B. Master's Degree Programmes Biology

300335 UE Virtual Anthropology - 3D Applications and Software
300382 VO Men and animals in the Pleistocene Europe - Sites of fossil hominids and faunas, evolution, adaptation to the mountains and the climate, food source animals, animals in the Paleolithic art, methods for dating, isotope and DNA analyses

1.3. ABCM (2) Human Ethology

MAN II-1 Biological Principles of Human Behavior

300332 VO Human Behavioral Ecology
300336 VO Urban Ethology
300355 SE Evolutionary Considerations about Sex and Gender

MAN II-2 Observing Human Behavior

300333 UE Behaviour Analysis I

MAN II-3 Analytical Methods in Human Behavior Research

MAN II-4 Applied Human Behavior Research

300099 SE Seminar Human Ethology

1.4. ABCM (3) Human Ecology

MAN III-1 Basic Concepts and Methods in Human Ecology

300508 VO Methods of Human Ecology
300639 SE Human Ecology

MAN III-2 Economical, Sociological and Anthropological Background

300032 VO Human and Social Ecology - Scientific foundations for sustainable development
300298 VO Cultural Ecology and Hunter-Gatherer Societies

MAN III-3 Selected Topics in Human Ecology

300157 SE Environment, food and health-aspects of human ecology and epigenetics

1.5. Block of Elective Modules: Anthropology

300321 VO Special questions of reproductive biology

MAN W-1 Evolutionary Ecolgy

300507 VO Ecological Anthropology

MAN W-2 Transition Studies

300008 VO Transition Studies I

MAN W-3 Social Biology

MAN W-4 Reproductive Biology

300086 SE Special questions of reproductive biology

MAN W-5 Sustainable Development and Political Ecology

300262 VO Sustainable Development and political ecology
300430 SE Sustainable Development and political ecology

2. Evolutionary Biology

2.1. Compulsory Modules

MEV 1 Basic Modul Evolutionary Biology

300219 VO Evolutionary Biology
300511 VO [ en ] Concepts in Evolutionary Biology
300515 VO [ en ] Speciation and coevolution - Concepts und case studies

MEV 2 Methods and Research Training in Evolutionary Biology

300096 PP Arthropoda - morphology and evolution
300190 PP [ en ] Hands-on Cryotechniques for Immuno-Electron Microscopy and Tissue in-situ Hybridization - To enable advanced BIO-stud. to understand & apply advan.cryo-electron microscopy, immunolabelling & tissue in-situ hybridization (TISH) tech. within their own research. Supported by lectures & demonst., this intensive, hand-on training courese teaches special. techn.,such as Tokuyasu cryosectioning, high-pressure freezing-freeze substitution & acrylic resin embedding for high resol. localization of intracell. proteins & other intracell. struc. by immunogold labelling or TISH
300232 PP Fluorescence staining, confocal microscopy and computer generated 3D-reconstruction
300302 UE [ de en ] Practical Course in Cell and Developmental Biology
300488 PP GIS field methods and behavioural ecology & diversity of neotropical amphibians - PP in French Guiana. In compulsory combination with the seminar "biology of tropical amphibians" 300180 (SE)
300513 UE Research Training in Evolutionary Biology

2.2. Block of Elective Modules: Evolutionary Biology

MEV W-1 Advanced Topics in Evolutionary Biology

300015 VO Island biology Biogeography - Island biology Biogeography and evolutionary processes on islands
300114 SE [ en ] Current Topics in Molecular Microbial Ecology and Evolution
300142 VO Fundamental principles phylogenetic Systematics
300159 VO Evolutionary biology of birds
300281 VO [ en ] Symbiosis - concepts and model systems
300355 SE Evolutionary Considerations about Sex and Gender
300462 SE Phylogeny actually - Actual problems and results in Phylogeny
300527 UE Practical course: molecular phylogeny based on museum specimens
300713 SE [ en ] Population genetics: theoretical and empirical approaches

MEV W-2 Developmental Biology

300222 VO Comparative embryology of animals
300489 VO [ de en ] Growth and Proportion - Basics of biosystemstheory II
300530 UE [ en ] Imaging and visualization in developmental biology - Principles and applications, including 3 D Methods
300721 VO [ en ] Molecular principles of developmental biology of animals

