| 1 | Advanced self-organisation of social systems | WMBY017-05 |
Processes of selforganisation occur at all levels of a system. For instance, in a group of individuals they take place at the level of
the cognition of the individual, of its behaviour and of the behaviour of the group. Selforganisation implies that cognitively simple
rules at the level of the individual (the so-called micro-level) may lead to complex behaviour at a higher level (the macro-level). The
emergence of patterns in a computer model often leads to unexpected new insights. Note that, the other way around, by observing
the complex behaviour at a higher level, it is impossible to discover the behavioural rules that operate at a lower level. In this
course models of selforganisation of the social phenomena will be treated, such as: swarming by fish and birds, with and without
attacks by predators; grouping and foraging behaviour by social insects and primates; nest building by insects, task division in insects; social learning and behaviour of fish and corvids; social structure (despotic and egalitarian), and cultural transmission in primates and humans.
Individual-based models will be discussed and taught.
The practical work closely follows the contents of the daily lectures. Students will use Excel-spreadsheets and the program Netlogo.
In the last part of the course, students work on a modeling project of their own or in pairs. They can work out their own ideas or choose from the projects that are offered. The work is to be rounded off with a presentation. |
| Faculteit | Science and Engineering | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | prof. dr. C.K. Hemelrijk | | Docent(en) | prof. dr. C.K. Hemelrijkprof. dr. G.S. van Doorn | | Onderwijsvorm | Practisch werk (PRC), Werkcollege (T), Hoorcollege (LC) | | Toetsvorm | Mondeling tentamen (OR), Opdracht (AST), Presentatie (P) | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | This course can be followed as a sequel to the bachelor course “ Selforganization of ecological and social systems”. The course is also meant for students from other fields, e.g. those of artificial intelligence and sociology | | Opmerkingen | Capacity: maximal 40 students |
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| 2 | Animal Experimentation | WMBY019-05 |
The aim of the course is to prepare students starting a master research project in which they participate in animal experimentation, with respect to methodological, practical and ethical aspects. Students will then be prepared to carry out the masterproject, under supervision of and guided by the CCD permit holder. Detailed instructions are found in Nestor, where students have to first fill in an Introduction form to be fully enrolled in the course.
This course has a blended classroom format. It consists of a single contact event, whereas theoretical instruction is completely via e-learning, consisting of videos, quizzes, and assignments. Assessment is via essay questions. As the practical part, the students complete an online portfolio in collaboration with their master project instructions, and after approval of the portfolio, they receive project-specific, practical training from their supervisors.
The theoretical part consists of 5 modules which guide students through the project steps as follows: (1) Preparations and ethical considerations, (2) Research question, experimental and statistical design, (3) Rules & Regulations, (4) Welfare monitoring, and (5) Scientific Publication. By in-depth reading, looking up content on the internet and by self-reflection, students will learn about scientific, practical and societal aspects of working with animals during their master project. The 5 modules contain information on
•Ethics and researcher integrity in animal and human experimentation
•Rules & Regulations in animal and human experimentation
•Research question, experimental and statistical design
•Choice of experimental model and subjects, and
•Animal experimentation in practice
For research involving humans, students must consult with their supervisors.
From autumn 2021 onwards, students will require to purchase a small reader with study materials. |
| Faculteit | Science and Engineering | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | prof. dr. B. Helm | | Docent(en) | prof. dr. B. Helm | | Onderwijsvorm | Hoorcollege (LC), Opdracht (ASM), Practisch werk (PRC), Werkcollege (T) | | Toetsvorm | Opdracht (AST), Practisch werk (PR), Schriftelijk tentamen (WE) | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Students need to have completed their Bachelor Degree in Biology, Life Sciences and Technology, Biomedical Sciences, Medicine, or Pharmacy. A supervisor approved planning of a master research projects involving human or animal experimentation is required.
