The course will be programmed through lessons in presence. If necessary, online, synchronous webex lessons, will be given online. Recordings of the lessons will made available as well

• How to read a scientific paper
• The “write first-do-the-experiments-later” approach
• How to structure a scientific paper
• Hands-on and practical excercises: students will be asked to perform some tasks. By way of example, they will write an abstract, a cover letter or an introduction of a paper according to some specific suggestions and the material prepared by a few randomly selected students - will be read and commented

Target audience: The proposal is addressed to students of the science and medicine area. Most examples will focus on biology, biochemistry, systems biology and related fields. The course is not recommended for students of humanities

Participants (min/max): About 10-50 students