GRK 736:
Development and Plasticity of the Nervous System: Molecular, Synaptic and Cellular Mechanisms
Subject Area
Basic Research in Biology and Medicine
Term
from 2001 to 2010
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 273357
The research training group offers highest-level interdisciplinary education in the neurosciences for doctoral students in Natural Sciences and Medicine. The topic of the programme is Developmental Neurobiology and research includes projects on neurogenesis, axonal and dendritic differentiation, stem cell differentiation, molecular analyses of pre- and postsynaptic differentiation and electrical coupling, synaptic plasticity, biology of ion channels, the role of neural cell surface molecules and of neurotrophic factors for cellular differentiation and signalling, lesion-induced plasticity, and analysis of neuron populations in animal models for neurodegenerative diseases. Accordingly, the collegiates receive methodological and conceptual training in a variety of modern techniques which are usually not included in the regular study programmes of the contributing faculties. Further, the programme includes the lecture "From Molecule to Cognition" delivered by the supervisors of the research training grouop and the "International Graduate School NRW for Neuroscience" reviewing all fields of neuroscience, seminars, and lectures by foreign speakers.
DFG Programme
Research Training Groups
