This face to face course is part of the PGR Faculty of MHS Training Programme (FTP) and is convened by the Researcher Academy. It is delivered by academic staff from the School of Medicine. 

This course is for Postgraduate Research Students and Staff new to lab research (in areas of molecular biology and analysis/biochemistry/microbiology/cell culture) in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. This includes the Schools of Health Sciences, Life Sciences, Medicine, and Veterinary Medicine and Science

Target audience: First year postgraduate research students, research technicians and research fellows new to laboratory research in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Course Description:

This is an interactive session where participants review published method sections describing research experiments and briefly describe how they ensure an experiment is reproducible.

The workshop will introduce participants to fundamental concepts in research integrity and good laboratory practice.

This workshop will introduce participants to the fundamentals of good experimental design and robust experimental data analysis.

Objectives:

By the end of the session you will be able to:

• · appreciate key considerations to design lab experiments to get reliable data
• · consider factors to ensure reproducibility of lab experiments
• · understand how experimental results can be analysed to draw robust conclusions
• · have a wider awareness of fundamental principles of research integrity.
• · critically review methods sections in publications

Course Accessibility

The following table shows a summary of what is needed to participate in the course. 

If you feel you will experience any difficulties participating, please let us know via the ‘special requirements’ tab, providing as much information as possible. The special requirements tab can be completed when you book your place. Alternatively, you can contact us directly at bb-ra-training@nottingham.ac.uk

Access and/or complete self-study/ pre-course tasks prior to main session
Print off pre-requisite paperwork/ resources & bring them to the course (optional)
Bring your own laptop/ PC to the course (optional)
Access seminar room on campus
Attend the course at the specified date and time
Watch and listen to the course tutor(s) and/or other attendees
Follow presentation slides during the course

 

Booking Conditions

Latecomer policy

Researchers should plan to arrive prior to the advertised course start time. Except for exceptional reasons, there will be no admittance to a Researcher Academy or Faculty Training Programme (FTP) course 15 minutes after the advertised course start time.

Importance of booking commitment

When booking on to a Researcher Academy short course you are entering into a commitment to attend. If you find that you are no longer available to attend you MUST cancel your place (on the system if more than three days before the course) or if at short notice by emailing bb-ra-training@nottingham.ac.uk

This will ensure that your place can be offered to another researcher on the waiting list. Failure to cancel a place results in other researchers missing out on places through the waiting list process.

It is unacceptable for researchers to just not attend when booked onto a course. The Researcher Academy maintains records of those who repeatedly do not attend courses they have booked. This may affect future eligibility to book onto further Researcher Academy courses and will affect considerations for Researcher Academy funded opportunities.