The EASTBIO Health group meeting (Stirling, 3 October 2022)
These training sessions are designed to provide the groundwork in bioscience methods and theory and are divided into 3 sets.
Set 1 Masterclasses are mandatory for all year 1 students and are worth 10 points each. They focus on core quantitative and computational skills. These are:
- Statistics and Experimental Design (Beginner or Advanced)
- AI and Machine Learning
Set 2 Masterclasses are optional for year 1 and year 2 students and are worth 10 points each. They focus on interdisciplinary working and include:
- Primer for Mathematical Modelling
- Introduction to Biology for Quantitative Scientists
- Introduction to Biology for Chemists and Chemical Engineers
- Introduction to Chemistry for Biologists
Set 3 Masterclasses are optional for year 1 and year 2 students and are worth 10 points each. They focus on foundation bioscience training and primers in transformative technologies. These are:
- Good Enough Practices in Research Computing
- Advanced Imaging
- Primer for Advanced Omics Approaches
- Cool Farm Tool
- Mapping and Modelling Your Biological Pathway
- Genomic Approaches
- Primer for Synthetic Biology
- Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry
- Structural Biology and Crystallography