Insights from the new horizons in biochemistry and molecular biology education conference. September 6-8, 2017, Rehovot, Israel

Janet Macaulay; Gul Guner Akdogan; Anat Yarden

doi:10.1002/bmb.21323

Insights from the new horizons in biochemistry and molecular biology education conference. September 6-8, 2017, Rehovot, Israel

Biochem Mol Biol Educ. 2020 Mar;48(2):93-98. doi: 10.1002/bmb.21323. Epub 2019 Dec 18.

Authors

Janet Macaulay¹, Gul Guner Akdogan², Anat Yarden³

Affiliations

¹ School of Biomedical Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Australia.
² School of Medicine, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, Turkey.
³ Department of Science Teaching, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

PMID: 31850618
DOI: 10.1002/bmb.21323

Abstract

The New Horizons in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education Conference was organized by the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB) in collaboration with the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS), and the Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel) and held in Rehovot, Israel, on September 6-8, 2017. The program covered the entire lifespan of students/scientists from the school level to undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral levels and brought together 130 international participants. This article provides an overview of the major issues and topics discussed at the conference and suggestions for the way forward.

Keywords: Conference; FEBS; IUBMB; Israel; Weizmann; education.

Publication types

Congress
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Biochemistry / education*
Humans
Israel
Molecular Biology / education*
Students