The goal of this Advanced Course in Neurobiology is to provide students with a broader knowledge in several important areas of neurobiology. The course consists of four parts: Part I deals with various topics in developmental neurobiology. Part II is devoted to aspects of signal transduction. Part III focuses on synaptic transmission. Part IV gives deeper insights into systems neuroscience.

Different national and international scientific guests are invited to present and discuss their most recent scientific results.

Different national and international scientific guests are invited to present and discuss their actual scientific results.

Development of the nervous system (NS). The adult NS: plasticity ®eneration, potential & mechanisms. Sensory systems: visual, auditory, olfactory & gustatory system. Kognitive functions, learning & memory: molecular & cellular mechanisms, animal models. Physiology of movement control: motor unit, neuromuscular transmission, reflexes, rhythmic and arbitrary movements. Diseases of the NS.

ETH Week is an innovative one-week course designed to foster critical thinking and creative learning. Students from all departments as well as professors and external experts will work together in interdisciplinary teams. They will develop interventions that could play a role in solving some of our most pressing global challenges. In 2021, ETH Week will focus on the topic of health and well-being.

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This introductory Laboratory course introduces the student to the entire range of classical and modern molecular biosciences. In the second year (Praktikum GL Bio II) the students will perform three praktikum days in:- Bioinformatics- Plant Physiology- Genetics and- Cell Biology II.(total of 12 experiments)Each experiment takes one full day.

Modern genetic analysis in the genomic area, including key model systems and aspects of quantitative genetics.

Consolidation of practical work in the lab with theory and literature background. Integraion of the students in ongoing research projects in the field of neuromorphology (regeneration and plasticity of the nervous system, molekular mechanisms of axonal growth, neural stem cells) and molecular cognition (genetic mouse models, molekular and cellular mechanisms of learning and memory).

This block course is focused on the study of the epigenetic mechanisms that regulate complex brain functions and behavior. It provides an overview of molecular methods used in experimental mice or in human samples to investigate epigenetic processes that control genome activity and gene expression, and are associated with cognitive functions and behavioral responses.

This course will provide an overview of molecular techniques used to investigate the mechanisms of learning and memory in the mouse. It will focus on state-of-the-art methods to manipulate gene expression in the adult brain, and analyse the effect in vitro using biochemical, molecular, electrophysiological and proteomic tools, and in vivo by behavioral testing.