38th and 39th cycle: academic requirements

Academic requirements for the 38^th and 39^th cycles

1) To be admitted to the subsequent year:

i) the PhD students must comply with the specific requirements of the supervisor and PhD Faculty Members;

ii) when requested by the Coordinator (usually in August) send the Annual Report of the research and training activities carried out (a template will be provided by email);

iii) each PhD student must attend the Annual PhD Workshop (usually held before mid-September), during which she/he will present and discuss the project and the data obtained with the other students of the PhD course and with the PhD Faculty Members;

iv) each PhD student is required to upload the Annual Report (usually within the month of September) to https://dottorandi.unibo.it;

v) each PhD student must complete the OPID questionnaire (generally provided in June of each year) as required by UNIBO;

2) To be admitted to the final exam: the PhD students must comply with the specific requirements reported in (1);

3) Teaching activities for the 38^th and 39^th cycles (years 2023-2026): PhD students should attend each of the teaching activity listed below once during the three-year frame of the PhD program. A timetable for attending each teaching activity will be communicated by e-mail;

4) Abroad period: During the three-year frame, it is mandatory to spend an abroad period (3-6 months) in research laboratories at the research centers and universities as well as in industries:

i) each PhD student, in addition to the doctoral salary, can request an increase of 50% of the scholarship approved by the FaBiT department;

ii) to be authorized to spend a period outside of the supervisor's laboratory, the student must send (by email) to the Coordinator the invitation letter of the host laboratory, specifying the start/end dates of the period, the topic of study, and the name of the supervisor in the host laboratory;

5) Extra-curricular and dissemination activities: the student can be supported by a fee/year corresponding to 10% of the doctoral scholarship salary/year;

6) Tutoring activity: Each student must email the Coordinator to request authorization, specifying the course of study, the teaching course, and the duration in hours.

Teaching activities for 38^th and 39^th cycle (years 2023-2026)

PhD students can attend each of the following courses once during the three-year frame of the PhD program. Schedules and how to attend  each course will be communicated by e-mail.

1. Digital processing of biomolecular images (15 hr, 1 CFU). Lecturer: Prof. Alberto Danielli.
2. Basic course in Science of Laboratory Animals (15 hr, 1 CFU). Organizer: Prof. Barbara Monti.
3. Biocrystallography (15 hr, 1 CFU). Lecturer: Dr. Luca Mazzei.
4. Communicating science: languages, narratives, and tools (15 hr, 1 CFU). Lecturer: Prof. Barbara Zambelli.
5. Methods to study the architecture and function of chromatin (15 hours, 1 CFU). Lecturer: Dr. Giorgio Milazzo.
6. Genome editing technologies using CRISPR-Cas systems (15 hr, 1 CFU). Lecturer:  Prof. Francesco Chemello. This course replaces the previously announced one: "Structure and function of regulatory and catalytic RNAs (15 hr, 1 CFU)". Lecturer: to be identified.
7. Technologies for genome instability (15 hr, 1 CFU). Lecturer: Prof. Jessica Marinello.
8. English language improvement (Academic English Skills, 48 hr):  Organized by The University Linguistic Centre.

Seminars and tutoring activities:

• Seminars organized by the FABIT Department (~30/year taught by teachers/experts in the field). Organizers to be defined.
• Interdisciplinary seminars organized by the Institute for Advanced Study of the University of Bologna ( about 20/year held by teachers/experts in the field ).
• Tutoring activities can be carried out (subject to authorization from the Faculty) in the teaching laboratories of the Bachelor's and Master's Degree courses relating to the research topics addressed.