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Advanced Course in Behavioral Neurobiology

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Course sketch
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This research-oriented master’s course introduces students to the neural basis of animal behavior across a wide range of model systems, including zebrafish, bees, ants, locusts, hawk moth, and flies. Students join an active research project and gain hands-on experience with modern experimental and analytical approaches such as behavioral tracking, functional imaging, electrophysiology, molecular methods, and computational modeling. The course combines project work, lectures, paper discussions, and presentations, with a strong focus on how neural circuits process sensory information, generate behavior, and adapt to internal state and social context. A key aspect of all projects is the formulation of precise working hypotheses that enable linking neural computations to behavior across scales.

This course is divided in two parts:

  • Lecture (BIO-13740)
  • Practical (BIO-13750)

Usually students attend both, but it is also possible to only attend the lecture-series.

Target group
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  • MA students in Biological Science and Life Sciences
  • MA students in Psychology with a biology focus

Course completion
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  • Students can get xxx ECTS for attendance of the lecture part.
  • Students can get xxx ECTS for attendance of the practical part.

All students:
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  • You will have to attend at least 80% of the lectures, workshop events, and seminars as found on our course schedule.
  • You will have to present a paper in the journal club.

Practical-part students:
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  • You must hand in a written report of your project in the style of a short research paper. It should provide a comprehensive perspective on the research question, project layout, results, and interpretation.

Grading:
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  • If you study Biological Science You will not get graded, just pass or fail, based on the above-mentioned criteria. You can later choose to be examined as part of your final master’s colloquium.
  • If you study Life Sciences or join via the Erasmus Program: You will need a grade! In addition to the above-mentioned criteria, there will be a 30-minute oral exam at the end of the course. This exam will be based on the lectures, and if you attended the practical, also on your project.

For further information please continue at our central course repository, BIO-13740 and BIO-13750.