Curriculum of the PhD-Program Function and pathophysiology of the auditory system funded by the state of Lower Saxony Winter 2010/2011 and Summer 2011 (updated 26/11/2010)
Introduction The PhD-Program Hearing is a 3-year PhD-program supported by the state of Lower Saxony and is organised by three universities in Hannover (MHH, TiHo, HMT) and the University of Oldenburg. In Hannover the program in embedded in the structures of the Center for Systems Neuroscience (ZSN) and in Oldenburg the students are part of the graduate school of the Research Centre Neurosensory Science (FZNS). Funding is available for 15 Georg-Christoph-Lichtenberg scholarships, eight in Hannover (6 MHH, 1 TiHo, 1 HMT) and seven at the University of Oldenburg. Each year up to six students can join the program as associated members with funding from different sources. In addition to the existing curricula of these two graduate schools the program hearing offers specific courses related to the function and pathophysiology of the auditory system. Obligatory classes are offered once a year, while elective classes are offered on request. At least one third of the obligatory classes and at least one third of the electives should be chosen from the program Hearing while the other two thirds are classes offered by the ZSN and FZNS, respectively. The classes belong to one or more of the three fields: (1) Hearing Research, (2) General Neurobiology, and (3) Soft skills and Communicative Competence which are indicated in brackets for each class. If places are available, the classes of the program hearing are also open to other students from the ZSN and FZNS. 1. Obligatory classes 1.1. Clinic, diagnostic and therapy of peripheral and central hearing disorders (Field 1) Dates: September 2011 Place: Hannover, MHH, Building K6, node B, 6 th floor, seminar room S66 Course organizer: PD Dr. Omid Majdani 1.2. Fundamentals of Auditory Physiology (Field 1 and 2) Dates: 6-10 June 2011 Course organizer: Prof. Dr. Christine Köppl 1.3. Summer School (Field 1, 2 and 3) Date and time: 18-20 August 2011 Place: Schloss Etelsen, Bremer Str. 2, 27299 Langwedel/Etelsen, www.schloss-etelsen.de Credit: 20 hours / 2.5 CP (only for first summer school)
2. Elective classes Some of the elective classes are only offered on request. Please indicate online which classes you would like to attend: http://www.doodle.com/mqn9z4su9bps2hsk. 2.1. Audiology: Basics of Diagnostics, Therapy and Rehabilitation (Field 1) Dates: on request 1 week Place: MHH, Hannover 2.2. Plasticity of the Auditory System (Field 1 and 2) Dates: on request 1 week in October 2011 Place: Hannover, MHH, Vianna Course organizer: Prof. Dr. Andrej Kral 2.3. Signal Processing and Acoustics (Field 1) Dates: 17-23 February 2011 lectures + computer exercises (for those with limited experience with signal processing) 28 February - 04 March project week (previous experience with signal processing required) Course organizer: Prof. Dr. Simon Doclo 2.4. Animal Models in Hearing Research (Field 1 and 2) Dates: on request 2-3 days Hannover plus 2-3 days in Oldenburg Place: Hannover/Oldenburg Course organizer: Prof. Dr. Günter Reuter 2.5. Neurobiology of Communication (Field 2) Dates: on request in June 2011 Place: Hannover, TiHo Course organizer: Prof. Dr. Elke Zimmermann, PD Dr. Sabine Schmidt 2.6. Methods in Hearing Research (Field 1) Dates: September 2011 2.7. Imaging Methods in Hearing Research (Field 1 and 2) Dates: one week in September 2011 Place: probably Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg, Delmenhorst Course organizers: Prof. Dr. Christiane Thiel, Prof. Dr. Stefan Debener, Prof. Dr. Christoph Herrmann
2.8. Combined PhD Seminar by video conference (Field 1 and 2) Date and time: most Fridays, 10-12 am, start date is the 5th November 2010 and 15 th April 2011 Place: Hannover: MHH, building K5, node F, 3 rd floor, seminar room Oldenburg: W3-1-143 Credit: 25 hours / 3 CP if you give at least one presentation and attend semi-regularly throughout the three years of your PhD 2.9. Journal Club (Neuroscientific Studies on Humans) Date and time: continuously throughout the year, every last Wednesday of the month from 11-13 am Place: Hannover, MHH, building K5, node B, 3 rd floor, seminar room 63 Course organizer: Dr. Matthias Wittfoth Credit: 2 hours for each meeting 2.10. Lab Meeting Otolaryngology Date and time: most Wednesdays from 5-6 pm Place: Hannover, Vianna, 2 nd floor, room 2006 Credit: 1 hour for each meeting 2.11. Audiologic Neurophysiological Practical Course Date: 10-14 October 2011 Place: Hannover, MHH, building K5, node F, 3 rd floor, seminar room and labs Course organizer: Prof. Günter Reuter Credit: 25 hours 2.12. Research seminar of the collaborative research centre active auditory system" (Forschungsschwerpunkte des SFB/TRR 31 "Das aktive Gehör") Dates: Fr, 14:00-16:00, W02 1-143 Course organizer: Prof. Dr. Georg Martin Klump, Prof. Dr. Birger Kollmeier Credit: 3 CP 2.13. Acoustic measuring, psychoacoustic and audiological methods (Akustische, psychoakustische und audiologische Methoden) Dates: weekly during winter term Th. 08:00-10:00 (W03 1-154 lecture) Th. 16:00-18:00 (W02 1-142 seminar) Fr. 08:00-10:00 (W04 1-162 lecture), W03 1-154, W02 1-142, W04 1-162 Course organizer: Prof. Dr. Jesko Lars Verhey Credit: 6 CP 2.14. Basics of statistic (Grundlagen der verteilungsfreien Statistik) Dates: 07.06. - 11.06.2010, summer 2011, ZIP-Raum Biologie
Course organizer: Prof. Dr. Georg Martin Klump, PD Dr. Thomas Friedl, Dr.Ulrike Langemann Credit: 3 CP 2.15. Advanced presentation skills Dates: on request 4 days every term Course organizer: Prof. Dr. Henrik Mouritsen Credit: 3 CP 2.16. Scientific writing Dates: summer term 2011, 4 hours a week Course organizer: Prof. Dr. Christiane Margarete Thiel Credit: 6 CP, if you write a paper 2.17. Successful communication & constructive conflict resolution Dates: 24-25 February 2011 (9:00 16:00) : W01 1-117 (24.2.2011), W01 1-109 (25.2.2011) Course organizer: Barbara Kosuch 2.18. Time Management - Using time effectively Date: 21 March 2011 (9:00 16:00) : W01 1-117 Course organizer: Barbara Kosuch Credit: 0.5 CP 2.19. Project management Dates: two days in June September 2011 Course organizer: Barbara Kosuch 2.20. Project management with MS-Project Date: two days in March 2011 Course organizer: Ulrich Kobusch 2.21. Career Strategies Dates: two days in June September 2011 Course organizer: Laetitia Godineau
3. Meetings 3.1. Annual Meeting of the Program Committee 2010 Date and time: 15 th October 2010, 2-5 pm Place: Hannover: MHH, building K5, node F, 3 rd floor, seminar room Oldenburg: W3-1-143 3.2. Annual Members Meeting and Meeting of the Program Committee 2011 Date and time: 18 th August 2011 in conjunction with the summer school 2011 Place: Schloss Etelsen, Bremer Str. 2, 27299 Langwedel/Etelsen, www.schloss-etelsen.de Contact: Dr. Thorsten Schweizer (schweizer.thorsten@mh-hannover.de