FEBS Education Platform

Report in the November 2018 issue of FEBS News.

Zagreb (Croatia), 4–5 April 2018

Hosted by the Croatian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (President: Tihomir Balog)

Coordinator:

• Prof. Jerka Dumic (Chair of FEBS Working Group on Integration)

Plenary talks::

• Michael Mulvany (Aarhus, Denmark, Chair of Labeling Committee of ORPHEUS)
• Gus Cameron (Bristol, UK)

From FEBS Education Committee:

• Jerka Dumic (Zagreb, Croatia) (Chair, FEBS WGI)
• Keith Elliott (Manchester, UK)
• Gül Güner Akdoğan (Izmir, Turkey) (Chair of FEBS Education Committee)
• Angel Herráez (Alcalá de Henares, Spain)
• Luciane V. de Mello (Liverpool, UK)
• Frank Michelangeli (Chester, UK) (FEBS Treasurer)
• Jason Perret (Brussels, Belgium)
• Ferhan Sağın (Izmir, Turkey)
• Jean-Luc Souciet (Strasbourg, France)
• Beata Vertessy (Budapest, Hungary) (Chair of FEBS Advanced Courses Committee)

Programme (tentative)

1st day: 4 April 2018, 13:00 to 18:30

• Registration
• Opening
  • Welcome address by the host — Jerka Dumic
  • FEBS Education Committee and introduction to the workshop — Gül Güner Akdoğan
• Plenary lecture
  • Successful PhD supervision for successful PhD projects.- ORPHEUS recommendations —Michael Mulvany
• Short talks
  • Tips for success for PhD students and post-docs — Beata Vertessy
  • Using Proteopedia in your teaching of biomolecular structure and function — Angel Herráez
  • Problem-based learning (PBL): philosophy and application — Keith Elliott
• Small group discussions
  • 45 min each, repeated twice. Participants can choose two groups.
  1. Problem-based learning — Keith Elliott
  2. Tips for success for young scientists — Beata Vertessy
  3. Proteopedia — Angel Herráez
  4. PhD supervision — Michael Mulvany (pemding confirmation)
• General discussion (whole group)

2nd day: 5 April 2018, 9:00 to 13:00

• Plenary lecture
  • E-Biolabs — Gus Cameron
• Short talks
  • Use of some educational technologies — Frank Michelangeli
  • Team-based learning — Ferhan Sağın
• Small group discussions
  • 40 min each, repeated twice. Participants can choose two groups.
  1. E-Biolabs — Gus Cameron
  2. Educational technologies — Frank Michelangeli
  3. Team-based learning — Ferhan Sağın
• General discussion (whole group)
• Feedback and closing of the workshop — Gül Güner, Jerka Dumic