Metabolism in a box: A virtual grant challenge (lecture/exercise course/seminar) (Bio-BB23/Bio-IB30)

Course Content

The students will be focusing on metabolism in the context of mitochondria and metabolic diseases (including cancer, inflammation, and neurodegenerative disease like parkinsons or epilepsy) which will allow the students to cover a broad field of exciting research topics. The overall goal is to learn a broader picture of science to better understand the complexity of metabolism and disease mechanisms.

The course will focus on a “flipped classroom” model and students will be actively involved in the course design. Each student will be focusing and gain expert knowledge on one metabolic technique to analyze specific disease questions. The students will then work as a team (with diverse knowledge of metabolic techniques) on a scientific grant challenge to learn concepts of research proposals and management. The aim is to develop and apply a research strategy plan with diverse metabolic techniques to identify and exploit metabolic vulnerabilities that can be targeted with pharmaceutical treatment strategies. The students will learn the current stage of scientific knowledge in background lectures, design and execute scientific experiments and present results in a short video clip, critically discuss scientific proposals, and can virtually meet young international scientists. They will also learn about scientific grant writing, budgeting, organizing a research project in a team, and presenting and communicating scientific findings. All classes will be held in a virtual research environment (online sessions) to promote digital and international teaching experiences.   

Requirements for choosing this module
Obligatory: none
Recommended: none