Uni Fakultäten Fk. V Biologie Zoophysiology & Behaviour Teaching

Lectures and courses in SS 2004

Vorlesung: Mechanismen des Verhaltens

Lehrveranstalter: Mark Bee, Georg Klump
Termin: Donnerstag 14h-16h
Raum: W4-1-162

Contents
The lecture provides an introduction to the mechanisms controlling animal behaviour. This field of ethology is called "Neuroethology". Topics of the lecture are, for example, the mechanisms of perception, the generation of motor programs, learning, orientation and navigation. The lecture will be given in English.

Vorlesung: Entwicklungsbiologie

Lehrveranstalter: Georg Klump, Silke Rinkwitz
Termin: Dienstag 12h-14h
Raum: W3-1-161

Contents
The lecture provides an introduction to the developmental biology of animals. Starting with a description of the molecular mechanisms operating after the egg has been fertilized, the structural development of the vertebrate and invertebrate embryo is discussed. Special emphasis will be given to new findings of cell biology and molecular biology. The lecture also includes the topics of growth and regeneration. It will conclude with a treatment of the development of behaviour.

Vorlesung: Evolution

Lehrveranstalter: Georg Klump, Horst Schminke
Termin: Montag 15h-16h und Donnerstag 13h-14h
Raum: W4-1-162

Contents
The lecture provides an introduction to the field of evolutionary biology. Examples of evolutionary processes will be taken from botany and zoology. Starting with a description of inter-individual variation, the mechanisms of selection, speciation and the concept of a species will be discussed. Special emphasis will be given to topics of population genetics. The lecture will describe methods applied in reconstructing the phylogenetic tree and discuss the species' distribution in time and space (Biogeography). The developments of evolutionary theory will also be explained in the historical context.

Vertiefungspraktikum Immunologie

Lehrveranstalter: Peter Jaros, Werner Luttmann
Vorbesprechung: 24.04.2003, W4-1-172, 16 Uhr
Praktikum: ganztägig 07.07 - 18.07.2003, W4-0-107

Contents
The laboratory course on Immunology allows students to become acquainted with several immunological research areas and their methods. Besides the isolation of immunocompetent cells, their characterization and cell culture, proliferation activity and blastula transformation are induced and investigated. Different receptors and interleukines are amplified by polymerase chain reaction and determined electrophoretically or using Western Blot. Differentiated blood typing, phenotyping, and immunohistochemical techniques are further topics of the laboratory course. Additionally, immunological detection methods such as ELISA and RIA are treated. Participation in the Immunology Seminar is the precondition for admission to the laboratory course.

Immunologisches Seminar

Lehrveranstalter: Peter Jaros, Werner Luttmann
Termin: Donnerstag 16h-18h
Raum: W4-1-172

Contents
In order to complete the lectures on Immunology and to reinforce certain areas treated in the laboratory course in more detail, papers are to be held during the seminar the topics of which are discussed by the participants.

Vertiefungspraktikum Informationsverarbeitung und Verhalten

Lehrveranstalter: Thomas Friedl, Georg Klump, Ulrike Langemann
Vorbesprechung: 02.02.2004, W4-0-098, 13.00 Uhr
Praktikum: 03.05. - 14.05. 2004

Contents
Students are provided with an introduction to the current field of research of the Zoophysiology & Behaviour group at Oldenburg university (bioacoustics of frog calling, auditory perceptual mechanisms of birds in natural conditions, nest-building behaviour in weaver birds).

Please send an email to Prof. Klump if you want to take part in the course.

Blockseminar Informationsverarbeitung und Verhalten

Lehrveranstalter: Thomas Friedl, Georg Klump, Ulrike Langemann
Termin: n. V.
Raum: W4-0-098

Contents
The journal club discusses recent publications in the field of neural processing and behaviour relating to the projects in the practical "Information Processing and Behaviour".

Fortgeschrittenenpraktikum Ethologie

Lehrveranstalter: Georg Klump, Ulrike Langemann
Vorbesprechung: 02.02.2004, W4-0-098, 12.00 Uhr
Praktikum: 4 Wochen ganztägig von 05.04. - 30.04.2004

Contents
The course introduces students to ethological methods using model systems for the study of behaviour. It is composed of three parts: (1) Learning in bumble bees will be investigated in experiments in the lab. (2) In a field study the students learn how to conduct and analyse bioacoustic playback studies. The goal is to understand bird auditory perception in the natural acoustic environment. (3) In a lab course the students are introduced to principles of acoustic measurements and to the classification of animal sounds. Discussion of relevant literature complements the practical work. Participation in the course on the application of statistical methods in neurobiology and behaviour (see below) is recommended.

Seminar: Aktuelle Themen der Verhaltensbiologie

Lehrveranstalter: Mark Bee, Thomas Friedl, Georg Klump, Ulrike Langemann
Termin: Donnerstag 14h-16h, Raum W4-0-098

Contents
This journal club discusses recently published articles in the field of animal behaviour. Sources are journals such as Nature, Science, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Animal Behaviour, Behavioral Ecology, Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, Behaviour, and Ethology.

Übungen zur statistischen Analyse in Neurobiologie und Verhalten

Lehrveranstalter: Thomas Friedl, Georg Klump, Ulrike Langemann
Termin: Blockveranstaltung, 30.03 bis 02.04, ganztägig, Beginn jeweils 9 Uhr c.t.
Raum: W4-1-162

Contents
The course provides an introduction to the methods of descriptive statistics and inference statistics. Predominantly, non-parametric procedures will be introduced. In the practical part the students will learn to apply the package SPSS for data analysis. Finally, topics of experimental design will be discussed.

Arbeitsgruppenseminar: Zoophysiologie und Verhalten

Lehrveranstalter: Mark Bee, Thomas Friedl, Peter Jaros, Georg Klump, Ulrike Langemann

Termin: Montag 9h-10.30h
Raum: W4-0-098

Contents
Members of the Zoophysiology & Behaviour group at Oldenburg University report about current projects (including thesis projects) and review new relevant literature from the field of research.

Neurobiologisches Seminar

Lehrveranstalter: Georg Klump, Christiane Richter-Landsberg, Reto Weiler

Termin: Donnerstag 17h-19h
Raum: W4-1-162