Universität Wien

301870 PR Scientific Practice in Molecular Biology I (2023W)

10.00 ECTS (6.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie
Continuous assessment of course work
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Aims, contents and method of the course

Practical course that leads to an introduction to scientific laboratory practice and allows participants to carry out their own research as part of their master's thesis.
Registration: directly with one of the group leaders

Assessment and permitted materials

Assessment of all experiments, techniques and results, the written protocol and the presentation of the work performed by the supervisor. The SPL or the coordinator of the Scientific Practice may additionally request a written report for assessment.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Compulsory attendance. The participants should be able to apply techniques which are necessary for the completion of their master thesis. The project report should follow the usual IMRaD (Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion) structure and include explicitly formulated research question(s) or working hypothesis, description of the empirical findings and conservative conclusions. Other aspects of the report (length, level of details, reference format, etc) should be done according to the criteria and instructions set up by the project supervisor. The report should be drawn within a maximum of two months after the completion of the experimental work and handed in to the supervising group leader for feedback, including suggestions for improving. Having corrected the draft according to the suggestions, the project report must be signed by the supervising group leader

Examination topics

The participants will be involved in ongoing research projects of the participating groups.

Reading list

Current publications are provided by the supervisor.

Association in the course directory

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