Master Modules

Prof. Dr. med. Katrin Amunts       Brain Research
General principles in neuroanatomy and neurophysiology, sensory and motoric systems and integrative components of the nervous system will highlight the relevance for clinical neurology. The practical course in neuroanatomy concentrates on gross anatomy and histology of the human brain and spinal cord.   more...

Prof. Dr. T. Heinzel     Physics
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to describe physics concepts with relevance in medicine and apply these concepts in diagnostics and therapy. After the attendance of this course, students are capable to operate essential medical physics equipment and understand their physics and document and analyse the scientific experiments. more...

Prof. Dr. K. Köhrer          Genomics and Transcriptomics
The students will learn to describe the various gene regulation mechanisms on the DNA and RNA level and all necessary analytical tools to analyse genes, genomes, and gene expression, to apply state-of-the-art proteomic approach facilitating protein mass spectrometry (MS) and to describe the function of MS. In the data analysis part the students will be taught to analyse genomic and proteomic data generated by high-throughput procedures.     more...

Prof. Dr. P. Küry       Molecular Neurobiology
After completion of this module students are familiar with the sterile preparation and cultivation of neural stem cells, primary neocortical cell cultures and enrichment/isolation of distinct neural cell types. They are able to apply basic immunocytochemical techniques to identify and distinguish neural cell types using light and fluorescence microscopy. They have solid understanding of the development and differentiation of neural cells and understand the basis of recombinant modulation of endogenous gene expression. Moreover, they are able to work independently and accurately with laboratory equipment, analyse and document experimental results according to good scientific practise standards and present and discuss experimental results in a scientific context.  more...

Prof. Dr. S. B. Eickhoff   Neuropsych. Systems Biology
Upon completion of this module the students are able to explain and interpret modern imaging methods for representing the structures and functions of the human brain as well as methods for brain stimulation.  more...

Dr. D. Elmenhorst    Molecular Neuroimaging
Upon completion of this module the students are capable to describe how neuroscientific questions can be adequately addressed by neuroimaging techniques and to identify the appropriate imaging technique for a specific question. The students will be able to apply commonly used neuroimaging techniques in biomedical research with regard to human and animal studies.    more...

Prof. Dr. O. Sergeeva       Molecular Neurophysiology
The students are able to describe how behavioural states are organized on systemic, network-, cellular and molecular levels in relation to the daily circle. This includes sleep and waking, energy administration (temperature regulation, food intake and metabolism), and the release of hypothalamic hormones. The pathophysiology of these functions includes sleep disorders (e.g. narcolepsy, sleep apnoea), anorexia, obesity, central aspects of diabetes mellitus and neuroendocrine disorders. more...

Prof. Dr. S. B. Eickhoff         Neuropsych. Systems Biology
Upon completion of this module the students are able to describe the localization and functioning of a variety of important human brain systems that implement, for instance, the control of movement, perception, memory or emotions. They are capable to explain and interpret relevant phenomena, experimental paradigms and theoretical models as well as key findings pertaining to these functional systems. The students will be able to plan, develop, evaluate and interpret experiments and correlational studies on these brain systems, employing methods previously introduced in Module 3c. more...

Prof. Dr. O. Aktas     Molecular Neurology
After completion of this module the students are able to describe the immune system and its relevance to physiological and pathological conditions of the nervous system. They are capable to hypothesize on possible mechanisms involved in the development of neurological diseases and possible immunological therapy approaches.  more...

Prof. Dr. Jay Gopalakrishnan         
centrosome and sytoskeleton biology
After completion of this module, students will be to analyse Knowledge on stem cells, pluripotent and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), 3D in vitro models such as human brain organoids, Theoretical knowledge on iPSCs and brain organoid generation, Principles of neural stem cell biology, Theoretical knowledge on brain development and disease modelling using human brain organoids. more...

Prof. Dr. O. A. Sergeeva      Molecular Neurophysiology
After completion of this module the students will be capable to explain the principles of electrophysiological recordings. They will be able to design and to perform electrophysiological experiments, to document and analyse their results and to summarize their findings in form of a scientific report. 
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Prof. Dr. Heiner Fangerau                  
History, Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine
Upon completion of the research ethics part the students will be able to describe the basics in philosophy of science, theoretical and historical foundations of neuroscience, models of reasoning in biomedical ethics and research ethics, with a special focus on research on humans. The research technics part is a lab rotation in different laboratories.   more...