MEV W-3 Theoretical Biology

300183 VO Human "Evo-Devo": The evolution of human development
300188 VO [ de en ] Theoretical Morphology
300357 UE [ en ] Mathematical Basics for Theoretical Biology

MEV W-4 Advanced Topics of Hominide Evolution

300033 VO Virtual Anthropology - Introduction into digital 3D-methods
300078 VO Hominid Evolution
300382 VO Men and animals in the Pleistocene Europe - Sites of fossil hominids and faunas, evolution, adaptation to the mountains and the climate, food source animals, animals in the Paleolithic art, methods for dating, isotope and DNA analyses

MEV W-5 Processes and Methods in Plant Evolution and Speciation

300110 VO [ en ] Macromolecules and molecular phylogeny in plant systematics and evolution
300535 VO Speciation in plants and fungi

MEV W-6 Advanced Topics of Plant Evolution, Systematics and Biogeography

300235 SE Seminar in Plant Systematics and Evolution
300238 VO Flora and vegetation of the Paleotropics - focus on south east asia
300244 SE Introductory SE: Botanical Excursion to Thailand
300246 UE Botanical Excursion to Thailand - Tropical environments: Southeast Asia
300247 VO [ en ] Ecology and biogeography of the Alpine Flora
300268 UE [ en ] Advanced phylogenetics - Phylogenetic (and other ) analyses using BEAST
300273 SE Biosystematics and floristics of European Vascular Plants
300393 EX Field mycology
300543 UE Biology of lichens - Exercise to Biology of lichens
300548 SE Ants and their interactions - Multitrophic interactions in ants and plants
300620 SE Mycological research in Austria, reports from systematics and ecology

MEV W-7 Basic Modul Zoology

300143 VO Animal development and systematics
300472 VO [ en ] Behavioural ecology
300702 VO Animal Cells and Tissues

MEV W-8 Palaeontology and Evolution

3. Genetics and Developmental Biology

3.1. ABCM (1) Genetics and Molecular Pathology

MGE I-1 Advanced Genetics and Molecular Pathology

300557 VO [ en ] Genetic Concepts

MGE I-2 Advanced Genetic and Molecular Pathology Techniques

300120 UE Practical Course in Molecular Genetics and Pathology (Cell Biology)
300272 UE Practical Course in Molecular Genetics and Pathology - Epigenetics

MGE I-3 Advanced Course in Compulsory Subject Genetic and Molecular Pathology

300422 UE [ de en ] Advanced Course Molecular Genetics and Pathology - Funktionelle Genanalyse

3.2. ABCM (2) Cell- and Developmental Biology

MGE II-1 Advanced Cell- and Developmental Biology

300557 VO [ en ] Genetic Concepts

MGE II-2 Advanced Cell- and Developmental Biological Techniques

300302 UE [ de en ] Practical Course in Cell and Developmental Biology
300656 UE Practical Course in Cyto- and Developmental Genetics - Meiotische Modellsysteme

MGE II-3 Advanced Course in Compulsory Subject Cell- and Developmental Biology

300104 UE [ de en ] Advanced Course Cyto- and Developmental Genetics

3.3. Block of Elective Modules: Genetics and Developmental Biology

300565 VO Intellectual Property Rights: Basics - Basics for Scientists

MGE III-1 Advanced Genetics

300101 VO Epigenetics - Stem cells, Cloning and Disease
300113 VO [ en ] Advanced Lecture Course in Developmental Biology
300147 SE Light, hormones and rhythms in plants and animals
300178 SE+UE [ en ] Protein Transport and Sorting in Mammalian Cells - (Multimedia Übung / Vorlesung)
300250 SE Seminar - Genetics
300272 UE Practical Course in Molecular Genetics and Pathology - Epigenetics
300349 VO Darwin would be surprised: Some results of molecular evolution appear absurd
300389 SE New developments in chromosome biology III
300605 SE Seminar in Genetics - Molecular Biology of RNA
300721 VO [ en ] Molecular principles of developmental biology of animals

