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Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, and Biomaterials

https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/
(5/5) - 1 reviews

Tutoring by the Faculty from Australia

Main Areas of Interest

Lecturing and Teaching

This unit is designed for Medical, undergraduate and Master’s students whose degree is more towards Microbiology, Infections and immunity, biotechnology and biomedical sciences & engineering. For this reason, I have developed PowerPoint (ppt) slides based lecture notes and additionally I will be explaining and guiding students on 30 minutes sessions weekly basis via ZOOM/Skype/video chat. In addition, for feedback, course related questions, advice in grant writing proposal and career advice happy to deliver through emails and ZOOM/Skype/video Chat.

Techniques You Will Learn

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this curriculum students will be able to:

Obtain fundamental information of bacterial biofilms and its associated infections.
Critically apply their understanding to different scenarios including lab based research to development of new antibacterial agents to treating patients.
Students will get good understanding on variety of technologies identified as key skills for future research.

Learning and Teaching Resources

There is no set textbook for this unit of study. However, you will be required to complete the PowerPoint notes readings from each lecture and reference to literature. Material presented in lectures will be emailed to the students before the 30 min weekly Skype session, as prerequisites students should go through their notes before the Skype sessions.

Research Fundings :

Secured over 4.7 Million AUD in research funding from Industry, Australian Nuclear and Science Technology, Australian government, National Health and Medical Research Centre. and the University of Sydney

University lecturing/teaching experience:

Over 8 years teaching experience, I am actively involved in on-going both teaching and mentoring of undergraduate and postgraduate and PhD students and my contributions to the wider University of Sydney community.

Lecture on biofilms for Infection and Immunity postgraduate program: Advanced Medical Bacteriology students course (course ID: INIM5011)
Lecture on antimicrobial resistance in bacteria and its implications in community “Infection Control and Epidemiology” (course ID: INIM5012)
Laboratory demonstrator for “Microbiology Medical and Dental practical programs: It’s a small world”!
Laboratory demonstrator for Infection and Immunity postgraduate program bacterial biofilm”

Students count: Postgraduate degree programme (course ID INIM5011 and INIM5012) students count ranges between 14-25 each semester

Undergraduate programme includes over 300 and 90 students each semester from Medical and Dental degree programme respectively

Research supervision and collaborations

Supervision: Total 17 students (5 PhD, 2 Mphil, 4 Masters, 3 honours, 1 graduate diploma and 2 undergraduate summer project students)

Research Collaboration: I am involved in active/ongoing interdisciplinary collaborations with Industry, hospitals and Universities

Dr. Dr Theerthankar Das, PhD, is a Senior Scientist and lecturer in the Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Australia

2007 – 2011 PhD – Department of Biomedical Engineering, UMCG, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

2005 – 2006 Postgraduate Diploma in Chemistry - School of Applied Chemistry, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

Modules

Curriculum of Study Information: 8 Modules

In this unit, students will be introduced to “Bacterial biofilms and its associated infections and impact on community”. The unit will be subdivided into different contents: A. Role of bacterial self-released molecules in biofilm formation and infection, B. Antibiotic resistance in bacteria, C. Bacterial virulence factors and its implications on host and D. Techniques to study bacterial biofilms. E. Assignment: report writing (approximately: 500 words maximum, excluding references) brief notes on current therapeutic approaches against bacterial infections and examples of new strategies. Refer literatures source in assignment for authentication of report.

Time line: Task

Week A :General interview of students and selection notification via email

Week 1 Zoom: General introduction of microbiology and emailing of part 1 lecture notes

Week 2 Zoom :Discussion on Part 1 lecture notes Quick summary of new lecture and emailing of part 2 lecture notes

Week 3 Zoom :Discussion on Part 2 lecture notes Quick summary of new lecture and emailing of part 3 lecture notes Assignment

Week 4 Zoom: Discussion on Part 3 lecture notes Quick summary of new lecture and emailing of part 4 lecture notes

Week 5 Zoom :Discussion on Part 4 lecture notes Quick summary of new lecture and emailing of part 5 lecture notes

Week 6 Zoom :Discussion on Part 5 lecture notes Assignment submission

Week 7 Zoom :Discussion on Assignment feedback

Week 8 Zoom: Feedback advice on career and grant writing and projects.

Program Fee


Total Number of Modules	8
Time duration of Each module	30 minutes
Total Program Cost	$560

This program allows Merit Applications. If you successfully are awarded a merit application - Trialect will take care of all bench and service fees, but you will have to take care of travel and accommodation. All applications will be scrutinized under the merit category. Considering 50 million health professionals around the world, the chances of getting selected under the merit category would be very low.

Who Can Apply

All are eligible

Host Details

Host Name: Dr. Theerthankar Das

Affiliation: https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/

Address: 8 Martin Pl, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

Website URL: https://www.intechopen.com/profiles/179493/theerthankar-das

Disclaimer:It is mandatory that all applicants carry workplace liability insurance, e.g., https://www.protrip-world-liability.com (Erasmus students use this package and typically costs around 5 € per month - please check) in addition to health insurance when you join any of the onsite Trialect partnered fellowships.

Live Interactive One-On-One (Virtual)

Fellowship - Basic/Translational/Clinical Research Program

Australia

Application Review Deadline:

Oct 1st, 2024

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Reviews

Wahu Gitaka 1 year ago

(5/5)

A very smooth experience, at one time, I thought I wasted my money since there was no forthcoming communication but after a while-with no reminder-very good communication and a great learning experience.

Program Logistics and Administrative Fees

This program has the following durations available:

Duration	Fee
2 weeks	$875.00
6 weeks	$1,500.00
12 weeks	$2,750.00

Questions and Answers

Commonly asked questions about this program from the host and other attendees.

Hi, can I speak to a trialect representative via video call to verify some concerns I have?.

The best way you can contact us is at support@trialect.com, please send us an email for further assistance.

Please, since the training is an online program, can one stay in his/her country and still participate in the program without necessarily traveling?

Yes, it is an online program and you don't have to travel.

Thank you for selecting me but I will like to do my status on campus not online.

For more information about the program, please visit our website and apply at https://trialect.com/program-list so you can check all programs that offer onsite training. Also, please attach your updated cv and letter of intent.

How can i apply for this program? I am on the page ,but i can't find the link to the application site

For more information about the program, please visit our website and apply at https://trialect.com/program-list and attach your updated CV and letter of intent. Please re-try it.