Writing in the Biological Sciences: A Comprehensive Guide to Scientific Communication serves as a comprehensive one-stop reference guide to scientific writing and communication for budding professionals in the life sciences and related fields. The book is designed to function both as a free-standing textbook for a course on writing in the sciences and as an accompanying text or reference guide in courses with writing-intensive components.It covers all the basics of scientific communication that students need to know and master for successful scientific careers. The book lays the foundation for professional writing by starting with basic scientific writing principles and then by applying these principles to lab reports, summaries, and critiques and eventually also to full-fledged scientific research articles, review articles, and grant proposals. Practical advice for organizing academic presentations and posters as well as for putting together job applications is also included.NEW TO THIS EDITIONEnhanced e-book with new end of chapter interactive exercisesInstructor video guide offers curated contentUpdated chapter on oral presentations which includes new information on virtual presentationsNew information on Google docs, sheets, and slides to inform about file sharing and options to work on the same document simultaneouslyNew sections on media literacy and scientific versus science writingUpdated section on media literacy to guide students and others in evaluating and verifying good versus bad sourcesThis title is available as an eBook. Please contact your Learning Resource Consultant for more information.