Summer School of Biomedicine for High School Students and University Students
Are you interested in biology, chemistry or other natural sciences? Would you like to gain knowledge and especially experience in the lab? Would you like to contribute to a better understanding of the origin of diseases, to non-invasive diagnostics, or to new causal treatment of various pathologies?
If so, do not hesitate and apply for Summer School of Biomedicine at the Institute of Molecular Biomedicine (IMBM)!
The aim of the summer school of biomedicine is to acquaint students with biomedical research and to show the beauty of scientific endeavor. Within the summer school of biomedicine, students have an opportunity to learn the basic methods of biomedical research and try out research work in the laboratory of the Institute of Molecular BioMedicine by participating ongoing IMBM projects. The education within the Summer School of Biomedicine is free of charge.
Who can apply?
- high school students
- university students
- PhD students
- other applicants
Congratulations to the students for admission to the Summer School of Biomedicine in 2022!
Due to the pandemic situation, the students of the Summer School of Biomedicine are divided within the individual summer months in a manner that allows working with them simultaneously in our laboratories at the Slovak Academy of Sciences and also at our laboratories at the Faculty of Medicine. You will be informed about the exact program of the Summer School of Biomedicine for individual months via our website.
Instructions for students attending summer school in August 2022:
2. Lunch (11:00-12:00)
3. Rules of working at IMBM and writing of reports (12:00-14:00)
Program for Tuesday (2.8.2022) at Faculty of Medicine, Sasinkova 4, 5th floor:
4. Calculations and statistics (12:30-14:00)
Study materials:
- Introduction: Science at IMBM
- Reading and writing scientific publications
- Citation manager Mendeley
- Citation manager Endnote
- GraphPad, statistics, calculations
- Animal handling
- Blood collection from laboratory animals
- Administration of substances to laboratory animals
- Isolation of DNA
- Neutrophil extracellular traps formation, detection, analysis
- Imaging methods in medicine
- Guideline for weekly reports
Basic Laboratory Methods of Biomedical Research
Authors: Veronika Borbélyová et al.
Textbook for Practical Courses of the IMBM Summer School of Biomedicine 2020-2022 for High School Students and University Students