Journal clubs arrive at the N&N group

In the weekly meeting of the N&N group we have incorporated a new activity: Journal Club! 

A journal club is a group of individuals that meet regularly to critically evaluate literature, generally about a branch of science in which they are involved. The first person to formally establish a journal club was sir William Osler (a medical doctor) in 1875 who stated that his journal clubs were “for the purchase and distribution of periodicals to which we could not afford to subscribe”. Now journal clubs have evolved and extended to others disciplines and there are also on line journal clubs. So, what can we learn from journal clubs? The main objective is to learn to be critical with the papers that we read and to exchange our opinions with our colleagues. Journal clubs also help us to be up to date in the scientific development.

So far, Qianzhe and Irene have presented two different papers (on the above image). The presentations of the papers have been followed by very enriching debates.