Podium Talks and Posters

[timmytoughguy]

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Hey all, I'm currently wrapping up my lab experience and was trying to compile a list of all the projects I've worked on. Obviously any authorship in a scientific paper is important, but I've been listed as 2nd, 3rd, or 4th author in several posters/podium presentations given by other people in my lab. I'm curious to get a feel from everyone what they think about including that on CV's and for fellowship applications? I was absolutely involved in the projects but I haven't gotten many first author papers or presentations so I'm wondering if this is appropriate or if this is just viewed as fluff?

Thanks,

TTG

 

[surg]

If you are on the author line, it should be listed in your CV. You vouched for it's accuracy when you put your name down, so you own part of it. It most definitely is not fluff.

Keep in mind when it comes down for fellowship interviews, that you want to have reviewed those papers in the recent past in case people ask you about it. Anything your name is on is fair game for an interviewer. While few, if any, would pimp you about a paper just for the sake of pimping, if it intersects their area of interest (which is likely since many people's research intersects with their fellowship goals), they may truly want to ask you details about your methods, etc.

Congratulations on having some productivity to show for your lab time. Be proud of it. Don't worry, virtually all of the people you meet will not have a first author Science or NEJM paper, so they aren't going to be looking down on your contribution to the literature either...

 

[Buzz Me]

Great post above.

Of course anything you're involved in is a plus. Put it on your CV, and be prepared to talk about the study's findings come interview time.