This "freshman tour" consists in short stays in laboratories representative of each of the four options opened to student enrolled into the Master in Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology. Its aim is to update the student about current research projects, methodological approaches and practices in each of the fields. This immersion into the daily life of the laboratories will help the student in making well-informed decisions regarding their final orientation and the choice of a laboratory and supervisor for the thesis.
Main themes
The activity consists in a series of four stays, each spread over three weeks, during which the student will be confronted to research activities connected to each of the Master options: one stay in a Biochemistry research team, another in a group active in molecular and cellular Microbiology, another in molecular and cellular plant Biology, and a last one in molecular and cellular animal Biology. During these stays, the student will not perform experimental work, although he will be invited to assist people in the lab. He will be asked to familiarise with ongoing research projects through recommended reading of recent scientific literature as well as through formal and informal discussions with members of the research team.
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