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This workshop provides a hands-on learning experience with a focus on a wider variety of AI tools, their ethical implications and their practical applications. The aim is to facilitate the responsible and efficient use of AI-based tools in research and academia.

Content:

  • Understand the importance of using AI in research and academia and assess the benefits and risks involved
  • Craft effective prompts for your research tasks
  • Develop strategies to integrate AI tools into your research workflow
  • Stay informed about and adapt to new developments in the field of AI

At the end of the workshop, you will receive a list of generative AI prompts useful in research and academia. There will be practice sessions during the workshop for which you will need access to AI tools, particularly ChatGPT/GPT-4o. If you do not have an account with ChatGPT/GPT-4o, alternatives like Microsoft Copilot, Google Bard or Claude.ai could also be used.

Course - For Bonn members: 8 units are applicable within the Doctorate plus or Careers plus certificate ECTS

This course provides a solid ground in neuroscience, including cellular neuroscience, sensory and motor functions, and higher brain functions. It is intended for those lacking a basic neuroscience education. It runs in parallel with the Neuroscince course of the Bachelors programme in biomedicine. The course does not give regular course credits for doctoral students, but can be used to cover the demand of a grounding course in human physiology/pathology.

Course - 10.0 ECTS

We will investigate mainly fish brains, but also some invertebrate model systems to get on overview of the major differences in neuronal organization between them. Sensory and motor pathways will be compared and pathways will be traced from primary sensory centres through higher integrative centres to motor command areas.

Course - 7.5 ECTS

Topic 1: Pharmacologically relevant signalling pathways
Topic 2: Drugs for the treatment of pain: local anaesthetics, opioids
Topic 3: Drugs influencing vigilance: hypnotics, general anaesthetics
Topic 4: Treatment of psychiatric diseases: antipsychotics, antidepressants
Topic 5: Drugs of abuse: opioids, cannabinoids
Topic 6: Neurodegenerative disorders
Methods 1: Drug mechanisms and signalling in neurons
Methods 2: Modulation of neurotransmitter release in brain slices
Methods 3: Standard behavioural tests in drug development - pharmaceutical industry
Methods 4: Development of innovative drugs – gene and cell therapies
Methods 5: Regulatory Affairs

Course - 7.5 ECTS

Methodology and Theory of Cognitive Neuroscience:

  • Psychology: what makes it a science?
  • Experimental strategies: psychophysiology, neuropsychology
  • Philosophical implications of cognitive neurosciences

Cognitive Neuroscience: main findings on brain-function relationships

Clinical Neurophysiology and Imaging:

  • Electroencephalography (EEG) as a neurodiagnostic tool
  • Advanced methods of EEG analysis: coherence, fast Fourier, non-linear and other analysis
  • Structural and functional brain imaging as neurodiagnostic tools

Experimental Psychophysiology:

  • Electrophysiology: event-related potentials, non-invasive and invasive
  • Magnetic resonance tomography: functional neuroimaging (fMRI)

Clinical Neuropsychology:

  • Neuropsychological assessment
  • Cortical electrostimulation
  • WADA test

6. Experimental Neuropsychology

  • Animal models of behavioural deficits in epilepsy
Course - 7.5 ECTS

This course covers the concepts of:

  • Mechanisms of axonal transport, neuronal cytoskeleton, neurite outgrowth, extracellular matrix, neurotrophic factors
  • Mechanisms of synaptic transmission, vesicles, Snare’s, structure, synthesis and inactivation of neurotransmitters, neurotransmitterreceptors, signal transduction pathways; Pre and post synaptic signal modification
  • Specific features of non-neuronal cells astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, microglia, Composition, synthesis and function of myelin, biochemistry and function of astrocytes and microglia; Pathobiochemistry of Alzheimer disease, prion diseases, leukodystrophies, polyglutamin diseases and multiple sclerosis
Course - 7.5 ECTS

The course aims to introduce students to human sensory perception with a focus on clinical utility and research. The neurological and evolutionary principles underlying vision, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and additional methods of perception will be covered.

The course will introduce the historical and evolutionary context for our senses, so as to provide an understanding for why humans operate and behave the way we do. Beyond the traditional five senses of vision, hearing, taste, smell, and touch, we will discuss several other sensory modalities available to humans, including the vestibular system. The neurological principles guiding the integration of these senses will be outlined, with special reference to subconscious and conscious decision-making. These systems will then be tested through a series of practical experiments, giving students a chance to reflect on blind-spots in human perception and how to implement these in a scientific and clinical setting. Finally, common sensory pathologies will be discussed.

Course - 1.5 ECTS