The course is compulsory for master students planning to work with animals during their research project. Following the course is exclusively possible in combination with a research master project involving animals or humans. |
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| 3 | Auditory and Visual Perception | WMBC002-05 |
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| 4 | BCN Summer Symposium 1 | WMBC019-01 |
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| 5 | BCN Summer Symposium 2 | WMBC020-01 |
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| 6 | Behavioural Pharmacology | WMBC003-05 |
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| 7 | Boundaries of Psychology | PSMPK-1 |
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| 8 | Career Related Topics | WMBC012-03 |
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| 9 | Cognitive Modelling: Basic Principles and Methods | WMCC006-05 |
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| 10 | Cognitive Neuropsychiatry | WMBC013-05 |
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| 11 | Colloquium | WMBC021-03 |
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| 12 | Essay / PhD proposal | WMBC001-04 |
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| 13 | Evolutionary Medicine: Diseases of Affluence (2022-2023) | WMBY025-05 |
Diseases of affluence, or wealth, are non-infectious diseases linked with increasing longevity in the western world, and associated lifestyle choices. This course will first look at what is a disease of affluence and why is evolutionary biology a vital science for medicine, and in particular, for diseases of affluence. It will present an overview of evolutionary medicine theory - how life-history theory, evolutionary theory of senescence, and ecological conditions have improved medical progress in understanding diseases of affluence.
This course will teach the ecological and evolutionary thinking behind diseases of affluence. The course will cover a wide range of topics, such as:
- What is a disease of affluence?
- Life-history theory and diseases of affluence
- An evolutionary perspective of humans as primates
- Sex and ethnicity in human health
- The mismatch hypothesis and human health
- The hygiene hypothesis and allergies
- Ageing and senescence
- Evolutionary processes and cancer
- Reproductive origins of adult health and disease
For example, the course may cover the role of antagonistic pleiotropy in Huntington's disease, somatic evolution and cancer, the mismatch hypothesis and Alzheimer's disease, trade-offs and cardiovascular disease, diabetes linked with human ancestry and western lifestyle, evolution and mental illness, and the hygiene hypothesis and allergies.
The Masters course is suitable for any student interested in evolutionary medicine, evolutionary biology or a biomedical field. |
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| 14 | Evolutionary Medicine: Infectious diseases | WMBY024-05 |
Living at the expense of another organism creates a unique set of challenges, all deeply rooted in evolutionary biology. All viruses, but also some bacteria and eukaryotes exhibit parasitic lifestyles, sometimes even creating diseases in their hosts. When evolutionary biologist Theodosius Dobzhansky wrote that "nothing made sense except in the light of evolution", he might well have thought about infectious agents in particular. Evolution has a crucial impact on them, and these agents are also important players in the evolution of their hosts; as such they still represent today major threats in public health and agriculture.
This course will explore how evolution impacts these agents and the dynamics with their hosts. We will introduce fundamental notions on eco-evolutionary concepts applied to infectious diseases, and present the different agents in more detail. We will also discuss the principles and development of evolution-aware and evolution-proof counter-measures (drugs, vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, etc.). All will be illustrated by applied examples. The course will cover a range of topics, such as:
• Similarity, differences, and diversity in pathogenic agents (bacteria, viruses, and eukaryotic parasites) and quick introduction to vectors;
• Full spectrum of the symbiosis of these agents (from mutualistic to parasitic) and their interactions with the hosts (microbiome, immunology, virulence, transmission);
• Exogenous manipulation of evolutionary pressures, such as therapies, antimicrobials (and resistance), as well as vaccines;
• Epidemiological processes, from emergence to pandemics.
The Master course is suitable for any student interested in evolutionary medicine, evolutionary biology, microbiology, or a biomedical field. |
| Faculteit | Science and Engineering | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. S.J.J. Lequime | | Docent(en) | dr. ir. M.G.J. de Vosprof. dr. J. Falcao Salles Guest lecturerdr. S.J.J. Lequime | | Onderwijsvorm | Hoorcollege (LC), Opdracht (ASM), Practisch werk (PRC), Bijeenkomst (S), Werkcollege (T) | | Toetsvorm | Opdracht (AST), Practisch werk (PR) | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | The “Evolution Medicine – Infectious Diseases” course is part of the MSc Biology track. It therefore builds upon the requirement of students to have a Bachelors in Biology or a related field. In particular, the course builds upon the 2nd / 3rd year BSc course in Evolutionary Medicine, which provides a broad overview of how ecological and evolutionary thinking can advance understanding of human health and disease.
