CCBIO seminar og symposium

The seminar series at the Centre for Cancer Biomarkers (CCBIO) are meant to provide an overview and deeper insight into the research field of cancer biomarkers. Both members of CCBIO and invited local, national and international speakers will hold talks during the seminar series.

The seminar series consists of monthly seminars, and include the yearly CCBIO symposium at Solstrand.

The goal is to provide students, PhD candidates, postdocs and researchers in CCBIO with an overview of different disciplines in bioscience. The PhD candidates will be trained in listening to, interpreting and reflecting over scientific presentations in English. They will also be trained in scientific writing.

The seminar programme can be found at: http://www.uib.no/biomedisin/en/resources/conferences-and-seminars/bbb-seminars

Upon completing this course the candidate should:

Knowledge

• Know and use terminology used in a broad range of bioscientific areas of relevance for CCBIO.
• Become acquainted with and evaluate different aspects of current "state-of-the-art" developments that lead to new scientific breakthroughs.

Skills

• Make an individual assessment of a scientific presentation and formulate high standard reports.
• Acquired sufficient experience to be able to demonstrate improved writing capability following suggestions/discussion with experienced scientists.
• Handle complex academic issues and challenge established knowledge and practice in the field.
• Obtain a satisfactory basis for developing high standard presentation techniques.

General qualifications:

• Be able to identify and define a future project having developed a broader scientific horizon.
• Be able to communicate and perform individual scientific research through recognized national and international channels.
• Be able to participate in debates in the field in international forums.