Curriculum 2013

22. - 26.07.	IRTG module: Social and psychological aspects of obesity
29.09. - 2.10.	Summer school in Rathen
07. - 11.10.	IRTG module: Cloning Club
25. - 27.11.	IRTG module: Clinical basis of obesity

Seminar: Social and psychological aspects of obesity

"Social and psychological aspects of obesity"

Psychological and social aspects have a very important influence on the development and treatment of obesity. This module will familiarize students with current research in this field such as psychological studies and functional magnet resonance imaging.
The seminar will take place in Leipzig from 23 to 26 July 2013.

Schedule

Tuesday, 23 July

09:00–10:30	Lecture: Risk factors of obesity: Childhood and suicidality PD Dr. Birgit Wagner
10:45–12:15	Lecture: Stigma and obesity Dr. Birte Pantenburg

Wednesday, 24 July

09:00 - 10:30/
10:45 - 12:15/
13:15 - 14:45

Lecture: Introduction to functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
Dr. habil. Jane Neumann

Thursday, 25 July

09:00 - 10:30/
10:45 - 12:15/
13:15 - 14:45

Lecture: Neurobiology of obesity
PD Dr. Burkhard Pleger

Friday, 26 July

09:00 - 10:30/ 10:45 - 12:15/ 13:15 - 14:45	Lecture: Brain and behavior in obesity Dr. Annette Horstmann
15:00 - 17:00	Lab tour at Max Planck Institute of Cognition and Brain Sciences, Department of Neurology

to be scheduled

09:00 - 10:00

Final exam (written)

Set up:

Maximum number of participants: 15

Credit points: 2 (graded)

Venue: Max Planck Institute of Cognition and Brain Sciences, Stephanstraße 1a, seminar room Library

Seminar: Cloning Club

"Cloning Club"

This seminar introduces PhD students to routine methods as well as novel techniques in molecular biology. It focuses on both theoretical background and practical considerations in modern molecular cloning techniques.

chedule

Date	Lab Work	Lecture
7 October	Setup of PCR reaction Cloning vector preparation	Introduction to cloning (theory and basic techniques, cloning vectors, promotors, protein tags)
8 October	Gel electrophoresis DNA clean-up Setup assembly reaction	Novel cloning techniques Ligation independent cloning Gibson assembly
9 October	Transformation	Gene synthesis Mutagenesis
10 October	Picking colonies Perform "clone screen" PCR	Recombination in E. coli Transfection methods Viral transduction Examples for cloning related applications
11 October	Gel electrophoresis to analyze results	Journal club on "genome editing"
21 October, 9:00 a.m.	Final exam (written)

The seminar is held from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. each day.

Setup:

Maximum number of participants: 12

Credit points: 2 (graded)

Venue: Institute of Biochemistry, Johannisallee 30

If you want to attend the Cloning Club, please register until 31 August by sending an e-mail to Anja Pohl.