Work Experience in Biotechnology
General
- Post-graduate; Capstone
- 10 learners; individual projects
- 480 hours per learner
- Dates set by experience
- Educators assign learners to projects
Preferred companies
- 5 projects wanted
- Anywhere
- Academic experience
- Any company type
- Food & beverage, Agriculture, Science, Hospital, health, wellness & medical, Cosmetics & beauty, Environment
Categories
Project timeline
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July 21, 2023Experience start
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August 13, 2023Problem Statement
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October 8, 2023Week 12: Final report and final presentation
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October 8, 2023Week 12: Industry Supervisor Assessment
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October 26, 2023Experience end
Timeline
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July 21, 2023Experience start
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August 13, 2023Problem Statement
The problem statement should identify the question/problem, and a brief description of the data set(s). This describes what the problem is, who the problem affects, why research is needed, and how your project will contribute to solving it. A problem statement serve as the basis for your project pr
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October 8, 2023Week 12: Final report and final presentation
A final academic report detailing introduction, literature review, methodology, result and discussion. A final presentation shows clearly the problem, how the problem was solved and the clear project deliverables.
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October 8, 2023Week 12: Industry Supervisor Assessment
The student will attend the workplace regularly for the period of placement of 60 days (normally 12 weeks of 5 days per week, or 15 weeks of 4 days per week if studying another RMIT course that requires your attendance at RMIT).
The industry supervisor will mark the students on 10 criteria according to their performance.
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October 26, 2023Experience end
Overview
- Details
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The intent of work placement is for participants to gain work experience at a level commensurate with Master in Biotechnology. A student could work individually or in teams undertaking biochemistry, molecular biology, microbiology, genomics, bioinformatics or related biotechnology projects. Student(s) could either assist in developing new assays or testing more samples with an existing assay.
All placements need to be submitted through our internal form:
https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/edbfbb5b2d5941719d497fe9aa83c75f
- Learner skills
- Bioinformatics, Genomics, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Molecular biology
- Deliverables
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A well documented final report and a final presentation from our students.
Project Examples
- Assist in developing a protocol for a flu vaccine
- Analysing microbial/chemical profile of soil or water samples
- Anti-cancer research projects
- Clinical Microbiology projects
- Molecular Plant Biology projects
- Fermentation or other biotechnological applications
- Clinical Research projects
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Please submit you project proposal through this form: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/edbfbb5b2d5941719d497fe9aa83c75f
Do you acknowledge that the outcome of this project will need to be submitted by students to a course coordinator for marking?
Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.
Get involved in the assessments of students' progress and final report
Be able to set up regular meetings with students to answer their domain questions
Be available for a quick phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.