neu650 Neuroscience Team Project (Vollständige Modulbeschreibung)

neu650 Neuroscience Team Project (Vollständige Modulbeschreibung)

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Modulbezeichnung Neuroscience Team Project
Modulkürzel neu650
Kreditpunkte 9,0 KP
Verantwortliche Einrichtung Department für Neurowissenschaften
Zuständige Personen
Modulverantwortung:
Jutta Kretzberg
Prüfungsberechtigt:
Jörg Albert, Go Ashida, Jan Clemens, Jutta Kretzberg, Jochem Rieger
Teilnahmevoraussetzungen

Students from other programs are welcome when space is available.

Dependent on the choice of the project, different modules are prerequisites: Current choices:

neu340 (invertebrate neuroscience)
neu245 (Computational Neuroscience – biophysical modeling)
neu250 (Computational Neuroscience - statistical learning)
 
Empfohlene Vorkenntnisse Each of the teamwork projects from which one can be chosen requires the methods from a specific background module:
Invertebrate electrophysiology: neu340
Biophyical modeling: neu245
Statistcal modeling: neu250
Unterrichtssprache Englisch
Lernergebnisse/Kompetenzen

Skills to be acquired/ competencies:

+             Neuroscience knowledge
+             Experimental Methods
+             Scientific Literature
++          Social skills
+             Maths/Stats/Programming
++          Independent Research
++          Data presentation/discussion
+             Scientific English
++          Ethics
 

Goals of this module:

upon completion of this module, students have experienced the full cycle of a research project in a small (5 weeks full time) team project (2-5 students):

  • Definition of an exact research question
  • Development of a teamwork project schedule
  • Literature search
  • Application of experimental or modeling methods they have learned in a preceding background module
  • Data analysis
  • Frequent oral status reports and data discussion
  • Poster presentation
Modulinhalte

The seminar will cover topics of (tools for) scientific team work, literature search, and science communication.
The topics of the group projects for 2-5 students differ every year, because they are related to ongoing scientific projects (e.g. of PhD students). Current project choice:

  • Invertebrate electrophysiology (requires neu340)
  • Biophysical modeling (requires neu245)
  • Statistical modeling (requires neu250)
Literaturempfehlungen

Journal papers will be selected based on the topic of the project
Zu erbringende Leistungen
Prüfungsart, -umfang, -dauer

Portfolio

 
Prüfungszeiten

Portfolio tasks are performed during the module. The poster must be submitted and presented 1 week after completion of the practical work. 
Dauer in Semestern 1 Semester
Angebotsrhythmus Last 4 weeks of summer term. Plus poster presentation in the first week of the semester break
Workload
Arbeitsaufwand gesamt Davon Präsenzzeit
270 h

112 h
Lehrveranstaltungsform
Veranstaltungsart SWS Angebotsrhythmus Workload Präsenzzeit
Seminar 2 SoSe oder WiSe 28 h
Contact (hours): 28
Self-studies and science communication workshop (hours): 62
Total workload (hours): 90
Praktikum 6 SoSe oder WiSe 84 h
Contact (hours): 84
Independent work (including team work organization, data analysis, poster design): 96
Total workload (hours): 180
Zusätzliche Hinweise

Aufnahmekapazität: 12

Wiederholungsprüfung: It is not possible to repeat a portfolio exam without repeating the module.
Verwendbarkeit des Moduls
  • Master Neuroscience > Research Modules
Modulart Wahlpflicht / Elective
Modullevel EB (Ergänzungsbereich / Complementary)