MGE III-2 Elected Subjects in Biology or Chemistry

300091 UE [ de en ] Advanced Microbiological Techniques
300113 VO [ en ] Advanced Lecture Course in Developmental Biology
300158 SE New concepts in light- and electron microscopy - New concepts in light- and electron microscopy (scientific results, instruments, methods)
300178 SE+UE [ en ] Protein Transport and Sorting in Mammalian Cells - (Multimedia Übung / Vorlesung)
300190 PP [ en ] Hands-on Cryotechniques for Immuno-Electron Microscopy and Tissue in-situ Hybridization - To enable advanced BIO-stud. to understand & apply advan.cryo-electron microscopy, immunolabelling & tissue in-situ hybridization (TISH) tech. within their own research. Supported by lectures & demonst., this intensive, hand-on training courese teaches special. techn.,such as Tokuyasu cryosectioning, high-pressure freezing-freeze substitution & acrylic resin embedding for high resol. localization of intracell. proteins & other intracell. struc. by immunogold labelling or TISH
300207 SE Seminar in Cell Biology
300250 SE Seminar - Genetics
300281 VO [ en ] Symbiosis - concepts and model systems
300349 VO Darwin would be surprised: Some results of molecular evolution appear absurd
300353 UE [ en ] Applied programming for Bioinformatics - Principles and techniques for simple programming to solve biological problems, using a common programming language. Practical experience with text processing and automation of external programms.
300389 SE New developments in chromosome biology III
300432 UE RNA Profiling in Microbiology/Immunology
300506 VO Ecological effects of climate change
300605 SE Seminar in Genetics - Molecular Biology of RNA
300721 VO [ en ] Molecular principles of developmental biology of animals

4. Molecular Biology

4.1. ABCM (1) Biochemistry

MMB I-3 Advanced Biochemical Techniques

300851 UE [ de en ] Advanced Biochemical Techniques
300852 UE [ de en ] Electiv Laboratory Course Advanced Biochemistry

MMB I-4 Elective Laboratory Course Biochemistry

300851 UE [ de en ] Advanced Biochemical Techniques
300852 UE [ de en ] Electiv Laboratory Course Advanced Biochemistry
300861 UE [ en ] Advanced Topics in Plant Biology and Physiology

MMB I-1 Dynamic Biochemistry

MMB I-2 Current Topics in Biochemistry

300178 SE+UE [ en ] Protein Transport and Sorting in Mammalian Cells - (Multimedia Übung / Vorlesung)
300223 VO [ en ] Signal Transduction pathways in the nervous system
300585 VO Translation in Eukaryotes
300598 VO GTPases: Structure and Function
300605 SE Seminar in Genetics - Molecular Biology of RNA
300705 VO Plant Molecular Biology II - Molecular Plant Physiology

4.2. ABCM (2) Molecular Structural Biology

MMB II-3 Advanced Structural Biology Techniques

300374 UE Spectroscopic methods in Biology - Practical Aplication
300853 UE [ en ] Practical Course in Structural Biology A - Basics
300854 UE [ en ] Practical Course in Structural Biology B - Advanced Practical Course

MMB II-4 Elective Laboratory Course Structural Biology

300851 UE [ de en ] Advanced Biochemical Techniques
300852 UE [ de en ] Electiv Laboratory Course Advanced Biochemistry
300853 UE [ en ] Practical Course in Structural Biology A - Basics
300854 UE [ en ] Practical Course in Structural Biology B - Advanced Practical Course

MMB II-1 Dynamic Biochemistry

MMB II-2 Current Topics in Structural Biology

300092 SE [ en ] Modern Concepts in Structural Biology - Modern Concepts in Structural Biology
300287 VO Structure and Function of Biomolecules
300577 VO Biophysical methods in structural biology
300693 VO [ en ] Macromolecular Crystallography

4.3. ABCM (3) Molecular Cell Biology

MMB III-1 Advanced Cell Biology

MMB III-2 Current Topics in Cell Biology

300158 SE New concepts in light- and electron microscopy - New concepts in light- and electron microscopy (scientific results, instruments, methods)
300178 SE+UE [ en ] Protein Transport and Sorting in Mammalian Cells - (Multimedia Übung / Vorlesung)
300598 VO GTPases: Structure and Function

