University of Liege | Version française
Academic year 2014-2015Value date : 12/05/2015
STRA0044-1  Training in scientific communication

Duration :  50h Internship
Number of credits :  
Bachelor in biological sciences, 3rd year4
One-year preliminary programme leading to the Master in Biological Sciences4
One-year preliminary programme leading to the Master in Biochemistry, Cell and Molecule biology4
Master in Biological Sciences4
Lecturer :  Jacques Dommes, Patrick Motte
Coordinator :  Jacques Dommes
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Organisation and examination :  
Teaching in the second semester
Course contents :  
This course deals with an important step of a scientific study : the transmission of new data to other researchers. Different forms of scientific communication will be dealt with, with more emphasis on poster presentations and lectures. Each student will have to give one seminar, as well as a poster, based on a recent scientific publication. The evaluation will take into account the quality of the presentation, the capacity to analyse and criticise the published results, their interpretation, and the perspectives.
Learning outcomes of the course :  
· Introduction to oral communication;
· Improve capacity to criticise and to summarise the scientific literature.
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
No.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
One lecture of 4 hours. The remaining time is used for the seminars and poster sessions.
Recommended or required readings :  
Powerpoint presentations (Prof. J. Dommes) available on eCampus.
Assessment methods and criteria :  
The seminar and the poster presented by the student will be evaluated at the level of its technical aspects, as well at the level of its content. The involvement in the discussion of seminars presented by the other students will also be taken into account (max. 10% of the final mark).
Work placement(s) :  
Organizational remarks :  
Contacts :  
- Prof. J. Dommes: phone :04 3663899, fax : 04 3663872, E-mail : j.dommes@ulg.ac.be
- Prof. Patrick Motte, Laboratoire de Génomique fonctionnelle et imagerie moléculaire végétale. Tél: 043663810 - courriel: patrick.motte@ulg.ac.be
- Dr. M.-F. Versali, research assistant, phone 04 3663874, fax 04 3663872, E-mail : mfversali@ulg.ac.be

Items online :  
Availble on eCampus
- Powerpoint presentations



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