The course will be closely integrated with the following course units: Diseases of Affluence. |
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| 15 | Function and Evolution of Behaviour | WMBC004-04 |
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| Faculteit | Science and Engineering | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | prof. dr. M.E. Maan | | Docent(en) | prof. dr. M.E. Maanprof. dr. S. Verhulst | | Onderwijsvorm | Bijeenkomst (S), Hoorcollege (LC), Opdracht (ASM), Practisch werk (PRC), Werkcollege (T) | | Toetsvorm | Opdracht (AST), Practisch werk (PR), Presentatie (P), Verslag (R) | | ECTS | 4 |
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| 16 | Functional Neuroscience - C track | WMBC005-05 |
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| 17 | Functional Neuroscience - N track | WMBC006-05 |
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| 18 | Human Neuroanatomy | WMBC014-05 |
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| 19 | Individuality of Behaviour: Genes, Ontogeny and Neurobiology | WMBC015-05 |
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| Faculteit | Science and Engineering | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. S.F. de Boer | | Docent(en) | dr. S.F. de Boerprof. dr. A.G.G. Groothuis | | Onderwijsvorm | Hoorcollege (LC), Opdracht (ASM), Practisch werk (PRC), Werkcollege (T) | | Toetsvorm | Opdracht (AST), Practisch werk (PR), Presentatie (P), Schriftelijk tentamen (WE) | | ECTS | 5 |
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| 20 | Introduction to the Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences | WMBC007-04 |
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| 21 | Language Modelling | WMCC003-05 |
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| Faculteit | Science and Engineering | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. J.K. Spenader | | Docent(en) | dr. J.K. Spenader | | Onderwijsvorm | Hoorcollege (LC), Practisch werk (PRC) | | Toetsvorm | Opdracht (AST), Verslag (R) | | ECTS | 5 |
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| 22 | Machine Learning | WMAI010-05 |
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| Faculteit | Science and Engineering | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | prof. dr. H. Jaeger | | Docent(en) | prof. dr. H. Jaeger | | Onderwijsvorm | Hoorcollege (LC), Opdracht (ASM), Practisch werk (PRC), Werkcollege (T) | | Toetsvorm | Schriftelijk tentamen (WE), Verslag (R) | | ECTS | 5 |
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| 23 | Membrane Biology and Disease | WMBC022-05 |
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| 24 | Models of Cognition | WMBC008-05 |
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| 25 | Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience | WMBC016-05 |
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| 26 | Molecular Biology of Ageing and Age-related Diseases | WMBM017-05 |
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| 27 | Natural Language Processing | LIX001M05 |
De cursus is een gevorderde cursus op het gebied van de natuurlijke taalverwerking. In de cursus wordt een aantal belangrijke, fundamentele, onderwerpen uit het vakgebied behandeld (Reguliere Expressies, Finite state automata, Computationele Morfologie, computationele fonologie, N-grams, Hidden Markov Models, Part-of-Speech Tagging, Context-free Grammar, Parsing, Unification Grammar,
Chomsky Hierarchy). |
| Faculteit | Letteren | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | PhD. A. Bisazza | | Docent(en) | PhD. A. Bisazza student-assistent | | Onderwijsvorm | computerpracticum, hoorcollege | | Toetsvorm | schriftelijk tentamen, schriftelijke opdracht(en) | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Bachelor Informatiekunde of bachelor Kunstmatige Intelligentie of vergelijkbare opleiding op bachelor-niveau. | | Opmerkingen | De student Informatiekunde kiest twee van de volgende vier mogelijkheden: Natural Language Processing; Advanced Webtechnology; Computer-Mediated Communication; Machinaal Leren plus een Ma-keuzeonderdeel van buiten de opleiding. Studenten Informatiekunde die het vak Machinaal Leren willen kiezen moeten van tevoren contact opnemen met de studieadviseur. |
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| 28 | Neurobiology of Nutrition | WMBM011-05 |
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| 29 | Neurobiology of Psychiatric Disorders | WMBM018-05 |
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| 30 | Neurodegenerative Diseases | WMBM012-05 |
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| 31 | Nutrition, Brain Development and Cognition | WMBM020-05 |
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| 32 | Pathology of the Nervous System | WMBC009-04 |
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| 33 | Philosophy of Neuroscience | FI184FR |
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| 34 | Radioisotopes in Experimental Biology | WMBY011-05 |
RPO Dispersible Radioactive Materials-D is the minimum expert level which allows you to work with radioisotopes at the university and university hospital (UMCG). It is an official expert level supervised and regulated by the Dutch Government. The University of Groningen is one of the few official recognized institutes were you can obtain certificates of the official radiation expert levels.
