neu650 Neuroscience Team Project (Veranstaltungsübersicht)

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)
 

Portfolio tasks are performed during the module. The poster must be submitted and presented 1 week after completion of the practical work. 

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

Skills to be acquired/ competencies:

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