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Join MCB! The MCB Introductory Course 2012


Glesvær February 20-21 and Bergen March 5, 6, 12, 19 and 26 (half days)

The course is organised once per year, in February-March, and is the entry point to the MCB research school. The course consists of two components.  First, a 2-day overnight course at beautiful Glesvær, a one-hour bus ride outside Bergen, and then 4 half-day site-visits with research presentations at the MCB partner sites.  The course is free of charge for the participants.

Dates:

  • February 20-21: 2-day course at Glesvær
  • March 5: Site visit 1 (9-16)*
  • March 12: Site visit 2 (9-12)
  • March 19: Site visit 3 (9-12)
  • March 26: Site visit 4 (9-12)

*The dates are still tentative.  One of the days will be a full-day programme (not necessarily March 5th).

Part I -Overnight Course

  • When: February 20-21 2012
  • Deadline: February 10 2012 (but please sign up as soon as possible!)
  • 2 ECTs will be awarded for participation in the whole programme (part 1 + 5 site-visits).
  • Sign up:  contact@mcb.uib.no  Please include your name, where you work, the starting date for your employment and the working title of your project .  Please note that you will be asked to give a 5-minute presentation of yourself and your project. 

Pogramme items

  • A brief introduction to MCB
  • Self-presentations by the participants
  • Introduction to project work by Svein Winther
  • Science and ethics by Dag E. Helland
  • Looking into the future - group session by Nathalie Reuter
  • A social programme including good food and an outdoor excursion
  • Detailed programme

 

Part II - Site Visits

Part II consists of 3 half day and one full-day site-visits at the MCB-partner sites, and serves as an introduction to life science research in Bergen.  You will be able to get a feel of the Bergen life science scene, and a taste of ongoing research. There will be one site-visit per week, every Monday of March - 5, 12, 19 and 26 9-12 (one day will be a full day programme from 9-16).

 

Who and Why?

Who can participate?

The MCB Introductory Course is for new students at the partner institutions of MCB.  Although the course is primarily for students employed later than march the year before, the MCB Introductory Course is open to any PhD-students affiliated with the MCB partner institutions, which are:

Why participate

The Introductory Course is mandatory for anyone who wants to join MCB.  MCB offers

  • A series of high-quality, short term (1-2 weeks) research courses
  • A series of shorter courses helping you to develop more general skills, covering topics such as - scientific writing, scientific publishing, project work/management, popularization, commersialization, experimental design and more.
  • Seminars and network activities
  • Travel fellowships

In addition, MCB will put you in contact with fellow students at other units/Departments and give you a better overview of what's going on within the research field in Bergen.  The only mandatory activity is the introductory course, so you can regulate yourself how much time you use on MCB-activities. 

The Introductory Course itself will set focus on some interesting and hopefully useful aspects of the PhD-educations, and the site-visits give you an excellent overview of what's going on within the field(s) of Molecular and Computational Biology in the Bergen area.  Through the two days at Glesvær, you will get an excellent opportunity to get to know fellow students in the same stage of their PhD-studies as yourself, and to exchenge valuable experiences and thoughts.

 

 


Last updated 21.3.2012