At the end of the 1st week you will HAVE to pass the RPO DRM-D test to be allowed to participate in the remainder of the course.
NOTE: For the course an additional registration is needed apart from Progress for participating in an official RPO DRM-D course.
Topics will include:
• Radioisotope detection using X-ray film
• The (advanced liquid) scintillation counter
• In vitro labeling of nucleic acids and proteins
• Subcellular localization of biological molecules
• Radioisotopes and immunoassay
• Pharmacological techniques
• Biological effect of radiation
The final part of the course consist of chronobiological research question regarding Melatonin using a Radioimmunoessay (RIA). The students will be their own research subjects. The results will be discussed in a concluding tutorial. |
| Faculteit | Science and Engineering | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | drs. E.J. Bunskoeke | | Docent(en) | drs. E.J. Bunskoekeprof. dr. R.P. Coppesdr. M.H.K. LinskensMSc. E.I. Zuidersma | | Onderwijsvorm | Hoorcollege (LC), Practisch werk (PRC) | | Toetsvorm | Meerkeuze toets (MC), Schriftelijk tentamen (WE), Verslag (R) | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | The course unit assumes no specific prior knowledge except a bachelor degree in an area of life-sciences
(e.g. Biology, LS&T, Pharmacy, Medical Biology, Chemistry with biochemisty, etc.) | | Opmerkingen | During the curriculum year the course will be taught once in December.
Capacity: minimum 8, maximum 12 students for the course (if no COVID19 limitations exist anymore, the maximum number will likely be 24). First come, first serve.
For the course a second registration is needed (information will be provided in due time).
The exact timetable will depend on the (remaining) COVID19 restrictions.
Further information will be provided at least one month prior to the course.
(Master students who are only interested in obtaining the RPO DRM-D certificate have to contact the course coordinator for information about the other radiation courses.)oisotopes and summarize the experiment and results in a written report. |
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| 35 | Repeated Measures | PSMM-2 |
| Bij herhaalde metingen worden een of meer variabelen bij dezelfde proefpersonen meermalen gemeten. Men spreekt dan wel over binnen-proefpersoon designs. Bij zulke designs zijn effecten vaak eerder aan te tonen dan bij tussen-proefpersoon designs. Voor de analyse van deze designs kunnen variantie-analysetechnieken (ANOVA) worden gebruikt: random effect ANOVA of multivariate technieken, gebruik makend van MANOVA (multivariate variantie-analyse). Voorts wordt besproken wat te doen als deze methoden niet kunnen worden toegepast, nl. het multilevel model for change. Het eerste deel van de cursus wordt besteed aan het leggen van een stevige basis in regressie analyse, ANOVA en MANOVA, want dat is essentieel voor het begrijpen van de herhaalde metingen analyses. |
| Faculteit | Gedrags- en MaatschappijWetenschappen | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | prof. dr. M.E. Timmerman | | Docent(en) | prof. dr. C.J. Albersprof. dr. M.E. Timmerman | | Onderwijsvorm | hoorcollege | | Toetsvorm | schriftelijk tentamen (meerkeuze) | | ECTS | 5 | | Opmerkingen | 1. Dit vak vereist een goede en parate kennis van variantie-analyse en regressie-analyse (d.w.z. op Statistiek 3 niveau).
2. Het boek van Tabachnick & Fidell is ook beschikbaar in een druk uit 2013, ISBN 1292021314; Pearson New International Edition. De inhoud van dit boek is exact hetzelfde als het bovengenoemde boek, alleen de volgorde van de hoofdstukken is (niet storend) anders. |
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| 36 | Research project (Major thesis) | WMBC901-40 |
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| 37 | Research project (Minor thesis) | WMBC902-29 |
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| 38 | Statistics for BCN Master Students | WMBC010-01 |
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| 39 | Stem Cell and Glia Biology | WMBC017-05 |
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| 40 | The Neuroendocrine Basis of Behaviour | WMBC018-05 |
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| 41 | Timing of Behaviour | WMBC011-05 |
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| 42 | User Models | WMCC004-05 |
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| Faculteit | Science and Engineering | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. J.P. Borst | | Docent(en) | dr. J.P. BorstMSc. M.L.C. Held | | Onderwijsvorm | Hoorcollege (LC), Practisch werk (PRC), Werkcollege (T) | | Toetsvorm | Practisch werk (PR), Presentatie (P), Verslag (R) | | ECTS | 5 |
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