SWC PhD course syllabi
During their first term at SWC, PhD students participate in Bootcamp – No Black Boxes, the lecture series Systems Neuroscience and Theoretical Neuroscience, and the practical course Experimental Neuroscience. In term two and beyond, many SWC students also audit Neuroinformatics and the various courses taught by the Gatsby.
Systems Neuroscience and Theoretical Neuroscience
Systems foundations
- Introduction to systems basics and theoretical neuroscience - Latham, Peter
- Biophysics - Latham, Peter
- Measuring activity in neurons - Otis, Tom
- Voltage-gated channels - Branco, Tiago
- Synaptic transmission and plasticity - Margrie, Troy
- Dendritic integration - Schaefer, Andreas
Sensory systems
- Principles of sensory systems - Mrsic-Flogel, Thomas
- Organisation of cellular circuits - Mrsic-Flogel, Thomas
- Perception as signal processing - Sahani, Maneesh
- Perception as inference - Sahani, Maneesh
- Abstract representation in sensory systems - Burgess, Neil
- Influence of behaviour and context on sensory processing - Hofer, Sonja
Action systems
- Overview and open loop - Latham, Peter
- Basal ganglia and sequence learning - Stephenson-Jones, Marcus
- Cerebellum - Otis, Tom
- Dynamical systems/closed-loop planning- Sahani, Maneesh
- Decision-making I: from sensation to action- Hofer, Sonja
- Whole-brain dissection of motor planning- Duan, C. Ann
Social and affective systems
- Introduction to social and affective systems - Isogai, Yoh
- Neural circuits underlying innate behaviours - Isogai, Yoh
- Limbic system - OKeefe, John
- Hippocampus - OKeefe, John
- Hypothalamus I - Oettl, Lennart
- Hypothalamus II - Mazuski, Cristina
- Animal models of multi-player games- Duan, C. Ann
Cognitive systems, decision-making, and learning
- Decision-making II: evidence integration- Latham, Peter
- Decision-making III: neuroeconomics- Erlich, Jeffrey
- Reinforcement learning basics - Stephenson-Jones, Marcus
- Neuromodulation - Stephenson-Jones, Marcus
- Deep learning - Saxe, Andrew
- Behavioural flexibility - Behrens, Timothy
- Working memory - Akrami, Athena
- Memory engrams - Erlich, Jeffrey
Experimental Neuroscience
Electrophysiology
Optics and microscopy
Analysing innate behaviour
Bonsai and Psychophysics
