Research Phase and Master Thesis 50 CP

It is the thesis that will allow you to pursue your own, supervised research project. By now, you have gained solid knowledge in a brought spectrum of neuroscience through Blocks A, B and C. You are familiar with a number of methods and have learned two or three of them hands-on in your lab rotation.

You have developed a research focus in your electives and lab rotations. You are familiar with the Berlin neuroscience landscape and you have a good understanding of which lab does what.

All of this in mind you have to choose a lab in which you will spend your research phase and complete a Master thesis project. As with the lab rotations, it is your responsibility to approach faculty of your choice and to agree on a research project. Often it is out of the lab rotation that a thesis project develops. A lab leader must sign responsible for it, although direct supervision can be delegated within the group. The thesis must be based on experiments.