The main objective of the course is to introduce the students to the main aspects of neurobiology including the acquisition of several skills ranging from molecular, cellular, physiological, anatomical and computational levels.

The main areas of study will be:

Neuromorphology and development neurobiology (including stem cell biology and human anatomy)
Neurophysiology and behaviour (including optogenetic interrogation of behaviour and in vivo electrophysiological recordings)
Neurochemistry and neuropharmacology (including next generation therapeutics and gene therapy)
Neurogenetics and genomics (including genome wide association studies and epigenetics)
Neuropsychiatric and Neurodegenerative Disorders (including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease, Intellectual Disability and Autism, Epilepsy and Motor Neuron disorders, Mood Disorders and Schizophrenia)
Advanced Methods in Neurobiology and Neuroscience (including human brain imaging and genomic techniques)
Bioinformatics and data analysis (including computational neuroscience and statistical methods)

"Università nei collegi" Project

The University of Pavia is committed to providing its students with a comprehensive educational experience that combines high scientific quality with engaging and innovative teaching methods.

In this context the University of Pavia is offering to enrolled students the possibility to participate in the "Università nei Collegi" initiative: the already rich educational offer of the University of Pavia is further enriched with a list of courses held in University Student Residences given by nationally and internationally prestigious teachers external to the University of Pavia.

They are crash courses (usually concentrated over a week) corresponding to 3 or 6 CFU/ETCS that enrolled students can attend and add to their study plan either as elective/free-choice or extra exams.

Students can choose any of the offered ones (find the full list here), but the one specifically organized by DBB are the ones titled Data Science in Everyday Practice and Rational design in modern biotechnology: from concept to clinic, both taught in English.

In addition to that, University Student Residences will also host “Laboratori delle competenze trasversali” ("Soft Skills Workshops") that are open to enrolled students and provide “Open Badges”. They are interactive workshops held by some of the most relevant subject-matter expert (SME) and students can participate for free. They are mostly given in Italian, but for the academic year 2024-25, one of them will be taught in English: Compassionate leadership (find more information on page 77 of this link).

For further information please visit the italian page "Università nei collegi"