300487 PS Proseminar Microbial Ecology (2018W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Th 06.09.2018 08:00 to Tu 09.10.2018 18:00
- Registration is open from We 10.10.2018 08:32 to Fr 26.10.2018 12:00
- Deregistration possible until Fr 26.10.2018 18:00
Details
max. 24 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
- Matthias Horn
- Maria Filipa Baltazar de Lima de Sousa
- David Berry
- Silvia Bulgheresi
- Holger Daims
- Stephanie Eichorst
- Craig Herbold
- Alexander Loy
- Marc Mußmann
- Jillian Petersen
- Thomas Rattei
- Dagmar Wöbken
Classes
First meeting on 11.10.2018, 14-15 h, Seminarraum Mikrobielle Ökologie (2.309), UZA 1
Additional dates: 28-30.11.2018 and 16.-17.1.2019, 9-13h each
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Based on primary scientific literature, attendants familiarize themselves with a current research theme of Microbial Ecology. They present this subject to their peers and supervisors in a seminar lecture, which is followed by an open discussion of the topic. Subsequently, the attendants identify potentially interesting open scientific questions related to their topic and write a short research proposal, as if they were to obtain funding to pursue these scientific questions in a research project. Finally, this research proposal is presented in a second seminar talk and discussed with peers and supervisors.
Assessment and permitted materials
Continuous assessment of course work. Quality and completeness of the first and second seminar presentations, and active participation in the discussions. Quality, originality, and completeness of the written short research proposal.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Attendants learn to work with primary scientific literature, learn to design and give an oral presentation in the style of a lecture, and exercise scientific discussions. Attendants also learn to identify open scientific questions and challenges, and to design and formulate a research proposal as needed to obtain for example scholarships for research. Attendants are trained in orally presenting and defending a research proposal to a group of scientific peers and experts.
Examination topics
Reading list
Association in the course directory
MMEI II-2.1, MEC-9
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