Neuroscientist, author and editor Sandra Aamodt is coming to the UO to provide budding scientists some tips about how to get published in high-profile journals and improve their own effectiveness as a science communicator.

Aamodt, a former chief editor of the journal Nature Neuroscience, will speak at 10 a.m., Friday, June 13, in Room 317 of the Lewis Integrative Science Building. Her talk is being co-hosted by UO Women in Graduate Science and Career Advancement in Biological Sciences.

Aamodt has published several books, including "Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Keys but Never Forget How to Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Life." She also tackled "Why Dieting Doesn't Usually Work" in a TED Talk in 2013.

- by Jim Barlow, Public Affairs Communications