neu650 - Neuroscience Team Project

neu650 - Neuroscience Team Project

Department of Neurosciences 9 KP
Module components Semester courses Summer semester 2025 Examination
Seminar
Practical training
Notes on the module
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)

Kapazität/Teilnehmerzahl 12
Prüfungszeiten
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).
Module examination
Portfolio, consisting of
  • Project plan
  • Practical experimental or modeling work, discussed in frequent oral status reports
  • Poster
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
 

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