For students
 
 

Our students get trained in fundamentals of neuroscience and neuroprosthetic devices for restoring neuronal functions, with focus on the auditory system. They learn electrophysiological methods used in systems neuroscience and principles of histological processing of the brain and subsequent histological analyses. Additionally, methods of computer programming and signal processing / analysis (in MatLab) are another focus of our labs. We are a team of medical doctors, physicists, computer scientists and engineers working together on recent issues of restorative neuroscience.


Graduation possibilities: We can graduate students of medicine and other natural sciences (Dr.med., Dr.rer.nat., Dr.hum.biol. and PhD) within the Hannover Medical School and, in established collaboration with other professors, in the structured PhD programs of the Hannover Biomedical Research School (PhD Programm „Auditory Sciences“, PhD and Dr.rer.nat.) and PhD Programm of the Center of Systems Neuroscience.


Lab activities:

The lab members (including students) meet for

  1. Aufzählungszeichen Journal club:  Recent papers in the field of auditory neuroscience are reviewed and discussed weekly.

  2. Aufzählungszeichen Lab Meeting: Lab members present weekly their data and ideas. Recent experiments are also briefly reviewed.


Additionally, our team is responsible for education of students within the Institute, ENT Clinics and structured PhD programs „Auditory Sciences“.


Courses that we currently teach:


  1. Neuroprosthetics (Prof. A Kral & Prof. H. Maier)

This course is held each year and introduces in the mechanisms of stimulation and recording of the nervous system, the electrodes used for stimulation and recording, the interaction of the electrical field with the nervous structures, the sites where stimulation is performed and the advantages and disadvantages of each. The course is an elective course for medical students.

The course includes 12 seminars and 1 practical course.


  1. Physiology of auditory system (Prof. A Kral)

In this course we introduce the physiology of the peripheral and central auditory system. The course is intended for students of biology and is thought in collaboration with the Center of Systems Neuroscience and the School of Veterinary Medicine Hannover.

The course includes 3 seminars.


  1. Sensory neuroscience (Prof. A Kral)

In this course we introduce the physiology of neuronal excitation, the auditory, visual, somatosensory  systems and introduce the chemical senses. The course is for students of biology, medicine, bioengineering and is part of our PhD prorgams.

The course includes 5 seminars.


  1. The Adaptive Brain (Prof. A Kral)

In this course we introduce into the development of sensory systems as well as into mechanisms of plasticity at the cellular and systemic levels. The course is for students of biology, medicine, bioengineering and is part of our PhD prorgams.

The course includes 5 seminars and 4 lectures.


  1. Scientific Writing (Prof. A Kral)

In this course we introduce into the development of sensory systems as well as into mechanisms of plasticity at the cellular and systemic levels. The course is intended for students of biology, medicine, bioengineering and is part of our PhD prorgams.

The course includes 5 seminars and 4 lectures.

graduation and phd programs