MMB III-3 Dynamic Biochemistry

MMB III-4 Elective Laboratory Course Cell Biology

300856 UE [ de en ] Advanced Cell Biology Techniques
300857 UE [ de en ] Elective Laboratory Course Cell Biology

MMB III-5 Advanced Cell Biology Techniques

300856 UE [ de en ] Advanced Cell Biology Techniques
300857 UE [ de en ] Elective Laboratory Course Cell Biology

4.4. ABCM (4) Molecular Medicine

MMB IV-1 Advanced Molecular Medicine

300586 VO Molecular Medicine 2 - Molecular Aspects of Medical Research

MMB IV-2 Current Topics in Molecular Medicine

300101 VO Epigenetics - Stem cells, Cloning and Disease
300145 VO [ en ] The golden age of Molecular Biology - Scientists and strategies behind landmark discoveries in molecular biology
300223 VO [ en ] Signal Transduction pathways in the nervous system
300310 VO Therapy of HIV Infection / AIDS
300407 VO [ en ] DNA-Tumor Viruses, from Cancer Agent to therapy - Elective Course in Molecular Medicine
300585 VO Translation in Eukaryotes
300589 SE Literature seminar in Molecular Medicine
300687 VO [ en ] Transcription factors and human disease - Elective Course in Molecular Medicine
300706 SE Research-proposal Submission and Assessment in Molecular Medicine
300707 VO Embryos and Stemcells - Electiv Course in Molecular Medicine

MMB IV-3 Advanced Molecular Biology Techniques in Molecular Medicine

300589 SE Literature seminar in Molecular Medicine
300706 SE Research-proposal Submission and Assessment in Molecular Medicine
300707 VO Embryos and Stemcells - Electiv Course in Molecular Medicine
300858 UE [ de en ] Elective Laboratory Course (Molecular Medicine) - Part 1
300859 UE [ de en ] Elective Laboratory Course (Molecular Medicine) - Part 2

MMB IV-4 Elective Laboratory Course Molecular Medicine

300858 UE [ de en ] Elective Laboratory Course (Molecular Medicine) - Part 1
300859 UE [ de en ] Elective Laboratory Course (Molecular Medicine) - Part 2

4.5. ABCM (5) Neurosciences

MMB V-1 Basics of Neuroscience

300137 VO [ en ] Basics of Neuroscience

MMB V-2 Basics of Neuroscience (Lab Course)

