Reports are essential parts for evaluation.
Students, in pairs, are required to choose a recent (2016-today) paper published in primary journals * (the choice will be supervised, i.e. either accepted or refused by the Teachers), and to expose the most important results and conclusions to the class, in a half-hour presentation.
Reports must be done during the course, on the dates assigned.
* Primary journals are those having a wide impact on the scientific community, e.g. Nature, Science, Cell, Genes & Development, etc.