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BIO-487: Scientific project design in translational neurosciences

Summary

The goal of this course is to instruct the student how fundamental scientific knowledge, acquired through the study of fundamental disciplines, including biochemistry, genetics, pharmacology, physiology, genomics, cell and molecular biology can be applied for drug discovery and development.

Lectures

Instructor

Johannes Gräff

Academic appointments 2013- Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland, School of Life Sciences, Brain Mind Institute. 2009-2013 Postdoctoral fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory. 2009 Postdoctoral associate, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ), Zürich, Switzerland, Brain Research Institute. Education 2009 PhD in Neurosciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ), Zürich, Switzerland, Department of Biology, Brain Research Institute. 2005 Diploma (M.Sc. equivalent) in Biological Sciences, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Department of Ecology and Evolution. 1998 Matura, Gymnasium Type B, Kantonsschule am Burggraben St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Official source

https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/scientific-project-design-in-translational-neurosciences-BIO-487

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/BIO-487

Summary

Lectures

Instructor

Johannes Gräff

Official source

https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/scientific-project-design-in-translational-neurosciences-BIO-487

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/BIO-487

Ontological neighbourhood

Health sciences

Pharmacology: Drug discovery, Pharmacokinetics

Pathology: Topics in pathology

Biology

Anatomy: Neuroanatomy

Business

Business administration: Project management, Knowledge management

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