Module Structure

First Semester

The first semester is dedicated to an introduction to Neuroscience and lab work. Both Modules 1 and 2 are mandatory!


Module 1 (13 ECTS) Foundations of Neuroscience	Character	SWS	ECTS	Lecturer(s)	P/WP	PL/SL
From Membrane to Brain	L	4	4	Ball, Diester, Driever, Egert, Haas, Leukel, Mehring, Metzger, Pistohl, Reiff	P	PL
Physiology, Anatomy and Optogenetics Practicals	P	4	5	Diester, Haas, Straw	P	SL
From Membrane to Brain	S	2	4	Diester, Egert, Leukel, Mehring, Pistohl, Rotter	P	SL


	Character	SWS	ECTS	Lecturer(s)	P/WP	PL/SL
Neurophysiology I: Measurement and analysis of neuronal activity – a technical introduction	E	4	5	Egert, MWK Prof. (NN)	P	PL
Quantitative methods and statistics in neuroscience	L + E	2 + 2	9	Choi, Mehring, Rotter	P	SL
Working in science	S	2	3	Leukel	P	PL


	Character	SWS	ECTS	Lecturer(s)	P/WP	PL/SL
Neuroscience research in Freiburg	L	2	1	Ball, Diester, Driever, Egert, Haas, Hofmann Leukel, Mehring, Metzger, Reiff, Rotter, Stieglitz, MWK-Prof	P	SL
Journal club on current research topics in neuroscience	S	2	4	Choi, Diester, Egert, Leukel, Mehring, Pistohl, Rotter	P	SL


	Character	SWS	ECTS	Lecturer(s)	P/WP	PL/SL
1.1 Human motor control and motor learning	L	2	4	Leukel	WP	PL
1.2 Methods in human motor control and motor learning	S + P	2	4	Leukel	WP	SL
1.3 Neurophysiology II – Neurophysiology of Acute Brain Slices (Block)	P	4	5	Egert	WP	PL
1.4 Current Topics in Neurophysiology	S	2	3	Egert	WP	SL
1.5 Opto-/Neurogenetics for Neuroscience	L	4	5	Diester, Reiff, Oberhauser	WP
1.6 Opto-/ Neurogenetics for the dissection and quantitative analysis of circuits and behaviour (Block, 3 weeks)	P	4	5	Reiff, Haikala, Schnaitmann, Oberhauser	WP	SL
1.7 Neural Circuits and Behaviour	S	1	2	Reiff, Haikala, Driever	WP	PL
1.8 Neurophysiology in vivo (Block in summer semester)	P	3	3	Hofmann	WP	PL


	Character	SWS	ECTS	Lecturer(s)	P/WP	PL/SL
2.1 Models of Neurons & Networks	L + E	7	7	Rotter	WP	PL
2.2 Simulation of Biological Neuronal Networks (Block)	P	4	5	Rotter	WP	SL
2.3 Learning, decision making and motor control	L + E	2+1	5	Mehring	WP	PL
2.4 Current topics in computational neuroscience	S	2	3	Choi, Pistohl, Mehring, Rotter	WP	SL
2.5 Advanced quantitative methods for neuroscience	L + E	2+1	5	Choi, Mehring Rotter	WP	SL


	Character	SWS	ECTS	Lecturer(s)	P/WP	PL/SL
3.1 Optimal control and estimation	L + E	3+1	6	Diehl	C	PL
3.2 Statistical Pattern Recognition	L + E	2+2	6	Brox	C	PL
3.3 Machine learning	L + E	3+1	4	Boedeker	C	PL
3.4 Fundamentals of Electrical stimulation (WS)	L	2	3	Stieglitz	C	PL
3.5 Implant Manufacturing (WS)	L + E	2+1	3	Stieglitz	C	PL
3.6 Biomedizinische Messtechnik (SS)	L + E	2+1	3	Stieglitz	C	PL
3.7 Neuroprosthetics (WS)	L+S	3	3	Hofmann	WP	PL
3.8 Selected Problems in Biosignal Processing (SS)	L + E	2+1	3	Hofmann	WP	PL
3.9 Brain-Computer Interfaces	S	1	2	Ball, Burgard, Tangermann	WP	PL
3.10 Recording and analysis of EEG	P	3	3	Ball	WP	PL

Only one of the modules 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 can count for the ECTS the students need to collect
To attend 3.4 or 3.5 which are taught in winter term, one of the lab rotations of the 3.Semester (see below) can be done during the 2.semester


	Character	SWS	ECTS	Lecturer(s)	P/WP	PL/SL
4.1 Development of the Nervous System	L	1		Driever (NN NF Collatz), Holzschuh
4.2 From Neural Development to Circuits and Behavior	S	1		Driever (NN NF Collatz),
4.3 Genes, Neurons and Circuits	P	5		Driever (NN NF Collatz), Holzschuh

In the third semester, all modules are obligatory.

	Character	SWS	ECTS	Lecturer(s)	P/WP	PL/SL
Research Traineeship 1	P	14	14	See below	WP	PL

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Research Traineeship 2

See below


	Character	SWS	ECTS	Lecturer(s)	P/WP	PL/SL
Advanced topics in neuroscience (seminars with external speakers, e.g. Bernstein seminar etc.)	L	2	2	external	P	SL


	Character	SWS	ECTS	Lecturer(s)	P/WP	PL/SL
Neurophysiology of Neuronal Networks	P	14	14	Egert	WP	PL
Computational Neuroscience	P	15	14	Rotter	WP	PL
Computational Neuroscience and Neurotechnology	P	14	14	Mehring	WP	PL
Optophysiology and Optogenetics	P	14	14	Diester	WP	PL
Human motor control and learning	P	14	14	Leukel	WP	PL
From Neural Development to Circuits and Behaviour	P	14	14	Driever (NN NF Collatz),	WP	PL
Biomedical Engineering	P	14	14	Stieglitz	WP	PL
Visual processing and visually guided behaviour in Drosophila	P	14	14	Reiff	WP	PL
Experimental Epilepsy Research	P	14	14	Haas	WP	PL
Neurophysiology of mammalian behaviour	P	14	14	MWK-Prof (NN)	WP	PL
Animal models of Brain-Machine Interfacing	P	14	14	Hofmann	WP	PL
Electro-physiological approaches to the human brain: from basic neuroscience to brain-computer interfacing	P	14	14	Ball	WP	PL


	Character	SWS	ECTS	Lecturer(s)	P/WP	PL/SL
Advanced topics in neuroscience (seminars with external speakers, e.g. Bernstein seminar etc.)	L	2	2	external	P	SL