neu440 - Visual Neuroscience (Veranstaltungsübersicht)

neu440 - Visual Neuroscience (Veranstaltungsübersicht)

Department für Neurowissenschaften 15 KP
Modulteile Semesterveranstaltungen Sommersemester 2018 Prüfungsleistung
Seminar
Projektorientiertes Modul
Hinweise zum Modul
Teilnahmevoraussetzungen
attendance in pre-meeting, priority is given to students who attended neu140 BM Neurophysiology and / or neu150 BM Neuroanatomy
Hinweise
Regular active participation and presentation(s) within the scope of the seminar are required to pass the module. Furthermore, participation in a joint poster presentation of concurrent research modules is required to pass the module.
Prüfungszeiten
flexible, after individual project
Prüfungsleistung Modul
Internship report
Kompetenzziele
+ Neurosci. knowlg. Expt. methods Independent research Scient. literature + Social skills
Interdiscipl. knowlg. + Maths/Stats/Progr.
Data present./disc. + Scientific English + Ethics
+ During the module the students acquire advanced theoretical knowledge of the molecular
and cellular characteristics of retinal circuits and physiology.
+ Students learn to plan and perform a research project independently (includes: literature
research and usage of data banks (PUBMED, Gene Bank, Expasy etc.)
+ Students are introduced to scientific writing / have to write a scientific report.
+ Students acquire advanced skills in data analysis (including statistics, computational
neuroscience, image analysis)
+ The module can serve the purpose of preparing for a Master's thesis.