FEK3101 BioTas II Journal Club 4,5 hp

This course consists of a detailed study of scientific articles in the field of bio-, micro- and nanofluidics.

The course content is tuned for PhD students in the fields of MEMS, Cell Physics, biotechnology, and the

like.

After completing the course, the student should to pass the course be able to:

• Present orally the technical content of a scientific article to non-experts
• Be able to analyze and discuss scientific articles with their peers with respect to: the writing style;
• scientific statements; scientific ethics questions relating to presented data; and scientific merits and
• validity of the presented research.
• Analyze completeness and reproducibility of presented experimental procedures.
• Suggest alternative manners to formulate statements in results and discussion and conclusions
• sections in a given scientific articles.
• Be acquainted with a broad spectrum of scientific articles in the bio-, micro- and nanofluidics area.

The course content is tuned for PhD students in the fields of MEMS, Cell Physics, biotechnology, and the

like.

BioTas I Journal Club

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När kurs inte längre ges har student möjlighet att examineras under ytterligare två läsår.

Examinator beslutar, baserat på rekommendation från KTH:s handläggare av stöd till studenter med funktionsnedsättning, om eventuell anpassad examination för studenter med dokumenterad, varaktig funktionsnedsättning.

Examinator får medge annan examinationsform vid omexamination av enstaka studenter.

To be given a passing grade at the meeting, students need to prepare for all topics areas except topic area

1 and be ready to lead the discussion if selected at the meeting. All students are expected to be active

participants during the meeting.

The students gain 1.5 studypoints for every fifth meeting they participate in until they reach 4.5 study points.

Wouter Metsola van der Wijngaart

Anna Herland

• Vid grupparbete har alla i gruppen ansvar för gruppens arbete.
• Vid examination ska varje student ärligt redovisa hjälp som erhållits och källor som använts.
• Vid muntlig examination ska varje student kunna redogöra för hela uppgiften och hela lösningen.