Application deadline

Registration deadline for PhD students at UiT - The Arctic University of Norway: September 1st

Application deadline for external applicants: June 1st. Application code 9303 in Søknadsweb.

Type of course

Admission requirements

PhD students or holders of a Norwegian master´s degree of five years or 3+ 2 years (or equivalent) may be admitted. Valid documentation is a statement from your institution that you are a registered PhD student, or a Master´s Diploma with Diploma Supplement / English translation of the diploma. PhD students are exempt from semester fee.

Holders of a Master´s degree must upload a Master´s Diploma with Diploma Supplement / English translation of the diploma. Applicants from listed countries must document proficiency in English. To find out if this applies to you see the following list:

Proficiency in English must be documented - list of countries

For more information on accepted English proficiency tests and scores, as well as exemptions from the English proficiency tests, please see the following document:

Proficiency in english - PhD level studies

Students should have basic knowledge in chemistry (atomic and molecular structure), biochemistry (protein structure), and mathematics (calculus). Basic knowledge in physics is recommended.

PhD students at UiT The Arctic University of Norway register for the course through StudentWeb .

External applicants apply for admission through SøknadsWeb. Application code 9303.

All external applicants have to attach a confirmation of their status as a PhD student from their home institution. Students who hold a Master of Science degree, but are not yet enrolled as a PhD-student have to attach a copy of their master's degree diploma. These students are also required to pay the semester fee.

More information regarding PhD courses at the Faculty of Science and Technology is found here.

Course content

Objectives of the course

The candidate will acquire a solid and broad theoretical and practical basis to understand, set up and evaluate crystallization experiments.

The successful student will:

Knowledge

• Have thorough insight into the prerequisites for increasing the likelihood of success when setting up crystallization trials, and will know potential bottlenecks and pitfalls.
• Have an overview over different crystallization methods, and knowledge to decide when to use the various methods.
• Possess knowledge of intrinsic and external factors influencing the crystallization process.
• Have insight how to plan, perform, evaluate and optimize crystallization trials.

  Skills

• Be able to plan, set up and evaluate crystallization experiments.
• Be able to mount crystals for X-ray data collection.

  General competence

• Understand the role biological macromolecule crystal structures have in the general understanding of biological processes.
• Understand the relevance and the usefulness of crystal structures, and how the structures can be further exploited.
• Be able to present research results.

Language of instruction and examination

Teaching methods

Assessment

Active participation in lectures/seminars and practicals is mandatory. Crystallization experiments must be checked at least twice after the practical lab is over, preferably after one and two weeks. A report will be written describing crystallization theory, experimental setup and results of the lab experiments. This workload is estimated to 40 h. The final grades will be passed or failed, based on the quality of the written report.

There will not be arranged a re-sit exam for this course

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