Description
In this course students will get acquainted with the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR) and the master Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences (BPS). The three major disciplines of the Research Clusters of the LACDR correspond to the BPS Research Specialisations Drug & Target Discovery, BioTherapeutics, and Systems Pharmacology. The Research Clusters will briefly introduce their research, giving the students an overview of the possibilities within the LACDR. Furthermore, the collaboration with the Centre for Human Drug Research (CHDR) and the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) will be addressed. Next, the students will follow one of the three Cluster-specific parts of the course programme in the discipline that corresponds with their BPS Research Specialisation or ‘Research Project 1’ :
Coordinator
The study advisor: studyadvisorBPS@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl
Admission requirements
First year Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences master students.
Mode of instruction
Lectures, computer exercises, writing of a project proposal, presentations and discussions. The course will be taught in English.
Reading list
Will be announced during the lectures.
Course objectives
The student will write a project proposal
The student obtains knowledge about research topics of the cluster of his/her specialisation
The student is familiar with the research conducted at and possibilities within the LACDR and CHDR
The student will compose and present a scientific poster
Assessment method
Written project proposal (50%), written exam (50%). Attending safety training is mandatory.
Timetable
For students starting between March 1st 2016 and September 1st 2017: this course is tought in September, the exact schedule will be presented on Blackboard. For students starting from October 1st 2017 until February 1st 2018: parts of the course are tought in February and the rest will be tought in September. Please consult the studyadviser: studyadvisorBPS@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl if you want to attend the course in February.
Registration
Application via uSis