External Training Opportunities

EastBio students can self-fund a place on the online Learn to Discover - Training in Data Science & Machine Learning for Health, Disease and Bioscience course using their RTSG. You may be able to access a discount on the course, please contact EastBio for more information.

• Learn to Discover - Training in Data Science & Machine Learning for Health, Disease and Bioscience
• L2D overview video

The following courses – related to core bioscience and technology skills, including courses related to mathematics/ data analysis and multidisciplinary approaches to biological systems - belong to the student-selected development programme.

These options build on the skills developed in Year 1 through the EastBio foundation masterclasses and are open to all first-, second- and third-year EastBio students.

Please note that these courses confer training points (10 points each) only to second-year students. 

Although we have made every effort to update details of available options, it is the responsibility of an individual student to seek out further details from the local provider based within our EastBio partner institutions.

Courses include, but are not limited to:

I – Core Bioscience Skills

Microscopy and Imaging

• University of Aberdeen
• University of Dundee
  • For details, please contact Paul Appleton

Genetic Engineering and Genome Analysis

• University of Aberdeen
• University of Edinburgh

Bioinformatics

• University of Aberdeen
• University of Dundee
  • For details, please contact Jim Procter, Geoff Barton, Suzanne Duce
• University of Edinburgh

Proteomics and Protein Purification

• University of Aberdeen
• University of Dundee
  • For details, please contact Dougie Lamont
• University of Edinburgh

Protein Crystallography

University of St Andrews

Mass Spectrometry

• University of Aberdeen
• University of Edinburgh
  • For details, please contact Dr Natalie Homer

Flow Cytometry

• University of Aberdeen
• University of Dundee
  • For details, please contact Rosie Clarke
• University of Edinburgh

II – Mathematics and data analysis

University of Aberdeen

University of Aberdeen

University of Edinburgh

University of Dundee

University of Stirling

University of St Andrews

III – Multidisciplinary approaches to understanding biological systems

The EastBio partners offer a large number of postgraduate taught MSc courses open to all EastBio students, addressing directly the development of multidisciplinary areas of research. These include MSc course modules in:

•    Synthetic Biology

•    Medicinal Chemistry

•    Drug Discovery

•    Chemical Biology

•    Physical Techniques in Chemistry

•    Innovation Driven Entrepreneurship

•    Aquaculture

Due to a change in the EastBio training programme, first year students do not need to apply for external training points, they can include any external training on their professional development record.

Second year EastBio students may apply to receive EastBio training points for training and development opportunities external to the programme, either delivered by the local institution or by an external provider that are not currently accounted for in the training programme.

External opportunities can fulfil a maximum of 20% of the total training point requirements; amounting to 40 points out of the 200 training points that should be aggregated by the end of the first two years of PhD study.

Students in their third year are eligible to apply if they have outstanding training to complete. Please complete the EastBio form for each training you wish to apply for points for.

Apply for points

Eligibility

Eligible training must be at least one-day long and fulfil at least one of the stated criteria.

To apply, students should:

(a) complete the online form, and

(b) provide evidence of the training by emailing bioenq@exseed.ed.ac.uk

Evidence can include:

• certificate of completion,
• ‘thank you for attending’ email,
• screenshot of online attendance,
• confirmation of attendance from trainer/supervisor.

Examples of eligible training include:

• scientific methods,
• advanced training,
• teaching or demonstrating work undertaken,
• non-academic work towards a specific skill development.

After a review of your application form, EastBio will contact you to confirm the training points approval (or seek clarifications, as necessary) and we will update your Training Development Record accordingly.