This is the Wednesday Noon student seminar series. Attendance at, and participation in, this course are mandatory. Attendance will be recorded. Although you are not expected to attend every seminar, you will be penalized if you have a poor attendance record in that their applications for awards will not be supported by the Department. A student in the M.Sc. program, or a student scheduling a transfer exam, must give at least one seminar. No formal grade is assigned to BCH2020L as it is a credit/non-credit course. However, you will receive feedback on your seminar from faculty immediately following the presentations of the day. You will also receive a summary of evaluation forms completed by the faculty. You remain registered in this course until you complete your M.Sc. or transfer into the Ph.D. program, at which time you are assigned credit for the course.

Seminar Format

Your seminar should include sufficient background information on the goals of your project and the experimental approaches that you use for the diverse expertise of the members of the audience. You are strongly encouraged to rehearse your seminar presentation and to think about how you might answer questions that you may receive. You are advised to keep PowerPoint animations to a minimum as the audience generally finds these distracting rather than instructive. Be aware of your colour choices. Avoid red or blue immunofluorescence images on a black background!

Seminar Sign-up

Second year MSc and PhD students give their seminars during a “First Talk Symposium” held in the spring. The date and time for your seminar will be provided to you about 4 months prior, in the Fall Semester.

See the current schedule for student seminar presenters and Connell Lectures.

Remind your committee members that Departmental Guidelines ask that they be present at your seminar. This is true even if they have just attended a seminar that you presented elsewhere or if you have just had, or are about to have, a committee meeting.