bio890 - Current Topics in Biology (Course overview)

Institute for Biology and Environmental Sciences

3 KP

Semester courses Winter semester 2024/2025

Type of course: Seminar

5.02.001 - Kolloquium - Biologie und Umweltwissenschaften
- Lehrende der Biologie
- Prof. Dr. Gabriele Gerlach
- Prof. Dr. Miriam Liedvogel
Tuesday: 16:00 - 18:00, weekly (from 15/10/24), Location: W04 1-162
Dates on Thursday, 10.10.2024 13:00 - 14:00, Monday, 11.11.2024, Tuesday, 11.03.2025 16:00 - 18:00, Location: W03 1-152, W01 0-015, (W04 2-253)
5.02.001 I - Current topics in biology: What illusions teach us about perception
- Dr. Rainer Beutelmann
Thursday: 16:00 - 18:00, weekly (from 17/10/24)
5.02.001 II - Introduction to Unix and Programming for Biologists
- Dr. Stefan Dennenmoser
- Prof. Dr. Arne Nolte
Friday: 08:45 - 09:45, weekly (from 18/10/24)
5.02.001 III - Journal Club: Animal Biology
- Dr. rer. nat. Rabea Bartölke
- Dr. Pauline Fleischmann
Monday: 14:00 - 16:00, weekly (from 14/10/24)
Dates on Monday, 03.02.2025, Monday, 10.02.2025, Monday, 17.02.2025, Monday, 24.02.2025, Monday, 03.03.2025, Monday, 10.03.2025, Monday, 17.03.2025, Monday, 24.03.2025, Monday, 31.03.2025 14:00 - 16:00

Notes on the module

Prüfungszeiten	open
Module examination	Final exam of module: 1 Portfolio. Components vary in the seminars. They are specified in Stud.IP in the respective seminar.
Skills to be acquired in this module	+ biological knowledge + biologically relevant, natural / mathematical scientific basic knowledge ++ interdisciplinary knowledge and thinking ++ abstract, logical, and analytical thinking ++ expanded knowledge in a specific biological field ++ presentation of results and factual discussion, both written and spoken ++ (scientific) communication skills To develop skills in the critical analysis and interpretation of results and themes in diverse areas of modern biology, including (but not limited to) evolutionary biology, population genetics, biodiversity, ecology, genomics, ornithology, and neurobiology.