Master in Integrative Biology and Physiology - 1st year (M1)

1st year Master - 1st Semester - 3 ECTS - English Level: B2 (no test required)

Brief Description

This teaching unit will provide students with the basic knowledge necessary to consider training in neuroscience at Master's level. Teaching will range from the fundamentals of neural excitability and communication to behavioural and cognitive neurosciences.

Prerequisites

Bachelors level neuroscience program.

Contact

Régis Lambert (regis.lambert@sorbonne-universite.fr)

1st year Master - 1st Semester - 3 ECTS - English Level: B2 (no test required)

Brief Description

This unit teaches students to integrate into a professional context where the language of communication is English: seek an internship abroad, master the language of their specialty, read scientific articles, communicate written and oral, work in a team, etc.

Prerequisites

Classes will be split according to English proficiency.

Contact

Konstantinos Theodorakakos (konstantinos.theodorakakos@sorbonne-universite.fr)

1st year Master - 1st Semester - 6 ECTS - English Level: B2 (no test required)

Brief Description

This course aims to present the molecular and cellular aspects of animal cell communication and the techniques used to study them. It deals with the different modes of communication (adhesion, emitted molecules...) as well as the structure and modes of action of the different signaling mediators at the level of cells or target proteins. Within this framework, the different families of signaling mediators, receptors and the transduction pathways they activate are presented.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of cell biology and signal transduction from a receptor.

Contact

Régine Hepp (regine.hepp@sorbonne-universite.fr)

1st year Master - 1st Semester - 6 ECTS - English Level: B2 (no test required)

Brief Description

The objective of this course is to learn how to develop dynamic modeling techniques - such as differential equations - in different areas of physiology. It also serves as a basis for developing skills in Python and non-linear fitting for model analysis.

Prerequisites

Very basic knowledge of a programming language, ideally Python ; Minimal knowledge of mathematics on differential equations ; Ability to work independently

Contact

Chloé Audebert (Chloe.audebert@sorbonne-universite.fr)

1st year Master - 1st Semester - 6 ECTS - English Level: B2 (no test required)

Brief Description

The objective is to introduce students of the different specialties of the BIP Master's program to the molecular and cellular basis of the development and plasticity of the nervous system. The general mechanisms that govern the life and death of the cells of the organism will be presented and completed by the specificities of the nerve cells at the basis of the faculties of learning, memorization or cognition.

Prerequisites

Bachelor's degree in Science with a major in life sciences.

Contact

Laurence Cathala (laurence.cathala@sorbonne-universite.fr)

1st year Master - 1st Semester - 6 ECTS - English Level: B2 (no test required)

Brief Description

The objective of this course is to provide students with training in the field of biotherapy, which includes gene therapy (gene transfer, gene interventions), cell therapy (stem cell manipulation), some innovative pharmacotherapies and the use of biomaterials, etc.  In this course, the different aspects of biotherapy will be treated and discussed: (1) Fundamental bases necessary for the understanding of new therapeutic strategies for degenerative diseases; (2) Ongoing clinical trials of biotherapy in humans; (3) Development and transfer of biotechnology research to the medical world.

Prerequisites

Bachelor's degree in Science with a major in life sciences.

Contact

Onnik Agbulut (onnik.agbulut@sorbonne-universite.fr)

1st year Master - 1st Semester - 6 ECTS - English Level: B2 (no test required)

Brief Description

Practical work allowing the development of a scientific approach to answer a scientific question, on a specific theme (Biology of aging and longevity, Genomics of marine organisms, Neurosciences, Human physiopathology, Nutrition and health quality)

Prerequisites

Bachelor's degree in Science with a major in life sciences.

Contact

Sylvia Soares (sylvia.soares@sorbonne-universite.fr)

1st year Master - 2nd Semester - 6 ECTS - English Level: B2 (no test required)

Brief Description

This course teaches a programming language – Python – to enable data analysis and modeling in the context of physiology.

Prerequisites

Very basic knowledge of a programming language, ideally Python ; Minimal knowledge of mathematics on differential equations ; Ability to work independently

Contact

Hedi Soula (hedi.soula@sorbonne-universite.fr)

1st year Master - 2nd Semester - 6 ECTS - English Level: B2 (no test required)

Brief Description

The goal of this course is to make a modeling project from a scientific article and to reproduce – if possible – the results.

Prerequisites

Very basic knowledge of a programming language, ideally Python ; Minimal knowledge of mathematics on differential equations ; Ability to work independently

Contact

Hedi Soula (hedi.soula@sorbonne-universite.fr)

1st year Master - 2nd Semester - 6 ECTS - English Level: B2 (no test required)

Brief Description

Molecular biology tools are omnipresent in research laboratories, whatever their theme. The objective of this course is to provide students with conceptual and methodological knowledge of molecular biology tools used in research laboratories.  This learning is based on a pedagogical approach based on the implementation of a cloning project, from its conception to its realization and its validation by the use of computer and experimental tools.

Prerequisites

Bachelor's level knowledge in biochemistry and molecular biology

Contact

Régis Blaise (regis.blaise@sorbonne-universite.fr)

1st year Master - 2nd Semester - 6 ECTS - English Level: B2 (no test required)

Brief Description

The extension of life expectancy is an unprecedented demographic phenomenon. The multidisciplinary approach of this course aims to develop the student's ability to understand and reflect on the issues of longevity and aging, which will be approached from a physiological, pathological, societal and ethical point of view.

Prerequisites

Bachelor's degree in Science with a major in life sciences.

Contact

Bertrand Friguet (bertrand.friguet@sorbonne-universite.fr)

1st year Master - 2nd Semester - 6 ECTS - English Level: B2 (no test required)

Brief Description

This teaching unit aims to introduce the main aspects of aging of the nervous system and age-related neuronal pathologies.  The unit will address the different study models, the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the physiological and pathological aging processes of the nervous system, and establish the link between neuronal, synaptic and behavioral aspects.

Prerequisites

Bachelor's degree in Science with a major in life sciences.

Contact

Rachel Sherrard (rachel.sherrard@sorbonne-universite.fr)

1st year Master - 2nd Semester - 6 ECTS - English Level: B2 (no test required)

Brief Description

This teaching unit takes place at the marine station of Villefranche sur Mer (IMEV) and has several objectives: to show students how marine organisms are experimentally exploited today by research laboratories, to discover in a concrete way the work of biologists in marine stations, to open up to fundamental and applied research themes

Prerequisites

Bachelor's degree in Science with a major in life sciences.

Contact

Carine Barreau (carine.barreau@sorbonne-universite.fr)