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Workload
Education level
Study areas
Responsible person
Hours per week
Coordinating university
3 ECTS
R - Doctoral programme
Human Medicine
Susanna Zierler
2 hpw
Johannes Kepler University Linz
Detailed information
Pre-requisites
(*)Zulassung zum Doktoratsstudium Medical Sciences, Naturwissenschaften bzw. Technischen Wissenschaften
Original study plan
Doctoral programme Medical Sciences 2025W
Learning Outcomes
Competences
Students develop a comprehensive understanding of physical, electrochemical, and cell physiological principles involved in electrophysiologic signalling.
They are able to discuss physiology and pathophysiology of ion channels and transporters within cellular membranes and the different methodologies to measure their activities.
Skills
Knowledge
Understanding the physical and physiological mechanisms of electrophysiology in cell signaling.
Identifying key objectives and methodologies in electrophysiology.
Basic concepts of membranes, ion channels and transporters.
Basic concepts of electrochemical gradient and driving force.
Basic concepts of units in physics related to electric currents and circuits
Basic concepts of electrophysiologic events in excitable and non-excitable mammalian cells
Major findings, emerging fields, and novel views in electrophysiology.
Criteria for evaluation
Attendance of at least 75 %.
Active participation during the discussion.
Methods
Lectures by instructor(s) and discussions.
Language
English
Study material
Selected publications provided by the lecturer and autodidactic search of PubMed and other sources.
