Research Project Biomedical Sciences

Uitgebreide vaknaam	Research Project Biomedical Sciences
Leerdoelen	At the end of the course, the student is able to: 1. Find, select and interpret relevant scientific literature 2. Develop a project plan and design experiments 3. Record, organize, analyze and interpret the data 4. Write a scientific report on the research project 5. Present project findings in a meeting 6. Discuss project findings and field of research with peers and supervisors 7. Act in an ethical, scientific, professional fashion
Omschrijving	Bachelor’s Research Projects are provided by and embedded within a research group, and supervised by experts in the field. Based on the topic category, projects are grouped in clusters. Students choose a Bachelor’s Research Project from an overview of possible topics (‘project pool’) within the major. Project pool is gathered and published by a major-specific course coordinator. Two students are matched with a project of their preference and introduced to their project partner and project supervisor(s). Supervisors provide students with an introduction to the project and a start-up literature. Based on that information, students are given a few days to develop their project plan. This entails individual work on drafting an introduction to the project and a research proposal. The proposals are discussed together with the supervisor and a final version of a project plan is designed. The students execute the experiments as a team to collect and analyze the data. Experiments are executed in either laboratories, field, and/or online. Students also participate in research group activities with their supervisors (e.g. research meetings, progress meetings, journal clubs) and exchange their knowledge by interacting with their peers, supervisors and scientists within their research project environment. Students’ research outcomes are disseminated during the final presentation session and the conclusions are discussed with fellow students and the associated supervisors. Each student writes a scientific report on the Bachelor’s Research Project, in which the ‘materials and methods’ as well as the ‘results’ (to an extent) can be shared between the two team members, whereas the ‘introduction’ and ‘discussion’ are individually composed. Reports are to be handed in on the last day of the course. For more information, please visit: https://student.portal.rug.nl/infonet/studenten/fse/programmes/bsc-bio-lst/year-3/bachelor-research-project
Uren per week
Onderwijsvorm	Hoorcollege (LC), Practisch werk (PRC) (Self Study (100hrs), LC (10hrs), PRC (170hrs) Experimental work and the final presentation are mandatory. For more information see "remarks")
Toetsvorm	Practisch werk (PR), Presentatie (P), Verslag (R) (Final grade is based on the scientific quality of research (25%), management of research (15%), report (40%) and final presentation (20%). The student must achieve at least a 5.5 for all four areas of assessment.)
Vaksoort	bachelor
Coördinator	A.A. de Bruyn-Rybczynska, PhD.
Docent(en)	prof. dr. R.A. Bank ,dr. S.W.M. Bruggeman ,prof. dr. C.F. Calkhoven , Guest lecturer ,prof. dr. V. Guryev ,prof. dr. H.I. Heijink ,dr. M.S. Hipp ,dr. J.K. Kruit ,prof. dr. F.A.E. Kruyt ,dr. I.M. Nolte ,prof. dr. D. van Baarle ,dr. D.S. Verbeek
Entreevoorwaarden	All students need to have obtained the following entrance conditions: - a total of 90 ECTS; - including the propaedeutic phase of the bachelor programme Biology; - excluding minor programme. PLEASE NOTE This research project is not accessible to students from other programmes than the Bachelor's programmes Biology and/or Life Science & Technology. Students from other degree programmes will be unenrolled in Progress.
Opmerkingen	Teaching method: 5-10h will be spent on introductory/background lectures or seminars, 35-55h will be spent on collecting and reading background literature, developing the research questions, planning the experiments and writing an introduction to the project, 140-175h will be spent on conducting the experiments and analyzing the data, 65-80h will be spent on interpreting the results, writing the report, preparing the oral presentation, and participating in group discussions and/or tutor groups during the project period. Please, keep in mind that the vast majority of research projects in the BMS pool require the Safe Microbiological Techniques (SMT/VMT) certificate and/or a Hepatitis B vaccination: https://student.portal.rug.nl/infonet/studenten/fse/programmes/bsc-bio-lst/year-3/hepatitis-b-vaccinatie. Cluster coordinators: Prof. dr. Ruud Bank - Developmental Biology & Regenerative Medicine Research Prof. dr. Debbie van Baarle - Immunology & Infectious Diseases Research Dr. Dineke Verbeek - Human Genetics & Genomics Research Dr. Mark Hipp - Medical Cell Biology Research Prof. dr. Cor Calkhoven & Dr. Sophia Bruggeman - Aging Research ERIBA Prof. dr. Frank Kruyt - Oncology Research Prof. dr. Irene Heijink - Pathophysiology Research Dr. Janine Kruit - Metabolic Regulation Research Prof. Victor Guryev - Biomedical Informatics & Data Science Research Dr. Ilja Nolte - Genetic Epidemiology & Bioinformatics Research For questions about the research project, contact Anna de Bruyn-Rybczynska (a.a.rybczynska@rug.nl). Capacity: No maximum capacity
Opgenomen in	Opleiding Jaar Periode Type BSc Biology: major Biomedical Sciences 3 semester II ^verplicht BSc Life Science and Technology  (Specialisation - Biomedical Sciences) 3 semester II b verplicht