Course program for the Winter Semester 2008/09
Lectures
Title | Faculty | Time | Place | Preparatory meeting / 1st session | ECTS | Core / Advanced |
| Bernstein Seminar Program | Invited external Speakers | Thu 17:15 | Lecture Hall, Hansastr. 9a | irregular, individual announcements for each talk | 1 | Core |
| Introduction into Neurobiology and Biophysics I: Membranes, Neurons, Networks and the Brain, 2 h | Ad Aertsen, Friedrich Metzger, Karl-Friedrich Fischbach | Wed 9-11 | Lecture Hall, Biology I | 29/10/2008 | 2 | Core |
| Introduction into Neurobiology and Biophysics III: Measurement and Model, 2+2 h | Stefan Rotter | Lecture: Wed 13-15, Exercises: Wed 15-17 | Lecture Hall, Hansastr. 9a Exercises CIP Pool, Hansastr. 9a | 22/10/2008 | 4 | Core |
| Computational Neuroscience I: Models of Neurons and Networks, 1+2 h | Stefan Rotter | Lecture: Thu 14-15, Exercises: Thu 15-17 | Lecture Hall, Hansastr. 9a Exercises CIP Pool, Hansastr. 9a | 23/10/2008 | 3 | Core |
| Information Theory: from statistical physics to quantitative biology, 3+2 h | Johannes Berg | Lecture: Wed 11-13, Thu 11-12, Exercises: Tue 16-18 | seminar room I and seminar room Gustav-Mie building: | 23/10/2008, 11 a.m., seminar room Gustav-Mie building | 6 | Advanced |
| Information Theory, 3+1 h | Andreas Karwath | Lecture: Do 9-10, Wed 9-11, Exercises: Do 10-11 | SR 00 007 (MMR) Geb. 106 | contact: karwath@informatik.uni-freiburg.de | 5 | Advanced |
| Balanced Networks | Carl van Vreeswijk | Mon, March 9 Wed, March 11 Thu, March 19 | Lecture Hall, Hansastr. 9a | Monday, March 9 | 1 | Advanced |
Courses
Title | Faculty | Time | Place | Preparatory meeting / 1st session | ECTS | Core / Advanced |
| Neurophysiology I: Measurement and analysis of neuronal activity - a technical introduction | Clemens Boucsein, Ulrich Egert, Martin Nawrot | 09.03.09-20.03.09 | will be announced during preparatory meeting | 21/10/2008, 17:30h, Room 05.070, 5th floor, Bio III | 4 | Core |
| Scientific Programming - an Introduction to Python / Scientific Python | Ad Aertsen, Stefano Cardanobile, Moritz Helias, Bernd Wiebelt | 23.02.09-06.03.09 | Computerlab BCCN, Hansastr. 9a | 20/10/2008, 17:30h, 05.070 Biology II/III | 4 | Core |
| Practical: Surface Analysis, with examples from the life sciences | Jürgen Rühe, Markus Biesalski, Oswald Prucker | Block during the semester break, contact the organizers | contact the organizers | block during semester break | 2 | Advanced |
| Secondary skill course: "How to make a scientific video?" | Gunnar Grah | Tuesday, November 11, 13:00 (sharp/s.t.) Friday, November 21, 13-18 Friday, November 28, 13-18 Friday, December 5, 13-18 Friday, December 12, 13-18 | first session in seminar room, Hansastr. 9a, practice sessions in CIP-Pool, Hansastr. 9a | 1 | Core | |
| Secondary skill course: "Scientific Writing" | Kerstin Meyer-Ross | Saturday, March 31th 2009, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. | Seminar Room, BCCN, Hansastr. 9a | -- | 1 | Core |
| Secondary skill course: "Powerful Scientific Presentation" | Pamela Alean-Kirkpatrick | Part 1: Fri 09.01.2009 1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Part 2a: Thu 29.01.2009 1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Part 2b: Fri 30.01.2009 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. | Part 1: Seminar Room of the Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine, Albertstr. 19a Part 2: Seminar Room of the IGA, Erbprinzenstr. 12, 4th floor | 1 | Core |
Seminars
Title | Faculty | Time | Place | Preparatory meeting / 1st session | ECTS | Core / Advanced |
| PhD and Postdoc Seminar | All PIs of the BCCN Freiburg | Thu 17:15 | Lecture Hall, BCCN, Hansastr. 9a | see schedule | 1 | Core, Obligatory for all BCCN students and Postdocs! |
| The Human Brain - Anatomy and Function | Janina Kirsch | April 6 - April 9, 2009 | Seminar Room, Hansastr. 9A, UG | 07/11/2008, 17 s.t., Lecture Hall BCCN, Hansastr. 9a | 2 | Core |
| Advanced Seminar: Brain and Cognition: Oscillations in the Brain, 2 h | Ad Aertsen, Clemens Boucsein, Ulrich Egert, Thomas Fucke, Robert Illing, Arvind Kumar, Stefan Rotter, Sébastien Roux | 19.+20.12.2009 | will be announced during the preparatory meeting | 28/10/2008, 17 s.t., Lecture Hall BCCN, Hansastr. 9a | 2 | Advanced |
| Advanced Seminar: Neuro- and behavioral Physiology | Samuel Rossel, Carsten Mehring, Vitus Oberhauser | contact the organizers | s. Announcement Biol. I, V: 29/10/2008, 14 c.t. | 2 | Advanced | |
| Journal Club: Current issues in the theoretical and experimental neurosciences, 2st | Ad Aertsen, Clemens Boucsein, Ulrich Egert | Fri 9:00-11:00 | Seminar room, Hansastr. 9A, UG | see schedule | 1 | Core |
| Neuroscientific Colloquium | Peter Jonas, Michael Frotscher, external guests | Wed 18-19:30 | ZfN, Lecture hall | see schedule | 1 | Core |