MSTP Seminar Series

1 credits · Graduate School

The MSTP Seminar Series is a student-driven course in research guided by faculty preceptors. Formal objectives are to: (1) foster development of critical-thinking skills by appraisal of contemporary scientific literature; (2) enhance scientific creativity through discussion of experimental approaches and techniques; and (3) develop oral presentation skills. The seminar series is interdisciplinary in scope with topics drawn from all areas of biomedical research. The primary focus is on cutting-edge, discovery-based, and hypothesis- driven science. Students in the MSTP have primary responsibility for choosing the manuscripts to be presented as centerpieces of the seminars. More advanced students are expected to play a key role in mentoring before, during, and after junior student presentations. Prerequisites: None. MSTP students only. Other students with specific permission of the Course Director. [1]