This face to face course is run by the Researcher Academy as part of the Medicine and Health Sciences Faculty Training Programme.
The Researcher Academy courses are very popular and the majority are run in both semesters to give you the opportunity to attend at a time of the year that suits you.
Target Audience: Postgraduate research students and research-staff from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and Science.
This course will cover basic mathematical calculations used in the lab environment, therefore it is best suited to those researchers new or returning from a break to the lab environment.
Course Description:
This course will cover basic, commonly used calculations in the laboratory environment. It is useful for those who are unfamiliar or who wish to undertake a refresher in the calculations listed in the course objectives below.
The session will be interactive, and you must have a scientific calculator, which you know how to use. This may be a physical calculator or a desktop app on your device (it must be a full functionality scientific calculator and not a simple function device).
This course assumes a small level of familiarity with laboratory calculations.
Aims: To help you to gain an understanding of biological laboratory calculations used daily during scientific research.
Objectives:
By the end of the session you will be able to:
- carry out calculations involving concentrations
- produce standard curves and calculate unknown protein concentrations
- carry out calculations for producing dilutions
- perform cell counting to determine cell viability and cell numbers
Process: Lecture style with interactive group discussions
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 ra-training@nottingham.ac.uk.
| Access seminar room on campus |  |
| Take part in group activities/ discussions | |
| Watch and listen to the course tutor(s) and/ or other attendees | |
| Follow presentation slides during the course | |
| Attend the course at a specific date and time | |
Booking Guidelines
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 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.