Curriculum of the Ph.D. Program in Biomolecular Structure and Mechanism

Year 1

• Practical work, presentation of research plan (after 6 months)
• Structure Biology Course (2 days-1 ECTS), Current Topics in Structural Biology (2 days-1 ECTS)
• Ethics in Science - Scientific Integrity Introductory Lecture (2 hours - 0 ECTS)
• Thesis committee meeting
• Scientific Writing (4 days - 1 ECTS)
• Retreat 2 days

Year 2

• Practical work, publications
• Attendance of External Courses and Workshops, Teaching Requirements (up to 2 ECTS)
• Retreat 2 days

Year 3 and 4

• Practical work, publications, attendance of congress
• Oral and Poster Presentations at Scientific Meetings (up to 2 ECTS)
• Thesis committee meeting
• Soft Skill Courses organized by the LSZGS (up to 2 ECTS)
• Ph.D. defence: oral presentation and examination
• Retreat 2 days

Compulsory courses:
Structure Biology Course, Current Topics in Structural Biology, Good Scientific Practice & Scientific Integrity

We also recommend to attend the ETH courses:
551-0307-00L Molecular and Structural Biology I: Molecular Mechanisms of Gene Expression and Protein Biogenesis (Autumn semester)
551-0307-01L Molecular and Structural Biology II: Molecular Machines and Cellular Assemblies (Spring semester)
551-1402-00L Molecular and Structural Biology III: Biophysical Analysis of Macromolecular Mechanisms (Spring semester)
551-1412-00L Molecular and Structural Biology IV: Visualizing Macromolecules by X-Ray Crystallography and EM (Spring semester)
551-1414-00L Molecular and Structural Biology V: Studying Macromolecules by NMR and EPR (Spring semester)
551-1005-00L Bioanalytics (Autumn semester)
551-1619-00L Strukturbiologie (Autumn semester)