BIO-493 / 4 crédits

Enseignant: Petersen Carl

Langue: Anglais

Withdrawal: It is not allowed to withdraw from this subject after the registration deadline.

Remark: only one registration per student to a scientific thinking course


Summary

This course will provide a forum in which students engage themselves in learning how to design an integrative neuroscience research project that bridges scales to allow a causal mechanistic analysis of brain function.

Content

Keywords

Innovation, group work, scientific study design in neuroscience, causal mechanisms of brain function

 

Learning Prerequisites

Recommended courses

BIO-482 Neuroscience: cellular and circuit mechanisms

 

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the student must be able to:

  • Analyze scientific papers and understand their methods
  • Investigate information across different conceptual levels in neuroscience
  • Design new experiments to test specific hypotheses
  • Design a computational setup to complement analysis of experiments or formulation of experimentally testable hypotheses

Transversal skills

  • Plan and carry out activities in a way which makes optimal use of available time and other resources.
  • Set objectives and design an action plan to reach those objectives.
  • Communicate effectively, being understood, including across different languages and cultures.
  • Give feedback (critique) in an appropriate fashion.
  • Demonstrate a capacity for creativity.
  • Demonstrate the capacity for critical thinking
  • Make an oral presentation.
  • Write a scientific or technical report.

Teaching methods

The teachers and students will discuss topics in weekly meetings.

Students will work together in groups of ~5 people to solve the selected challenge.

 

Expected student activities

Students need to develop an idea that they will explore in more detail through literature searches, with teachers providing advice and guidance.

 

Each group of students should jointly write a ~20 page report.

 

Each student should give a ~20 minute oral presentation.

 

Assessment methods

The oral presentation will account for one-third of the final grade.

The written report of the group will account for two-thirds of the final grade.

 

Resources

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Dans les plans d'études

  • Semestre: Automne
  • Nombre de places: 20
  • Forme de l'examen: Pendant le semestre (session d'hiver)
  • Matière examinée: Scientific project design in integrative neurosciences
  • Cours: 1 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Exercices: 3 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Semestre: Automne
  • Nombre de places: 20
  • Forme de l'examen: Pendant le semestre (session d'hiver)
  • Matière examinée: Scientific project design in integrative neurosciences
  • Cours: 1 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Exercices: 3 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Semestre: Automne
  • Nombre de places: 20
  • Forme de l'examen: Pendant le semestre (session d'hiver)
  • Matière examinée: Scientific project design in integrative neurosciences
  • Cours: 1 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Exercices: 3 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Semestre: Automne
  • Nombre de places: 20
  • Forme de l'examen: Pendant le semestre (session d'hiver)
  • Matière examinée: Scientific project design in integrative neurosciences
  • Cours: 1 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Exercices: 3 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Semestre: Automne
  • Nombre de places: 20
  • Forme de l'examen: Pendant le semestre (session d'hiver)
  • Matière examinée: Scientific project design in integrative neurosciences
  • Cours: 1 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Exercices: 3 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines

Semaine de référence

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