BIOENG-605 / 1 credit

Teacher: Manley Suliana

Language: English

Remark: Meeting times will be determined according to the professor and participants availabilities.


Frequency

Every year

Summary

Planning Your Scientific Journey: Being successful as a scientist requires more than acquiring knowledge and developing experimental skills. It also requires: (1) asking a good scientific question, (2) establishing a clear plan of action, and (3) seeking advice along the way.

Content

The course entails a small group of students watching the on-line videos made by scientists, then doing written exercises, and finally discussing these exercises and videos with the course moderator. There will also be a final independent project. It should take ~3 hrs per week for 7 weeks, plus 7 hours to prepare the project.

 

https://courses.ibiology.org/catalog/PYSJ/SP/


Evaluation will be comprised of exercises, class participation, and a final project.  Attendance to all sessions is mandatory.

 

There is very limited space:  To sign up for the course please send  suliana.manley@epfl.ch a brief (<1/2 page) justification for why you want to take the course. Please include your matriculation date. The course is aimed at students who are in the early stages of their PhD.

 

IMPORTANT:  Once you have been approved by the course professor, the EDBB administrator will sign you up for the course in your student portal.  Do not sign yourself up

Note

For the 2024 session, the following dates are anticipated (1-1.5 hours of discussion per session). There is a possibility to shift the dates if you are interested but cannot make it to these ones:

August 12, 16, 27, 29 & September 17, 21 2024.

 

Minimum number of participants for the course to take place: 3

Maximum number of participants: 6

Assessment methods

Oral presentation

In the programs

  • Number of places: 6
  • Exam form: Oral presentation (session free)
  • Subject examined: Planning your scientific journey (EDBB)
  • Lecture: 14 Hour(s)
  • Exercises: 7 Hour(s)
  • Project: 7 Hour(s)
  • Type: optional

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