MSC Molecular Biosciences: Neuroscience Major Mandatory Courses
Semester 1 - Start 2023
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Welcome to the Master Biosciences | 16/10/2023 | 10:00 | tba |
Welcome to the Neuroscience Major | 17/10/2023 | 10:00 | tba |
Lecture and Tutorial “Frontiers in Biosciences 1” (mandatory for all MSc) | start: 8/10/2023 | 8:15-9:45 | See HeiCo |
Lecture and Tutorial “Frontiers in Biosciences 2” (mandatory for all MSc but with optional modules) | start: 8/1/2024 | 8:15-9:45 | See HeiCo |
The Neuroscience Major requires you to complete a minimum of 24 weeks of lab rotations in at least three different labs. This includes the Working in Bioscience module, where you can do a lab rotation in industry for instance. Finding lab rotations can be done by contacting the PI’s of the IZN-associated research groups. On Moodle you can find a more detailed list with specific projects (only accessible for current students).
The Neuroscience Major additionally requires the completion of at least 4 seminars in Neuroscience prior to the start of the master’s thesis. Possible seminars include, among others:
- Calcium-signalling in learning, survival and death
- Transgene Methoden und Tiermodelle neurodegenerativer Erkrankungen (will be in English when foreign students are present)
- Molekulare und genetische Grundlagen neuro-psychiatrischer Erkrankungen (will be in English when foreign students are present)
- Regenerative approaches for spinal cord injury
- Standard Methods in Neuroscience
- Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Functions in Health and Disease
- From Cajal to Kandel
- Reward and Addiction
- Calcium signals in learning, survival, and death
- A complete list can be found in HeiCo.
Semester 2
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Focus 2 - Molecules, neurons, networks, behaviour | May/June 2024 | 8:15-9:45 | tba |
Semester 3 (winter)
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In this semester you should complete your remaining lab rotations. It is also the perfect time for doing a traineeship abroad. See Moodle for more details (only accessible for current students), also with respect to financial aid. If you are interested in doing a traineeship in the industry, this semester is also best suited to do that. You can declare the credits obtained during this traineeship in the ‘Working in Bioscience’-module. |
Semester 4 (summer)
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The Master's thesis work lasts 6 months. You undertake a laboratory research project from within the neurosciences, write a thesis, and defend it in an oral presentation. |
