections by Sarah Acolatse

Hiiiiii.... it is Sarah Acolatse :)

So that Journal Club presentation!!!

Ye, in conclusion, it was a lot of work but it was mildly fun because I got to learn about a new topic. When reading the paper, I found myself constantly going to Google and learning about new scientific techniques like immunostaining, stem cell therapy, DNA damage repair pathways, etc... That process though was tedious, was rewarding because I felt myself getting a bit more knowledgable💥. 

The paper I had was relatively clear but it did not have many experimental data so I was struggling when creating my slides for my PowerPoint. Fortunately, Leslie came through in a clutch helped me organize my slides for the presentation (thank you for the helpful image!!) 

When creating the slides I started to realize I truly had no idea what the main message was of the paper. The paper had multiple findings but I did not know what all those findings were implying. SO... I reread the paper for like the 10th time. Is it just me, because I literally had to reread the paper so many times to finally understand it. It like the first read: ok😊, the second read: ooooooohhhhhh😆, then final read: whattttttt... That's what they meant?!!!!💬 After the painful realization, I started to grind through my paper and then zoom was like "I do not like you". hdjhjdhsjhjsh💢... After 1 hour of restarting my computer and fixing zoom I finally started recording.

Recording.... was a pain😖. I realized reading a paper and presenting it was two very different things. All the abbreviations in the paper were so hard to say out loud. I had to rerecord because I just couldn't say many of the words correctly. 7 takes later I was finally able to say I finished my Journal Club. After watching one last time, I felt a sense of relief and pride to finally have it done with (though I am so sorry for those who have to watch it 😓lol)

Overall: Journal Club was decent. I read a lot but also learned a lot. 

Bai ✋

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