2025
November 7th
November 21st
Visuel Statistics S2
Career Development Course

Statistics Applied to Biology

Thanks to Hugo LACHUER, the Ethics Committee in animal experiment of IC proposes a training in statistics applied to biology.

Course in English
Registration deadline

Presentation

Objectives

  • Be able to set up an experimental design answering the scientific question, taking into account the expected effect size and model variability.
  • Be able to identify the statistical tests appropriate to the specific scientific question 

Personal Work

The course is divided into 3 sessions, so that newly acquired knowledge can be assimilated from one session to the next.

Validation

Certificate upon request.

Research themes
PhD student
Researcher
Postdoctoral fellow
Junior PI
PI
Research Engineer

Workshops

N/A

Speakers

Speakers

Hugo Lachuer, PhD

Scientific Committee

Working Group on ‘Statistics’ of CEEA-IC : Elodie BELLOIR, Florian BONIN, Virginie DANGLES-MARIE, Magalie LARCHER, Rosine ONCLERCQ-DELIC, Cécile PIERRE-EUGENE, Christine SEDLIK

Organization

  • Advanced Training Office - Institut Curie

Practical Informations

Practical Informations

  • 3 half-day face-to-face sessions (7, 14 & 21 November), combining theory and practical examples linked to in vivo field activities
  • In sessions #2 and #3, use of the most frequently used softwares (G-power and PRISM)
  • Recognized as a 3Rs continuing education course as part of the mandatory 21H per 6-year period.

Annexes BDD 1 & 2 - From 2 to 6 PM

Informations pratiques détaillées

Training documents will be provided prior to the course.

Selection result
Monday, October 27th
There is no registration fee for this course
Place
Institut Curie - Bâtiment de Biologie du Développement - Annexes 1 & 2
11 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie / 11 rue Lhomond
Paris 75005
France

Maximum Number of Participants

20 people

Number of Participants

20 participants

Selection Criteria

Pre-requisites:

  • Basic knowledge of some statistical concepts (mean, standard deviation, distribution) is suitable.
  • Basic knowledge of GraphPad Prism is desirable (how to enter data into the software, familiarity with the main tabs). The choice of tests and parameters will be re-explained.

In addition, you must:

1) Have a computer for sessions 2 and 3 (or at least one computer for every two people).

2) Have G*Power (available for free download here: https://www.psychologie.hhu.de/arbeitsgruppen/allgemeine-psychologie-und-arbeitspsychologie/gpower)

3) Have GraphPad Prism (not free, but many licenses are available at the institute and a one-month trial version can be downloaded for free: https://www.graphpad.com/free-trial)