Colloquium presentation guide
The ARCTOS PhD school students have to give two (three if attending BIO-8504) presentations to ensure that they get practice in presenting their work. In order to encourage a true discussion about how to proceed, with constructive feedback and advice, two ARCTOS members are assigned as censors for the presentation.
NB! Respect timing
1. Presentation (20 min talk + 10 min for questions and comments/advice)
- Theoretical frame
- Background
- state of the art
- knowledge gaps
- objective
- motivation
- Hypothesis
- Methodology
- Progress plan
- Identify difficult/challenging issues (practical or analytical) – ask for constructive feedback
2. Presentation (first paper) (20 min talk + 15 min for questions and comments/advice)
- Theoretical frame
- Background
- state of the art
- knowledge gaps
- objective
- motivation
- Hypothesis
- Methodology
- Results
- Which samples/data have been collected so far, and how did you analyze them?
- Do you need more samples/data to answer your question? What kind (although maybe not in the original plan)?
- Are there more analyses (both methodological and/or statistical/mathematical) that would be useful to do (although maybe not in the original plan)?
- Do the current results answer your question? Which questions remain open? Which of these can be addressed in the last part of the PhD?
- Preliminary conclusions/discussion
- Progress – deviations from original progress plan?
Only for students that follow BIO-8504:
3. Presentation (45 min talk + 15 min questions and comments)
- Full presentation of PhD thesis – practice for defense.