Course program

   

Program of Lectures for the PhD in Neurobiology

List of Courses (for first year students): 

Neurophysiology and Neurobiology

Lecturer

Title

Anna Menini

Sensory Systems: Chemical senses

Giada Cellot

Synaptic plasticity: from an ePhys. approach to behavior

Giuliano Taccola

Neural Control of Locomotion

Michele Giugliano

Principles of Computational Neuroscience

Paul Heppenstall Molecular Neurobiology
Katja Reinhard Neuroecology – History, Methods and Insights
Silvia Onesti Structural biology

 

Nanotechnology and Photonics

Lecturer

Title

Laura Ballerini

Nanotools for Neuroscience

Dan Cojoc

Advanced Optical Microscopy and Manipulation 

Loredana Casalis

AFM imaging: Principles and Applications in Neurobiology

 
 

Technical courses (microscopy, cell cultures, etc.)

Lecturer

Title

Micaela Grandolfo

Microscopy techniques

  • Practical demonstrations (students will be divided into groups)

Micaela Grandolfo

Immunohistochemistry

Micaela Grandolfo

Fluorescence techniques

Beatrice Pastore

&

Federica Ferrero

Cell cultures

  • Practical demonstrations

Beatrice Pastore

Primary cultures: dissociated and organotypic cultures

Andrea Tomicich

Information Technology Systems of the Neuroscience Area

Erik Zorzin

Introduction to Electronics

 

Discussions

Discussion leader

Title

To be Announced To be Announced

 

Calendar overview (subscribe via outlook.office.com or by clicking here)

Refer to the individual calendar entries for the venue or online coordinates of each lecture.

 

 

Sensory Systems: Chemical Senses

Instructor: Anna Menini Amount of frontal teaching: 15 hours »

Neural Control of Locomotion

Instructor: Giuliano Taccola Amount of frontal teaching: 15 hours »

 

Principles of Computational Neuroscience (blended + hands-on with UniTs)

Lecturer: Dr. Michele Giugliano Amount of frontal teaching: 28 hours »

 

New technologies for Molecular Neurobiology

Instructor: Paul Heppenstall Amount of frontal teaching: 15 hours »

 

Synaptic Function and Nanotools: Physiology at the Nanoscale

Instructor: Laura Ballerini Amount of frontal teaching: 15 hours »

Advanced Optical Microscopy and Manipulation

Instructor: Dan Cojoc Amount of frontal teaching: 15 hours »

 
 

AFM imaging: Principles and Application in Neurobiology

Instructor: Loredana Casalis Amount of frontal teaching: 15 hours »

Synaptic plasticity: from an electrophysiological approach to behavioural studies

Instructor: Giada Cellot Amount of frontal teaching: 15 hours»

 

Neuroecology – History, Methods and Insights

Instructor: Katja Reinhard Amount of frontal teaching: 15 hours»

 
 

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