MSc/PhD Program


Lectures/Tutorials

Lectures are open to all students of the University of Göttingen. Tutorials are restricted to students of the program. Attendance of lectures and tutorials in the first segment is mandatory for students of the Neuroscience Program.

Lectures are held on Monday and Thursday from 8:15 to 10:00 a.m. in the seminar rooms of the ENI (European Neuroscience Institute), Grisebachstr. 5.

Tutorials are held on Tuesday (lecture Monday) and Friday (lecture Thursday) from 8:15 to 10:00 a.m. in the seminar rooms of the ENI.

For a detailed lecture schedule please contact us.

Topics of Lecture series:

Block A - Neuroanatomy & Development

Topic
Lecturer
Histology & Cytology
Marquardt
Development
Marquardt
Human CNS
Dresbach
Motor Systems, Spinal Cord, Cerebellum
Rickmann
Autonomic System, Brain Stem
Rickmann
Sensory Systems
Staiger
Hippocampus, Limbic System
Staiger
Transmitter Systems in Invertebrates
Hörner
Invertebrate Models: Leech, Lobster, Insect Nervous System
Hörner
Invertebrate Models: C. elegans, Aplysia
NN
Development of the Insect Nervous System
Wodarz

Block B - Physiology and Basic Statistics

Topic
Lecturer
Membrane Physiology
Schild
Statistics
Friede, Jung
Electrophysiological Techniques
Schild
Membrane Physiology & Ion Channels
Pardo
Fluorescence Microscopy Optics
Schild
Nonconfocal and Confocal Imaging
Schild
Imaging Techniques
Hell
Live-Cell Imaging
Rizzoli
Synaptic Transmission & Integration
Richter
FLIM
Wouters
Visual Sense of Arthropods
Heinrich
Arthropod Muscle Systems
Schmidt
Locust Wing Stretch Receptor
Jähde
The Biology of Electric Fish
Hörner

Block C - Modelling, Autonomous Nervous System, Pharmacology

Topic
Lecturer
Neuronal Modelling
Wolf
Autonomous Nervous System
Hanisch
Neuroendocrinology
Jarry
Neuropharmacology
Sereda
Principles of Behavioral Analysis
Ehrenreich
Behavioral Analysis
Treue

Block D - Molecular Biology, Development, and Neurogenetics

Topic
Lecturer
DNA/Genome
Rossner
Transcription/RNA
Rossner
Translation
Rossner
Protein Biosynthesis & Structure of Membrane Proteins
Jahn
Trafficking
Jahn
Signal Transduction
Brose
Neurogenetics
Nave
Neuroimmunology
Flügel
Molecular Development
Stoykova

Block E - Sensory & Motor Systems

 Topic
Lecturer
General Sensory Physiology
Göpfert
Somatic Senses
Göpfert
Vision
Fiala
Olfaction & Gustation
Fiala
Audition
Moser
Clinical Sensory Physiology
Moser
Higher Vision
Treue
Attention
Treue
Muscle & Spinal Motor Systems
Hülsmann

Block F - Clinical Neurosciences & Higher Brain Functions

Topic
 Lecturer
Functional Neuroanatomy
Bähr
Stroke
Bähr
Neuromuscular Disorders, Motoneuron Disorders
Schmidt
Epilepsy
Nitsche
MRI
Frahm
Neurodegeneration
Bayer
Depression
Ehrenreich
Schizophrenia
Ehreneich
Mechanisms of Learning & Memory
Fischer
Memory Loss, Neurodegeneration
Fischer
Higher Cognitive Functions
Wilke

Block G - Special seminars and tutorials on Molecular & Clinical Neurosciences, Neurophysiology & Biophysics, Cognitive Neuroscience & Behavior, or Computational Neuroscience