PhD courses at University of Copenhagen

Cardiovascular Research Seminars
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3416-15-00-00
	Enrollment deadline: 23/01/2015

Date and time	12.02.2015, at: 09:00 - 07.05.2015, at: 16:00
Regular seats	16
Course fee	2,400.00 kr.
Lecturers	Nicole Schmitt
ECTS credits	1.40

Contact person	Ragnhild Mostert E-mail address: rmostert@sund.ku.dk

Enrolment Handling/Course Organiser	PhD administration E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk

Aim and content Aim The main objective of this course is to present new front-line research and technologies that have major impact on biological, biomedical and physiological sciences. The graduate students will be introduced to critical reading of scientific publications, and get insights into current cardiovascular research in internationally renowned laboratories as well as industrial research. Besides this, students will be introduced to the scientific form of meetings with researchers from their own and related fields of research. Content International guest speakers from academia and industry in the fields of cardiovascular research will present recent findings. Cardiovascular Research Seminars focus on important topics in cardiovascular sciences.The topics cover the molecular basis of cardiovascular diseases; cell signaling mechanisms; animal models for cardiovascular disease; and drug design in cardiovascular research. Participants The course addresses all PhD students who are interested in cardiovascular research. Language English Form The Cardiovascular Research Seminars is a course comprising four lectures including discussion in the spring semester 2015. Active participation of students is fostered by several means: • Based on literature study, students prepare 2-3 questions per speaker/lecture. • Students interact with the speaker at a student’s luncheon, where scientific, but also career-related questions are discussed. • Students meet the speaker in an informal atmosphere to discuss their own project – the rationale behind this is that even though the project is not within the speaker’s subject, he or she may have good ideas and feedback, i.e. the session allows for critical discussion of own data and ideas (at least once during the course) Course director Nicole Schmitt, PhD Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, U Copenhagen, Phone 35327448, E-mail: nschmitt@sund.ku.dk Co-organizers Tanja Xenia Pedersen, PhD Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, U Copenhagen, Phone 35327557, E-mail: tanjax@sund.ku.dk. Morten Schak Nielsen, PhD Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, U Copenhagen, Phone 35327427, E-mail: schak@sund.ku.dk Teachers Lars Allan Larsen, U Copenhagen, Denmark Gregory Morley, New York University School of Medicine Barbara Casadei, U Oxford, UK Patrick Rensen, U Leiden, The Netherlands Course secretary Ragnhild Mostert, rmostert@sund.ku.dk Dates Spring 2015 (Feb 12, March 12, April 4, May 7) Course location Panum Institute Registration: Please register before Jan 15, 2015 Admission to PhD students from Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the rules in force. Applications from other participants will be considered after last day of enrollment.