FEBS Education Platform

The 44th FEBS Congress, “From molecules to living systems”

ICE Kraków Congress Centre, Krakow (Poland), 6–11 July 2019

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FEBS/IUBMB Special Session on Education 1: “Creative teaching: effective learning in life sciences education”

Monday, 8 July, 16:15 to 18:15

Co-organized by the FEBS and IUBMB Education Committees

Chaired by Luciane V. Mello (UK) and Laszlo Dux (Hungary)

• Enhancing your classroom teaching by integration of open online courses. — Peter de Jong (Netherlands)
• Student-activating methods of teaching in life sciences. — Michal Nowakowski (Poland)
• Undergraduate teaching laboratories: the transformative impact of learning technologies. — Bill Heslop (UK)
• Panel discussion, Q&A

Research and Career Skills Workshop: “Networking”

Monday 8 July, 18:30 to 19:30

Organized by the FEBS Network Working Group.

Following a popular session at last year’s FEBS Congress, this workshop looks again at the value of networking for scientists and a range of networking approaches for different aims, such as finding a collaborator or seeking a new academic position.

• Introduction. — Isabel Varela Nieto (Spain)
  • The concept of networking for scientists and why it can have value.
  • Structure of the workshop.
• Concurrent small-group discussions with FEBS-associated scientists as facilitators.
  1. Networking to find a collaborator.
  2. Networking to find your next (academic or nonacademic) position / find a new lab member.
  3. Networking ‘platforms’ – from conferences to scholarly collaboration networks.
• Agreement on tips or recommendations and sharing with the whole audience.
• Speed networking game.

FEBS/IUBMB Special Session on Education 2: “Future education now!”

Tuesday, 9 July, 16:15 to 18:15

Co-organized by the FEBS and IUBMB Education Committees

Chaired by Gül Güner-Akdogan (Turkey) and Jean-Luc Souciet (France)

• Innovating education to educate innovators. — Eric Mazur (USA)
• Revamping postdoctoral training and education. — Joan J. Guinovart (Spain)
• Panel discussion, Q&A

FEBS Special Session on Research and Career Skills

Wednesday, 10 July, 16:15 to 18:15

Organized by the FEBS Working Group on the Careers of Young Scientists and the FEBS Education Committee.

Chaired by Irene Díaz-Moreno (Spain) and Ferhan Sağın (Turkey)

• How to elaborate a cogent scientific grant application. — Miguel A. de la Rosa (Spain)
• How to make the best out of your paper. — Daniela Ruffell (Spain)
• How to write an interesting and insightful review article. — Seamus Martin (Ireland)
• How to prepare an engaging undergraduate lecture. — Frank Michelangeli (UK)
• Small-group exercises and discussion.

Posters on education, training, and career planning in molecular life sciences

• P-40-001
  Progress with co-learning. — Y. Karamanos, A. Matéos, C. Mysiorek, J. Saint-Pol, S. Berger (Universitéd’Artoi;, Lens, France)
• P-40-002
  Improving quantitative literacy in incoming biomedical science students. — J. Pakay, J. Young, F. Carroll (La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science; Melbourne, Australia)
• P-40-003
  Creating an archive of audio files in order to improve students’ overall academic activity. — G. Shengelidze, Y. S. Dudi, A. Sing, N. Kumar, I. Sakhelashvili, N. Jojua (European University; Tbilisi, Georgia)
• LB-40-01
  The project of PBL workshop classes with Biochemical Oxford Debate as a method of active learning in Nutritional Biochemistry Course. — A. Bentke (Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland)
• LB-40-02
  Television game shows as an inspiration for educational games in teaching medical biochemistry. — K. Kaszuba (Jagiellonian University; Krakow, Poland)
• LB-40-03
  Design­Based Research as a valuable tool for developing undergraduate biochemistry experimental teaching­learning sequences. — Á.L. García­Ponce, M.Á. Medina, Á. Blanco­López, A.R. Quesada (Universidad de Málaga; Málaga, Spain)

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