Course Identification

Title:

Principles in Developmental Neurobiology

Code:

20193282

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Prof. Avraham Yaron, Prof. Oren Schuldiner, Prof. Elior (Ori) Peles

TA's:

N/A

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2019

Semester:

Second Semester

When / Where:

Sunday, 14:15 - 16:00, FGS, Rm C
Wednesday, 15:15 - 16:00, FGS, Rm B

First Lecture:

24/03/2019

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Life Sciences: Lecture; Elective; Core; 3.00 points
Life Sciences (Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Track): Lecture; Elective; Core; 3.00 points
Life Sciences (Brain Sciences: Systems, Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience Track): Lecture; Elective; Core; 3.00 points
Life Sciences (Computational and Systems Biology Track): Lecture; Elective; Core; 3.00 points

Comments

See Syllabus

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

Participants:

30

Language of Instruction

English

Registration by

Registration By:21/02/2019

Attendance and participation

Required in at least 80% of the lectures

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Attendance

20%

Seminar:

80%

Evaluation Type

Seminar

Scheduled date 1

Date / due date

N/A

Location

N/A

Time

-

Remarks

N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

1.5

Syllabus

This interactive course will provide an overview to our current understanding of the molecular mechanism underlying neuronal development with specific emphasis on examples from fruit flies and mammals. Topics that will be covered include neuronal induction, cell fate determination, cell-cell interactions, neuronal migration, axon guidance, target selection, myelination, neuronal remodeling, synaptic development and competition, neurodegeneration and regeneration.

The course is based on frontal lectures and a seminar. Grades will be based on the seminar (80%) and participation and discussion in the classes (20%).

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course students should be be able to:

[1] learn to dissect basic problems in developmental neurobiology.

[2] think of experimental strategies to solve them

[3] learn on classical experiments that lay the foundations of our current understanding of the principles of developmental neurobiology.

[4] teach students critical reading and presentation skills (seminar part)

Reading List

N/A

Website

N/A