2020-2021 / STRA0044-1

Training in scientific communication

Duration

40h Internship

Number of credits

 Bachelor in biology3 crédits 

Lecturer

Jacques Dommes, Patrick Motte

Coordinator

Jacques Dommes

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit 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 learning unit

· Introduction to oral communication; · Improve capacity to criticise and to summarise the scientific literature.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

No.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

After two introductive lectures, each student will have to prepare a seminar on a scientific paper chosen in a list that will be made available during the first term. This seminar will be presented in French or in English. A poster on the same subject will also be presented.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Two lectures (3 hours each). The remaining time is used for the seminars and poster sessions.

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

Recommended or required readings

Powerpoint presentations (Prof. J. Dommes) available on eCampus.

Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

Any session :

- In-person

oral exam

- Remote

written work

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred in-person


Additional information:

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. 2 points on a total of 20).

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

- Prof. J. Dommes: phone :04 3663899, 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