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Power point tips for

and scientists in general

science students

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Avoid too much info per slide

Use the general rule of

thumb: 1 idea per slide

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avoid bullet points

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• Morphological

• Biochemical

• Physiological

• Structural

• Phenological

• Behaviour

Functional traits:

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Functional traits

morphological biochemical

structural phenological

physiological

Dr Sara Barrento

Díaz et al. (2013).

IMTA: the rational

Ecology

Economy

Economic

Resilience

Ecological

Stability

Social

acceptability

Carrying

capacity

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Economy of

space

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Avoid bullet points Unless you have a good reason

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THE 3 Rs

REPLACEMENT

Guiding principles for more ethical use of animals in testing

1882

REDUCTION

REFINEMENT

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INVERTEBRATES

Pain and suffering is less clear however,

legislation in several countries (e.g. U.K.,

New Zealand, Norway) protects some

invertebrate species if they are being used

in animal testing

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Tables can be useful But you need good design

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Functional traits

EFFECT TRAITS RESPONSE TRAITS

IMPACT Colonize or

thrive

Spore release numbers

Germination success

Anti herbivore traits

Photosynthetic performance

N content

C content

P content

Growth rate

Nutrient uptake rate

Díaz et al. (2013).

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Avoid too much info in 1 slide

The 1 slide per

minute rule is

NOT a real rule

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Some slides only work if

you use

animations to

show each

image at a time

Polar regions

Alpines regions

Low temperatures High Pressure

Oceans depths Hot springs

Hydrothermal vents

Hot deserts

High temperatures

Severe drought

Deserts

Lack of water

Acid mine waste

The stomach

Soda Lakes

Acidic or alkaline

Polluted areas

Volcano

Toxic elements

Salt Lakes

High salt

Decomposing matter

Estuarine muds

Vertebrate intestine

No Oxygen

UV

Nuclear disaster

Radiation

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Avoid all sort of visual clutter

such as logos, wavy frames and

the likes

Population genetics of eye colour

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Blue eyes first seen in humans around 6000 years ago

Previously, all ancestors had brown eyes and population not polymorphic

Mapped to HERC2 gene which has nothing to do with eye colour

HERC2 is upstream of OCA2, which is responsible for eye colour Promoter for OCA2 in

HERC2

HERC2 OCA2

Promoter for OCA2

Single nucleotide change = those with blue eyes have G, brown eyes have A

gettyimages

Siobhan connally

80% of population in northern Europe

have blue eyes but outside Europe blue

eyes are rare.

Population

genetics of eye

colour

Population genetics of eye colour

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Blue eyes first seen in

humans around 6000

years ago

Previously, all ancestors had

brown eyes and population

not polymorphic

OCA2, is responsible

for eye colour

HERC2 OCA2

Promoter for

OCA2 Single nucleotide change

in the promoter = those

with blue eyes have G,

brown eyes have A

White space is important

Don’t fear using an image

as your background

Variation in populations

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Population = group of interbreeding individuals of the same species who inhabit the same space at the same time

Gene pool = sum of all the genetic information carried by members of the population

Gene pool changes over time with mutation, introduction of new individuals, departure from the population or death

https://www.openstaxcollege.org/textbooks/anatomy-and-physiology/resources

Population = group of interbreeding

individuals of the same species who

inhabit the same space at the same time

Gene pool = sum of all the genetic

information carried by members of the

population

Gene pool changes over time with

mutation, introduction of new individuals,

departure from the population or death

Founder effect

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200 Germans founded Amish community in Pennsylvania in early 1700s

Only allowed to marry within community so inbreeding extremely common

Make up 10% of county population but account for half the special needs cases

Several genetic disorders that are only seen in this community

Why?

Founding population would have carried genetic mutations at normal frequency

Inbreeding/ isolation raises the rate of those mutations in the population as a whole

Related parents more likely to both carry mutations

High rates of disease in offspring

More than 40,000

Amish in North

America can trace

their ancestry back

to a group of 89

founding members

Payne et al., 2011. Paediatric

Child Health

The Amish people

and the founder effect

Getty images Bob Thomas

Only allowed to

marry within

community so

inbreeding

extremely

common

Make up 10%

of county

population but

account for

half the

special needs

cases

Why?

Founder effect

Original population

carry genetic mutations

at normal frequency

loss of genetic variation that occurs

when a new population is established

by a very small number of individuals

from a larger population. three possible

founder

populations

A presentation needs a presenter

You don’t need to show ALL info

Intro data are different

from Results Data

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DATA

Intro Results

Díaz et al. (2013).

make

your data

beautiful

Intro data

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World population milestones

Source: Placeholder example

Billion people alive on Earth

1 2

3 4

5 6

7 8

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1804 1927 1959 1974 1987 1999 2011 2026 2050

13 Jun 2013 World population

projected to reach

9.6 billion

by 2050

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Red Brown

Green Miscellaneous

Science Papers 57 species

Science

Seaweed species

FAO statistics 30 species

25

63

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Chlorophyta Rhodophyta

Phaeophyta

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64

7

7

7

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7

0

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Seaweed species 14 Green

%

25

63

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ChlorophytaRhodophytaPhaeophyta

Ulva spp.

Codium fragile

Caulerpa spp.

Chaetomorpha ligustica

Sarcothalia crispata

Cladophora coelothrix.

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Scientific questions?

Land based

9 9 8 8

0 20 40 60 80 100

Bioremediation 66 %

Chemical Composition

Food, feed, biofuel

Feed Production

Seaweed Eco-Physiology

Impact

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~ 100 million VERTEBRATES

GB # 3.87 million

procedures in 2014

A "procedure" refers to an

experiment that might last minutes,

several months, or years.

Results

DATA

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Dry Wet Day 6 Day 13 Day 33Day 33 Prototype Box

Am

mo

nia

(m

g/L)

After 1 day transport

Blue mussels| Ammonia in the water mantle cavity Sam

ple

s taken in

Portu

gal Sam

ple

s taken in

Sweden

Post harvest Conditioning Holding

Gra

din

g

A power point takes

Time

Patience

Creativity

Skills