The panel review process of a paper, as I have discussed before, is not only time to improve the authors writing and proposal skills but for the panel to consider their own. In molecular microbiology lab we were able to review in small groups three papers (the larger groups experienced technical difficulties so we were unable to participate) and therefore were able to explore more ideas quicker and contrast experiments easier. Through the process of discussing I discovered concise writing with a plausible but interesting research design drew the groups vote. It made me realized that while I found my own project design interesting I was not writing enough for an audience. It is so valuable to be both the reviewer and the paper being reviewed because feed back comes from both other people and your own experience.
