Excellence in Learning and Teaching Biochemistry
a FEBS Education Meeting
September 16-17, 2019
Sapienza University of Rome
Rome, Italy
FINAL PROGRAMME
FINAL PROGRAMME
- Monday, September 16, 2019
13:00 REGISTRATION
OPENING SESSION
Chairpersons: Francesco Malatesta and Maria Luisa Genova14:00 Eugenio Gaudio (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy - Rector Magnificus)Welcome Greetings
14:30 Francesca Cutruzzolà (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy - Secretary of the Italian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)Academics at the Forefront: the Challenge of Teaching in PhD Schools
15:00 Tiziana Pascucci (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy - Deputy Rector for Right to Education and Academic Quality)From Teacher Training to Faculty Development in Sapienza
15:30 Luciano Saso (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy - Deputy Rector for European University Networks)Biosciences in the Digital World
16:00 INTERMISSION
SESSION A
Chairperson: Francesco Malatesta16:30 Janet Macaulay (Monash University, Australia - IUBMB Chair of the Committee for Education and Training)What is the Role of Laboratory Classes for Future Biochemistry Graduates – IUBMB Lecture
17:15 Nestor Vicente Torres Daria (Universidad de La Laguna, Spain)Flipped Classroom Teaching of Enzyme Kinetics for Biosciences Students
18:00 Loredana Le Pera (CNR Rome, Italy)Teaching Practices for Active Learning
18:45 Marika De Acetis (Zanichelli Bologna, Italy)Engaging Learners with Interactive Tools: A Publisher's Perspective
19:00 DISCUSSION
21:00 SOCIAL DINNER (optional upon registration)
- Tuesday, September 17, 2019
SESSION B
Chairperson: Maria Luisa Genova09:00 Judith G. Voet (Swarthmore College, USA)Accounts of a Biochemistry Educator: Spectacular Rewards and Cautionary Tales
09:30 Donald Voet (University of Pennsylvania, USA)The Role of Textbooks in Modern Biochemistry Education
10:00 Veronica Morea (CNR Rome, Italy)Teaching and Learning Biochemistry: What Bioinformatics Can Do for You
10:30 DISCUSSON
11:00 INTERMISSION
SESSION C
Chairperson: Giorgio Lenaz11:30 Louise Beard (University of Essex, UK)‘Incentivised Reading’: Using an Online VLE to Improve Engagement and Attainment in Student Learning
12:15 Francesco Malatesta (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)Frontiers in Enzymology
13:00 GENERAL DISCUSSION & CONCLUDING REMARKS
14:00 LIGHT LUNCH