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STAG-F036

Stage (en milieu académique ou industriel)

academic year
2024-2025
2025-2026

Course teacher(s)

Gianluca BONTEMPI (Coordinator)

ECTS credits

10

Language(s) of instruction

french

Course content

Provide the student with a full-time eight-weeks experience in the bioinformatics domain by working with a participating employing firm, organization or academic lab. Note that an internship in a company is strongly encouraged. The student will be supervised by a scientist in a university/ research center / company to ensure compliance with specific learning and experience requirements. The employment can be either in Belgium or abroad, and normally would include practical experience. The internship must have a minimum duration of 8 weeks.

Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)

Real-world experience in the bioinformatics domain.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Learning on the job under the supervision of the Internship supervisor

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

To be asked to the Internship supervisor.

Course notes

  • Université virtuelle

Contribution to the teaching profile

  • Participate in a scientific effort from the design of a project to the validation of the scientific results obtained to solve complex problems.
  • Discuss and compare the results obtained with existing scientific data.
  • Evaluate the conceptual contribution of the new results and develop perspectives.
  • Write a research report with clarity and rigour.
  • Present the results of a job orally in a clear and concise manner and questions and criticisms of the audience
  • Learn to interact with researchers in different fields (computer science, biology, bioengineering, physics, etc.) and to work and communicate as a team.

Other information

Additional information

Student responsibilities
Actively search for an internship opportunity, by contacting directly employing organizations, academic supervisors and searching in repository with internship offers.
Once an agreement between the student, the Host Organization, submit a brief job description, statement of educational goals, and a list of objectives to accomplish those goals to the MBM Internship Coordinator. For details on the deadlines and the format of the description, see the section “Schedule and forms”.
Have the Internship Agreement (convention de stage) signed by the Internship Supervisor, the Student and submit it to the Faculty of Sciences and the MBM Internship Coordinator. Note that this agreement is now necessary even if the internship takes place in ULB.
Write a summary report at the end of the internship describing the experience and objectives addressing the achievement of goals. This should be validated and signed by the Internship Supervisor and sent to the MBM Internship Coordinator at the end of the internship.

More information on the UV page

Contacts

Gianluca Bontempi:gianluca.bontempi@ulb.be

Campus

Outside campus ULB, Other campus

Evaluation

Method(s) of evaluation

  • Internship report
  • Oral presentation

Internship report

Oral presentation

Written internship report, assessment of Internship supervisor and oral presentation of the results.

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

Quality of the report, feedback of the internship supervisor (10 points) and oral presentation (10 points).

Language(s) of evaluation

  • french
  • english

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