Pharmacology & Toxicology

The Module: Pharmacology and Toxicology for Natural Scientists- Principles of Human Disease and Treatment, WS 2023/2024

The module is open for master students of all natural sciences programs (Biology, Human Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry) and is composed of a lecture, a seminar and an individual 8-week research laboratory internship. For the lecture and the seminar no further course prerequisites are necessary although students are expected to have a solid background in biochemistry and physiology.

Application for the courses via email: Please contact Prof. Dr. Ingrid Boekhoff (ingrid.boekhoff@lrz.uni-muenchen.de) from the 2^nd of October 2023.

 Lecture (7C1308): “Principles of Human Disease and Treatment”

Course Description: This advanced course is a team-taught series lecture given by several instructors of the institute. After a short introduction into the main princilples of pharmacology, lectures will cover the pathophysiology of common and important diseases, as well as the principles of diagnosis and pharmacological treatment.

Comprehensive Examination: Students are required to pass a written comprehensive exam that will be taken at the end of the semester.

Time: Monday, 2 hours, 14:30 – 16:00 pm

Location: Großhad. Str. 9 (N) / N 02.011, Campus Martinsried (BMC).

 2. Seminar (7C1309): Understanding Human Diseases: Principles of Molecular Mechanisms and Treatment.

Course Description: Students are required to make an oral presentation of a research article describing original research to contemporary pharmacology and toxicology.

Grading Policy: Grading is based on satisfaction of the attendance requirement and satisfactory evaluation of the oral presentation.

Time: Weekly, Wednesday at 17:30 or by arrangement.

Location: Pettenkoferstr. 14, F120

 

3. Research laboratory internship (7C1307): “Principles of Human Disease and Treatment”

Course Description: The individual research laborytory internships are arranged by teaching staff members of different groups of the Walther-Straub-Institute according to current research topics. Students are required to work independently under close supervision of an instructor and will learn specialized techniques used in the corresponding research field.

Grading Policy: Research labs last for the equivalent of 8 full-time working weeks in the lab and subsequent preparation of a written lab report and an oral progress presentation.

Prerequiste: The lecture and the seminar are prerequisites for this practical traineeship.

Location and Time: By arrangement

Information regarding the coronavirus: Courses with single students, e.g. research courses, bachelor or master projects, can be provided whereby the Guidelines for the Implementation of the Second Bavarian Infection Control Measures Ordinance at Bavarian Universities (in German) in conjunction with the Supplementary Regulations of LMU (in German) must be observed ( ttps://www.en.uni-muenchen.de/news/press-services/corona_information/studies_teaching/index.html).

For further information, please contact Prof. Dr. Ingrid Boekhoff (ingrid.boekhoff@lrz.uni-muenchen.de).