Excellence in Learning and Teaching Biochemistry

a FEBS Education Meeting

September 16-17, 2019

Sapienza University of Rome

Rome, Italy






FINAL PROGRAMME


  • Monday, September 16, 2019


13:00 REGISTRATION

OPENING SESSION

Chairpersons: Francesco Malatesta and Maria Luisa Genova

14:00 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 Malatesta

16:30 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 Genova

09:00 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 Lenaz

11:30 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