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Module Structure

HPC computingFirst Semester

 

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

 

Module 1: Foundations of Neuroscience (13 ECTS) 

 

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

 

 

Module 2: Methods in Neuroscience (17 ECTS)

 

 

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

 

Applied mathematics

Second Semester

 

Module: Advanced topics in neuroscience I (5 ECTS)

 

 

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

  

 

Elective 1: Neurophysiology / Optogenetics

 

 

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

  

Elective 2: Computational Neuroscience

 

 

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


Elective 3: Neurotechnology

 

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

 

Neurotechnology curriculum:

  • 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

 

Elective 4: Neurodevelopment

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

Your module structure for the fourth termThird Semester 

 

In the third semester, all modules are obligatory.

 

Module 5: Research Traineeship 1 (14 ECTS)

 

Character

SWS

ECTS

Lecturer(s)

P/WP

PL/SL

Research Traineeship 1

P

14

14

See below

WP

PL

 

Module 6: Research Traineeship 2 (14 ECTS)

 

Character

SWS

ECTS

Lecturer(s)

P/WP

PL/SL

Research Traineeship 2

P

14

14

See below

WP

PL

 

 

Module 7: Advanced topics in neuroscience II (2 ECTS)

 

 

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

14 

14 

Ball 

WP

PL

 

Cells to circuits Fourth Semester 

 

Module 1: Master thesis and oral exam (30 ECTS)

 

 

ECTS

P/WP

PL/SL

Thesis

27

P

PL

Oral exam

3

P

PL

  

Module 2 (optional): Advanced topics in neuroscience III (1 ECTS)

 

 

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