Unit information: Integrative Molecular Neuroscience in 2015/16

Unit name	Integrative Molecular Neuroscience
Unit code	MEDIM7006
Credit points	20
Level of study	M/7
Teaching block(s)	Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52)
Unit director	Professor. Hans Reul
Open unit status	Not open
Pre-requisites	None
Co-requisites	None
School/department	Bristol Medical School
Faculty	Faculty of Health Sciences

Description including Unit Aims

This unit consists of a series of formal lectures and tutorials that bring together the material taught during MEDIM7001, 7003 and 7004 & MEDIM0013 and MEDIM0014. Emphasis will be on highlighting the integrative aspects of molecular neuroscience. Knowledge on the cross-talk between different biological levels of organisation and the importance of molecular neuroscience for health and disease will be further deepened.

The Aims of this unit are:

1. To convey to students the integrative connections between the subjects taught during the previous taught units.
2. To equip students with skills to interpret the importance of connections between different levels of biological organisation for health and disease.
3. To further increase the abilities of students to design and write an essay or an integrative research proposal within the field of molecular neuroscience and to communicate and discuss research results.

Intended Learning Outcomes

At the end of this unit:

Students will have a good knowledge of the connections between the different levels of biological organisation as taught during this module and will demonstrate a good insight into the importance of such connections for health and disease. Students will be able to develop and discuss new research strategies within the field of integrative molecular neuroscience.

Teaching Information

This unit is taught through lectures and tutorials.

Assessment Information

This unit is assessed through a combination of a 2500-word essay (60%) and a poster presentation (40%).

Reading and References

Selected relevant review papers from the literature.