FEBS Education Platform

16-17 September 2019.

Workshop website

Venue: Sapienza University, Rome (Italy). “Odeion” Lecture Room, Building CU003, ground floor.

This workshop is supported by FEBS Education Committee on the Education Ambassadors funding scheme.

Also sponsored by

• Italian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SIB)
• International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB)
• Department of Biochemical Sciences “A. Rossi Fanelli”, Sapienza Universitá di Roma
• PhD Course in Biochemistry, Sapienza Universitá di Roma
• Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna
• Zanichelli Editore S.p.A.

Scientific and organising commitee:

• Prof. Francesco Malatesta — Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; FEBS Education Ambassador for Italy
• Prof. Maria Luisa Genova — University of Bologna, Italy

Further details and registration will be announced around the end of April.

Programme

• Opening session — chaired by F. Malatesta and M. L. Genova
  • Welcome address
    — Eugenio Gaudio, Rector of Sapienza University of Rome
  • Academics at the Forefront: the Challenge of Teaching in PhD Schools
    — Francesca Cutruzzolà, Sapienza University of Rome; Secretary of the Italian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • From teacher training to faculty development in Sapienza.
    — Tiziana Pascucci, Sapienza University of Rome; Deputy Rector for Right to Education and Academic Quality
  • Biosciences in the digital world.
    — Luciano Saso, Sapienza University of Rome; Deputy Rector for European University Networks
• Session A — chaired by F. Malatesta
  • What is the role of laboratory classes for future biochemistry graduates. (IUBMB Lecture)
    — Janet Macaulay, Monash University, Australia; Chair of the IUBMB Committee for Education and Training
  • Flipped classroom teaching of enzyme kinetics for biosciences students.
    — Néstor V. Torres Darias, Universidad de La Laguna, Spain
  • Teaching practices for active learning.
    — Loredana Le Pera, CNR, Rome
  • Engaging learners with interactive tools: a publisher's perspective.
    — Marika De Acetis; Zanichelli, Italy
  • Discussion
• Session B — chaired by Maria Luisa Genova
  • Accounts of a biochemistry educator: spectacular rewards and cautionary tales.
    — Judith G. Voet, Swarthmore College, USA
  • The role of textbooks in modern biochemistry education.
    — Donald Voet, University of Pennsylvania, USA
  • Teaching and learning biochemistry: what bioinformatics can do for you.
    — Veronica Morea, CNR, Rome
  • Discussion
• Session C — chaired by Giorgio Lenaz
  • The design of integrative classroom and laboratory based approaches to teach enzyme kinetics and structure-function relationships.
    — Jonathan A.R. Worrall, University of Essex, UK
  • Frontiers in enzymology.
    — Francesco Malatesta, Sapienza University of Rome
• General discussion and concluding remarks.