Research internships

Christof Aegerter, Christian von Mering, Konrad Basler, Kentaro Shimizu, Ueli Grossniklaus, Andreas Wagner, Damian Brunner, Lucas Pelkmans, Rudolf Stoop, Bernd Bodenmiller, Fritjof Helmchen, Anne Müller, Akos Dobay, Cyril Zipfel

Francesca Peri, Darren Gilmour, Konrad Basler, Daniel Bopp, Alex Hajnal,  Stephan Neuhauss, Esther Stoeckli, Damian Brunner, Lucas Pelkmans, Bernd Bodenmiller, Magdalini Polymenidou, Christian von Mering, Martin Müller, Mark Robinson, Michael Baudis, Ueli Grossniklaus, Cyril Zipfel, Andreas Käch, Urs Ziegler

Elke Schneebeli, Marcelo Sánchez, Catalina Pimiento Hernandez, Michael Hautmann, Christian Klug, Torsten Scheyer, Gabriel Aguirre Fernandez, Jorge Carillo

Research Internship Plant Sciences
Cyril Zipfel, Ueli Grossniklaus, Kentaro Shimizu, Thomas Wicker, Christoph Ringli, Célia Jaeger-Baroux, Julian Greenwood, Hannes Vogler, Sylvain Bischoff

Research Internship in Ecology
Owen Petchey, Arpat Ozgul, Benedikt Schmidt, Dennis Hansen, Lukas Keller, Kentaro Shimizu, Florian Altermatt, Marcel van der Heijden, Chris Robinson, Eva Knop

Further information here:http://opetchey.github.io/Petchey_uzh_information/#BIO_357

Marta Manser, Anna Lindholm, Damien Farine, Maxime Garcia, Sofia Forss, Lily Johnson-Ulrich

Setzt abgeschlossenes BIO 122 voraus.

Cyril Zipfel

This research internship implies active participation in the annual International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition (https://igem.org). The exact details of the project will be initially discussed with the module leader, with inputs from other appropriate faculty members. The duration of the internship will be typically from March to the official end of the competition (typically in October). The module leader should be contacted in the first place by the team.

The museum practical will take place in one of the affiliated museums. The detailed work plan and requirements will be arranged with the direct supervisor, typically a teaching member of the museum.The student must find a supervisor in one of the affiliated museums or institutions who will host the research practical. Minimum duration is 4 weeks (conferring 1 ECTS per week). A detailed work plan and requirements is to be arranged with the project supervisor. Regarding approval for an external research internship, students must contact Dr. Weckerle before getting in touch with a potential supervisor. Only for Bachelor students.

Curatorial Internship in the Zurich Zoo
Lukas Keller, Leyla Davis
During a three-month internship students gain a deep insight into the broad range of activities of a scientific zoo. The students will join the weekly tours into all animal sections. They will work on defined projects such as animal and/or species management, literature reviews or compiling fact-sheets for animal or plant species. They will also focus on a small research project, that will be defined on site. Only for Bachelor students.

only for students enorolled in BSc Biomedicine (major or minor).

IDB 401

Brain Biology (erste Hälfte Herbstsemester; 12 ECTS)

Gerhard Schratt

The block course is divided into 1 week of lectures followed by a 6- week laboratory work. Additional course days/hours may be integrated. The students will: 1) get an overview of the CNS and PNS, with a focus on anatomical organization, cell type differences and basic connectivity. 2) get a basic overview of neural gene regulatory mechanisms, with a focus on RNA biology, transcriptomics, proteomics and epigenetics. 3) get a basic overview of the immune system with a focus on neuroimmunology, inflammation and autoimmunity.

The course is addressed primarily at students enrolled in the MSc Interdisciplinary Brain Science program. A few places may be available for BSc Biology or  BSc Biomedicine students (requirement: BIO 143). Registration via block course tool. The module is counted as a Research internship in WP 2.

Systems, Computation and Neural Technology (zweite Hälfte Herbstsemester; 12 ECTS)

Daniel Kiper

The block course is divided into 1 week of lectures followed by a 6- week laboratory work. Additional course days/hours may be integrated. Introduction to systems neuroscience, neural networks and current neural technologies, including neuromorphic engineering as well as invasive and non-invasive research methods.

The course is addressed primarily at students enrolled in the MSc Interdisciplinary Brain Science program. A few places may be available for BSc Biology or  BSc Biomedicine students (requirement: BIO 143). Registration via block course tool. The module is counted as a Research internship in WP 2.