Traineeship: General information
Information and assessment criteria for Research traineeship in Biochemistry, Biophysics, Bioinformatics or Neurochemistry I or II (KB5012 and KB5013). Advanced research traineeship in Biochemistry, Biophysics, Bioinformatics or Neurochemistry I or II (KB7019 and KB8026)
Overview
All research traineeships give 7.5 credits. Being enrolled on a 7.5 credit research traineeship implies full time work (40 h / week) for 4.5 weeks.
The traineeship is assessed in the following ways:
- by a laboratory notebook
- by an oral presentation of the project
- by a short report (only KB7019 and KB8026).
The grades are either pass or fail and are decided by the supervising teaching staff member.
A student who is enrolled in several traineeships has to give only one presentation at the end of the traineeship. The presentation should be 20 min for a 7.5 credits traineeship, 30 min for two 7.5 credits traineeships and 40 min for more than two traineeships.
Assessment criteria
Criteria for the laboratory notebook
The student documents the work in a laboratory notebook such that it can be repeated by others
- The text is written in English and entirely in the student's own words without plagiarism
- The text is clear and spelling, grammar, and formalities are largely correct
- For each experiment/computation the notebook states
- the date of the experiment/computation
- the aim of the experiment/computation
- relevant preparations
- experimental or computational details
- results
- conclusions
Criteria for passing the oral presentation
For pass, all of the following criteria have to be fulfilled:
Content
- An introduction into the scientific background of project is given, which is largely correct
- An introduction into the method used is given, which is largely correct
- The scientific terminology is largely correct
- Relevant results are presented and correct conclusions drawn from the obtained results
- The results are discussed in the context of previous research
- The student answers correctly to relevant questions
Formalities
- The oral presentation has the required duration (20/30/40 min for 7.5/15/>15 credits traineeships)
- The presentation is clear and structured
- The English is largely correct
- Reference is given for all images that are not produced by the student
Criteria for the report (only KB7019 and KB8026)
- The length of the report is 1-2 pages
- The report contains a description of
- the generic competences trained during the traineeship
- the methods applied and the kind of results that these methods may provide
- personal strengths and areas for further personal development that the student identified during the traineeship
- The text is clear and structured
- The English is largely correct.
Last updated: March 17, 2022
Source: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics