Sci-Life Lunch Seminar Series: Course Syllabus
SciLifeLab Lunch Seminar Series - Advancements in the Swedish Research Initiative, 5 hp
AIM:
The recently created Science for Life Laboratory has centralized a number of different scientific
discovery platforms into one location to facilitate large scale collaborative research projects within the
Stockholm and Uppsala area. The Sci-Life lunch seminar series aims to introduce the different graduate
student bodies at Stockholm University to the techniques that have been established at the SciLifeLab and
how they are being utilized in the scientific discovery process. The focus of the seminar series is to
expose young scientists to cutting edge research and develop their conceptual capability to integrate these
techniques to address open questions in their own research. The course is organized such that students are
required to attend the seminars, submit a reflection about the presentation which outlines what you
learned, and at the end of the series hand in a 1-2 page essay about one of the techniques and how you
could apply it to your own research.
Upon completion of the course you should be able to:
 Explain several different experimental platforms from SciLife
 Relate the data obtained through these platforms to the relevant biological questions
 Conceptualize how to apply these platforms to your research
Assessment:
 You are required to attend at least 7 out of the 8 lectures, and participate in the discussions with
other students
 You are required to write a short reflection on each lecture
 At the end of the course, you are required to submit a 1-2 page essay on one of the presented
platforms and describe how you might apply it to your own research
 Provide peer feedback on an essay from another student
Grading criteria (Pass/Fail):
Grading Areas
Pass
Fail
The candidate has fulfilled all assessment criteria
The candidate has not fulfilled all assessment criteria
Sci-Life Lunch Seminar Series: Course Syllabus
Seminar Dates (Tuesdays from 12-1; sandwiches and drinks arrive at 11:30)
Potential
Dates
Sept 4
Sept 11
Sept 25
Oct 16
Oct 30
Nov 20
Dec 4
Place
Magneli Hall
Magneli Hall
Magneli Hall
Magneli Hall
Magneli Hall
Magneli Hall
Magneli Hall
Time
12-1
12-1
12-1
12-1
12-1
12-1
12-1
Speaker
Gunnar von Heijne
Mats Nilsson
Max Käller
Thomas Helleday
Hans Blom
Janne Lehtiö
Per Kraulis
Topic
Introduction
TBA
Sequencing
Functional genetics in cancer research
Superresolution Microscopy
Mass Spectrometry
Bioinformatics