Compulsory elective internships

Compulsory elective practical course in plant physiology (No. 54 127)

2-week block internship in the lecture-free period between the 3rd and 4th semester.

The exact times can be found in the current course catalogues in SPUR.

Prerequisite: passed written exam for the lecture Plant Physiology.

The practical course is a recommended prerequisite for the Biochemistry specialisation in the Master's degree programme in Biology.

Registration in SPUR (in the winter semester) by the end of January

Contents: Phytohormones: effect + signal transduction (examples: Role of light, gibberellic acid in germination; role of auxin, ethylene in growth and development), water balance/potential: water uptake/transport, ion uptake, photosynthesis, reaction kinetics: Comparison of activation energy and Q10 in enzymatically and chemically catalysed reactions, Paper chromatographic analysis of sugars in beans, Thin layer chromatic separation of leaf dyes, Ion exchange chromatography, Gel filtration, Enzyme kinetics: determination of Michaelis constant, Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis: Analysis of proteins in sunflower seeds.

Compulsory elective practical course in animal physiology (No. 54 125)

2-week block internship during the lecture-free period (March/April).

Please refer to the current course catalog in SPUR for the exact times.

Prerequisite: passed written exam for the lecture Animal Physiology.

The practical course is a recommended admission requirement for the specialisation module Neurobiology in the Master's degree programme in Biology

Registration in SPUR (in the winter semester) by the end of January

It is not possible to take the compulsory elective practical course in physical chemistry at the same time. However, both practical courses can be taken either in the 3rd or 5th semester.

Contents: Teaching of basic practical knowledge and consolidation of knowledge from the lecture Animal Physiology using various experimental set-ups; subject areas: Eye physiology, neuroendocrinology and neurophysiology, cardiovascular system, haemoglobin, skeletal muscle performance.

For further information see the Neurobiology homepage! (external link, opens in a new window)

Compulsory elective practical course in physical chemistry (No. 53 550)

2-week block internship during the lecture-free period (March/April). A one-week seminar takes place in the week before the practical course. The seminar is compulsory for participants in the internship.

The exact times can be found in the current course catalogues in SPUR.

Prerequisite: passed written exam for the lecture Physical Chemistry.

If the capacity limit of 48 students (including biochemistry students) is exceeded, the exam grade for the physical chemistry lecture (3rd semester) will be used to allocate the internship places.

Registration via list entry in the lecture or directly with PD Dr Müller.

It is not possible to take the compulsory elective practical course in animal physiology at the same time. However, both practical courses can be taken in either the 3rd or 5th semester.

Learning content: In the practical course, the theoretical knowledge acquired in the Physical Chemistry lecture is to be deepened by means of practical questions. Students will be familiarised with a number of important physicochemical investigation methods. Two experiments are in the field of thermodynamics, whereby in one experiment the energy content of
of various substances and foods by determining their enthalpy of combustion, and in a second experiment the effect of the freezing point depression of a solvent after the addition of a soluble substance is examined in more detail. Two experiments deal with interfacial properties, such as the reduction of the interfacial tension of water after the addition of surfactant molecules and the characterisation of monomolecular lipid films using a Langmuir film balance. Three experiments in the field of electrochemistry explain how batteries and fuel cells work, the possible applications of measuring the conductivity of electrolyte solutions and determining the pH of biologically relevant solutions using a glass electrode. An experiment on the diverse possibilities of the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with matter and the associated analysis possibilities round off the practical course.

Compulsory elective practical course in evolutionary biology and molecular ecology (No. 54 128)

Semester-accompanying course, Wednesday afternoon in the 4th semester.

The seminar Evolutionary Biology and Molecular Ecology is compulsory for participants in the practical course.

Prerequisite: BIO-BSc-01 to 05 (module catalogue for first-year students from WS 16/17)

Participation is based on the average of the grades in the modules BIO I and II or BIO-BSc-01 to 05 due to the limitation of participants.

Due to time overlap with the inorganic chemistry internship, only students who have already completed the inorganic chemistry internship can register.

Registration in SPUR (in the winter semester) by the end of January in the previous winter semester.

Course content: Introduction to the working methods, questions and methods of modern organismic biology using current research examples
Topics of the experiments: Determination of the structure of plant populations and insect states Analysis of ecological processes using molecular methods Interactions between animals and plants Family tree reconstruction Identification of organisms using molecular markers Chemical communication
Methods: polymerase chain reaction, gene sequencing, "bar coding", gas chromatography, mass spectrometry.

Compulsory elective practical course in genetics (No. 54 123)

2-week block practical course in the two weeks before the start of lectures in the WS/5th semester.

Prerequisite: passed written exam for the genetics lecture

The internship is a recommended admission requirement for the project internship Molecular Genetics and the specialisation module Genetics (Master's degree programme in Biology).

Registration in SPUR (in the summer semester) by mid-July.

Course content: Experiments on the development, detection and repair of mutations; genetic pattern analysis; targeted deletion of a gene; DNA preparation; heterologous gene expression; PCR-mediated genotyping; detailed information in the practical course script accessible in GRIPS (https://elearning.uni-regensburg.de)

Compulsory elective practical course in microbiology (No. 54 124)

2-week block practical course in the first two weeks after the start of lectures in the WS/5th semester.

Prerequisite: passed written exam for the microbiology lecture

The practical course is a recommended admission requirement:

• for the microbiology project practicals (Organismic Microbiology I and II)
• in the microbiology specialisation module in the Master's degree programme in Biology.

Registration in SPUR (in the summer semester) by mid-July.

Course content: In the practical course, students learn the basics of microbial work techniques (sterile work, media preparation, staining and microscopy). Furthermore, experiments on the isolation and characterisation of microorganisms from environmental samples, simple physiological tests, experiments on bacterial growth, antibiotic effects and experiments with bacteriophages are carried out.