Student Seminar Series
Presentation skills are essential for effective communication and success in science. All of us have attended conferences and listened to talks by other scientists. Sometimes speakers excite their audience. Occasionally, the speaker may be so dull or ill prepared that the listeners fail to follow. Most of us fall somewhere in between. The student seminar series is aimed at helping students develop skills in addressing live audiences and to encourage participation as an audience member.
The aims of the seminar/workshops are:- To give students practical experience in a formal yet non-hostile atmosphere.
- To provide peer feedback on the strengths and weaknesses of presentations
- To expose students to the variety of research being undertaken at QIMR
- To provide a forum for discussion of research results
STUDENT SEMINAR SCHEDULE 2006
| Date | Speaker 1 | Title | Speaker 2 | Title |
| Feb 17, 2006 | Tessa Knox | "Optimising surveillance for immature dengue vectors, with a particular focus on Vietnam. " | Elke Hacker | "The Role of Ultraviolet Radiation in Pathways to Melanoma" |
| Mar 03, 2006 | Tammy Maxwell | "Novel Dendritic cell mRNA Delivery Strategies for Cancer Immunotherapy" | TBA | "TBA" |
| Mar 17, 2006 | Michael Smout | "Searching the secretome of Opisthorchis viverrini for tumorigenic molecules" | Lee Major | "The PENF homology morif used for binding C-pocket of Rb tumour suppressor protein" |
| Mar 31, 2006 | Anna Guerney | "Biology and ecology of freshwater arbovirus vectors in SE Qld" | Mark Davies | "TBA" |
| Apr 21, 2006 | Katharine Wynn | "Cytomegalovirus: T cell receptor selection and repertoire perturbation" | Michael Lai | "TBA" |
| Apr 28, 2006 | Leisl Packer | "A functional genomics approach to understanding melanoma development" | TBA | "TBA" |
| May 12, 2006 | Michelle Neller | "TBA" | Julie Balen | "TBA" |
| May 19, 2006 | TBA | "TBA" | TBA | "TBA" |
| Jun 02, 2006 | TBA | TBA | TBA | "TBA" |
| Jun 16, 2006 | TBA | "TBA" | TBA | "TBA" |
| Jun 30, 2006 | Wendy Chung | "TBA" | Tegan Don | "TBA" |
| July 21, 2006 | Naomi Richmond | "TBA" | TBA | "TBA" |
WHEN, WHERE and HOW?
Student presentations in the series will be held at 4pm every second Friday in the Westpac Auditorium, E floor of the Bancroft Centre.
Dr Malcolm Jones co-ordinates either one or two speakers each session and introduces each speaker.
Students, supervisors and staff gather prior to the lectures for social drinks and nibbles at 3.30pm outside the auditorium.
- · background information (sufficient for non-expert understanding)
- · hypothesis (if relevant) and aims of your study
- · experimental design and results
- · data analysis and conclusions
- · possible future directions and scope of research
Each presentation will be individually evaluated by 3 or more individuals (both supervisors of the student and your QIMR HDC reviewer) and the student presenter will receive both oral (during discussion at the end of the seminar) and written feedback on their presentation using a standard seminar evaluation form.
Students themselves will be encouraged to participate in the discussion session.
These seminars will take place in the Westpac Auditorium so that every student
gains experience in the use of the speaker podium.
A seminar date will be suggested to every student, starting with the more advanced students first.
Students requiring to give a public seminar as part of the requirements for their confirmation review, may use this lecture as part of their assessment.
Both the students supervisors, their HDC reviewer, an independent expert in the field will need to be present at this seminar.
If the date is not suitable it may be exchanged to another date by contacting Matthew Dixon.
Students greatly benefit from positive feedback.
Please click here to print out a seminar feedback page