Study Directors
Katarina Landberg
Deptartment of Plant Biology
Phone: 018-673214
E-mail: katarina.landberg@slu.se
Vahideh Rafieebanadaki
Department of Forest Mycology & Plant Pathology
E-mail: vahideh.rafiei@slu.se
Goal
Organism Biology is a faculty funded umbrella organization arranging activities for PhD students registered to their home departments.
The main goal is to offer high quality course activities and access to formal and informal networks. Shared methodology is in focus, as well as broader biology seminar series. We promote an increased exchange bewteen departments, to help PhD students develop depth and width.
Principles and quality criteria
Target group
The primary target group for Organism Biology is post-graduate students at departments belonging to the NL faculty with an interest in the organism biology research area. Postgraduate students at the Departments of Plant Biology, Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology and Molecular Sciences are members by default. Postgraduate students and supervisors from other departments may join Organism Biology on their own initiative by applying to the study directors. Registration for activities will be on a first-serve basis and posting of up-coming events will first be announced to graduate school participants, and later to the rest of the faculty and SLU.
Organism Biology could support
- Postgraduate courses
- Seminars and workshops primarily for postgraduate students
- Activities with the aim at facilitating contacts between postgraduate students and research end-users
Organism Biology does not support
- Participation of graduate students in under-graduate courses. Re-directing postgraduate students toward under-graduate courses that cover basic research training will be attempted.
- General research training courses such as in pedagogics, statistics, leadership training and philosophy of science that are covered by other parts of SLU.
Scientific level
Activities financed by Organism Biology should be of high international standard, and the graduate school should enable elements that enhance the quality but is difficult to bring about in the departments ordinary research education, due to economical constraints. It could be to invite international lecturers, multi-disciplinary problem oriented courses, preparations of activities that demand extensive work effort, expensive laborative elements and/or accommodation on other premises.
Proposal for activites
We encourage submission of proposals for activities.The proposals for activities should mainly come from participants and their supervisors and are handed in to the co-ordinators.
Open activities
The activities of Organism Biology are open for all postgraduate students, even outside SLU. Organism Biology should work actively in order to disseminate information about the courses/activities within both national and international networks. When participation in a course has to be limited priority is given to postgraduate students registered in Organism Biology. Organism Biology does not cover costs for travel and accommodation for participants that are not registered in the graduate school or that comes from other universities.
