Elective course catalogue for the Master´s Programme Molecular and Cellular Biology The Elective Course Catalog lists individual courses offered in the Master of Science Molecular and Cellular Biology, including course instructors, descriptions of course contents and qualification goals. Courses are grouped according to subject, according to lectures, seminars and practical courses (in that order). Practical research courses (lab rotations) are listed exemplarily since they vary according to current topics in faculty research groups. Index Lectures, Seminars, Practical courses ................................................................................... 6 Winter term ........................................................................................................................... 6 Main Topic Genetics ............................................................................................................. 6 Lecture: Genomes and Gene regulation............................................................................. 6 Lecture: Recent discoveries in host-microbe interactions ................................................. 6 Seminar: Food and genes .................................................................................................. 7 Seminar: Genetics and Society The human genome and its implications for mankind (seminar longitudinal to the lecture genomes and genomics) ........................................... 8 Seminar: Genetic model organisms ................................................................................... 8 Seminar "Controversial Science evaluation: examples from Molecular Parasitology ......... 9 Practical course and Seminar: How to design experiments and write a project proposal . 9 Practical course and Seminar: Small RNAs in Plant Microbe Interactions........................10 Main Topic Human Biology - Epigenetics ............................................................................11 Lecture course: Methods in epigenetics, cell biology and human biology ........................11 Seminar: 12 Drugs That Changed The World ...................................................................11 Seminar: 10- toxins that change the world .......................................................................12 Seminar: Antibodies and drug conjugates ........................................................................13 Seminar: Advances in diagnosis and treatment of human hereditary diseases .................13 Seminar: Advanced topics in neurodegeneration – exploring next steps in research .......14 Seminar: Applications of Machine Learning in Biology ....................................................14 Practical course and Seminar: Introduction into molecular oncology and epigenetics .....15 Practical course and Seminar: Embryonic stem cells .......................................................16 Main Topic Human Biology – Human Genomics ..................................................................17 Lecture: Computational Methods in Population Genetics I ...............................................17 Lecture Phylogenetics I ....................................................................................................18 Lecture Phylogenetics II ...................................................................................................18 Lecture: Human genomics ................................................................................................19 Lecture: Computational Methods in Population Genetics II ..............................................20 Seminar: Animal Models for Psychiatric Disorders ..........................................................21 Seminar: 3D genome organisation and cell fate - methods and functional importance ....22 Practical course: DNA-Repair ...........................................................................................22 Seminar and Practical course: Computational analysis of RNA-Seq data .........................23 Practical course Single Cell Analysis Techniques in Epigenetics Research ......................24 Practical on Computational Methods in Population Genetics ...........................................25 Main Topic Microbiology .....................................................................................................25 Lecture: An Introduction to Electron Microscopy .............................................................25 Lecture: Molecular virology (part I: basic virology) ..........................................................26 Lecture: Prokaryote-eukaryote interactions ......................................................................26 Lecture: Microbial Physiology and Synthetic Biology .......................................................27 Lecture: Detection and analysis of biomolecules - Microscopy and spectroscopy in the life sciences ............................................................................................................................28 Seminar: Microbial Physiology and Synthetic Biology .....................................................28 Seminar - Hot topics in (cryo) electron microscopy ..........................................................29 Seminar and Excursion: Microbiology ..............................................................................30 Seminar: Novel techniques and approaches in physical biology .....................................30 Practical course: Bacterial Proteomics .............................................................................31 Practical course and seminar: Prokaryote-eukaryote interactions ....................................31 Main Topic Cell Biology .......................................................................................................32 Lecture: Biochemistry and cell biology of plants ..............................................................32 Lecture: Mechanism of Animal Development: Invertebrate Models .................................33 Lecture: From cannabis and nicotine to anti-cancer drugs - plant derived drugs and how they function in plants and in humans ..............................................................................34 Lecture Transcriptional regulation from DNA to diversity ................................................34 Seminar: From genes to behavior .....................................................................................35 Seminar: Design of experiments in plant science .............................................................35 Seminar: Molecular and ecological aspects of biotechnology with microalgae and cyanobacteria ...................................................................................................................36 Seminar: From centrioles to microcephaly .......................................................................37 Seminar: The genetic origin of evolving traits ..................................................................37 Seminar: Molecular mechanisms of cytokinesis in animal cells ........................................38 Seminar: Stem cells ..........................................................................................................38 Seminar: Molecular mechanisms of cell division ..............................................................39 Seminar: Mitochondrial unfolded protein response ..........................................................39 Practical course: Molecular Plant Biology ........................................................................40 Practical course: Drosophila genetics and neurogenetics .................................................41 Seminar and practical course: Mechanisms of cell proliferation and differentiation ........42 Practical course and Seminar: Systems Biology ...............................................................43 Practical course: Protein transport ...................................................................................44 Practical course and Seminar: Mitochondria ....................................................................44 Practical course and Seminar: Regulation of plant metabolism ........................................45 Summer Term ......................................................................................................................47 Main Topic Genetics ............................................................................................................47 15. June 2020 Page 2 of 94 Lecture: Plant innate immunity .........................................................................................47 Lecture: Genetics and More in Pharmaceutical Practise - Part II: Fundamentals in Drug Candidate Identification....................................................................................................47 Lecture: Genetics of plant-microbe interactions in sustainable agriculture ......................48 Lecture: Eukaryotic gene regulation .................................................................................48 Seminar: Sustainable food production and global challenges ..........................................49 Seminar: Genetics and Society 1 - Biotechnology ............................................................50 Practical course and seminar: Plant innate immunity .......................................................50 Practical course and seminar: Eukaryotic transcription and regulation ............................52 Practical course and seminar: Molecular plant microbe interactions