neu650 - Neuroscience Team Project (Complete module description)

neu650 - Neuroscience Team Project (Complete module description)

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Module label Neuroscience Team Project
Module code neu650
Credit points 9.0 KP
Workload 270 h
Institute directory Department of Neurosciences
Applicability of the module
  • Master's Programme Neuroscience (Master) > Research Modules
Responsible persons
  • Kretzberg, Jutta (module responsibility)
  • Albert, Jörg (authorised to take exams)
  • Ashida, Go (authorised to take exams)
  • Clemens, Jan (authorised to take exams)
  • Kretzberg, Jutta (authorised to take exams)
Prerequisites

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)

Skills to be acquired in this module

Goals of this module:

upon completion of this module, students have experienced the full cycle of a research project in a small (4 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


Skills to be acquired/ competencies:

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

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)
Recommended reading
Journal papers will be selected based on the topic of the project
Links
Language of instruction English
Duration (semesters) 1 Semester
Module frequency Last 4 weeks of summer term. Plus poster presentation at next student poster symposium (beginning of winter term)
Module capacity 12
Type of course Comment SWS Frequency Workload of compulsory attendance
Seminar 2 SuSe or WiSe 28
Contact (hours): 28
Self-studies and science communication workshop (hours): 62
Total workload (hours): 90
Practical training 6 SuSe or WiSe 84
Contact (hours): 84
Independent work (including team work organization, data analysis, poster design): 96
Total workload (hours): 180
Total module attendance time 112 h
Examination Prüfungszeiten Type of examination
Final exam of module
Portfolio tasks are performed during the module. The poster must be submitted and presented 1 week after completion of the practical work. The poster must be presented additionally at the student poster symposium (orientation week before winter semester).
Portfolio, consisting of
  • Project plan
  • Practical experimental or modeling work, discussed in frequent oral status reports
  • Poster