300592 UE UE Basics of Neuroscience

MMB V-3 Current Topics in Neuroscience

300223 VO [ en ] Signal Transduction pathways in the nervous system

MMB V-4 Elective Laboratory Course Neuroscience

300860 UE [ de en ] Elective Laboratory Course Advanced Neurosciences

4.6. Block of Elective Modules: Molecular Biology

300565 VO Intellectual Property Rights: Basics - Basics for Scientists

MMB W-1 Advanced Course in Compulsory Subject Molecular Biology

300850 UE [ de en ] Advanced Course in Compulsory Subject Molecular Biology

MMB W-2 Selected Subjects in Molecular Biosciences or Chemistry

300058 SE [ en ] Bioinformatics for metagenomics and metatranscriptomics
300092 SE [ en ] Modern Concepts in Structural Biology - Modern Concepts in Structural Biology
300094 VO [ en ] RNA Journal Club
300101 VO Epigenetics - Stem cells, Cloning and Disease
300137 VO [ en ] Basics of Neuroscience
300145 VO [ en ] The golden age of Molecular Biology - Scientists and strategies behind landmark discoveries in molecular biology
300178 SE+UE [ en ] Protein Transport and Sorting in Mammalian Cells - (Multimedia Übung / Vorlesung)
300190 PP [ en ] Hands-on Cryotechniques for Immuno-Electron Microscopy and Tissue in-situ Hybridization - To enable advanced BIO-stud. to understand & apply advan.cryo-electron microscopy, immunolabelling & tissue in-situ hybridization (TISH) tech. within their own research. Supported by lectures & demonst., this intensive, hand-on training courese teaches special. techn.,such as Tokuyasu cryosectioning, high-pressure freezing-freeze substitution & acrylic resin embedding for high resol. localization of intracell. proteins & other intracell. struc. by immunogold labelling or TISH
300281 VO [ en ] Symbiosis - concepts and model systems
300287 VO Structure and Function of Biomolecules
300289 SE [ en ] Current Topics in Computational and Systems Biology - Literature seminar
300313 SE [ en ] Bioinformatic for Functional Genomics
300347 VO [ en ] Principles of Molecular Virology
300349 VO Darwin would be surprised: Some results of molecular evolution appear absurd
300353 UE [ en ] Applied programming for Bioinformatics - Principles and techniques for simple programming to solve biological problems, using a common programming language. Practical experience with text processing and automation of external programms.
300407 VO [ en ] DNA-Tumor Viruses, from Cancer Agent to therapy - Elective Course in Molecular Medicine
300429 VO+SE [ en ] Advanced Image Processing for Light Microscopy
300555 PS Proseminar in Immunobiology
300577 VO Biophysical methods in structural biology
300585 VO Translation in Eukaryotes
300586 VO Molecular Medicine 2 - Molecular Aspects of Medical Research
300587 VO [ en ] Lecture Series Plant Molecular Biology - at the VBC
300598 VO GTPases: Structure and Function
300599 UE Laboratory Course: Bioinformatics
300605 SE Seminar in Genetics - Molecular Biology of RNA
300687 VO [ en ] Transcription factors and human disease - Elective Course in Molecular Medicine
300696 VO Fundamentals in Systems Biology
300705 VO Plant Molecular Biology II - Molecular Plant Physiology
300707 VO Embryos and Stemcells - Electiv Course in Molecular Medicine

MMB W-3 Selected Subjects in Bioinformatics

300058 SE [ en ] Bioinformatics for metagenomics and metatranscriptomics
300289 SE [ en ] Current Topics in Computational and Systems Biology - Literature seminar
300313 SE [ en ] Bioinformatic for Functional Genomics
300353 UE [ en ] Applied programming for Bioinformatics - Principles and techniques for simple programming to solve biological problems, using a common programming language. Practical experience with text processing and automation of external programms.
300599 UE Laboratory Course: Bioinformatics
300696 VO Fundamentals in Systems Biology

5. Molecular Microbiology and Immunobiology

5.1. ABCM (1) Molecular Microbiology

MMI I-1 Advanced Microbiology

300556 PS Proseminar in Molecular Microbiology

MMI I-2 Advanced Microbiological Techniques

300091 UE [ de en ] Advanced Microbiological Techniques
300316 PP Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) - Identification of uncultured microorganisms

MMI I-3 Advanced Course in Compulsory Subject Microbiology

300114 SE [ en ] Current Topics in Molecular Microbial Ecology and Evolution
300201 UE [ de en ] Advanced Course Molecular Microbiology - Advanced Course in Microbiology
300366 SE [ en ] Advances in Molecular Microbial Ecology and Evolution
300607 UE [ de en ] Molecular and chemical methods in ecology

5.2. ABCM (2) Immunobiology

MMI II-1 Advanced Immunobiology

300555 PS Proseminar in Immunobiology

MMI II-2 Advanced Immunological Techniques

300107 UE Practical Course in Molecular Immunobiology

MMI II-3 Advanced Course in Compulsory Subject Immunobiology

300095 UE [ de en ] Advanced Course Immunobiology

5.3. Block of Elective Modules: Molecular Microbiology/ Immunobiology

300565 VO Intellectual Property Rights: Basics - Basics for Scientists

MMI III-1 Advanced Microbiology/Immunbiology

300058 SE [ en ] Bioinformatics for metagenomics and metatranscriptomics
300176 SE [ en ] Recent advances in Infection Biology and Inflammation I
300240 SE [ en ] Advanced Seminar Molecular Microbiology
300242 SE [ en ] Advanced Signal Transduction Seminar
300281 VO [ en ] Symbiosis - concepts and model systems
300282 VO Bacterial Pathogenes, Molecular Diagnostics and Systematics
300289 SE [ en ] Current Topics in Computational and Systems Biology - Literature seminar
300310 VO Therapy of HIV Infection / AIDS
300313 SE [ en ] Bioinformatic for Functional Genomics
300347 VO [ en ] Principles of Molecular Virology
300373 SE [ en ] Mouse genetics and development I - for diploma and phd students
300432 UE RNA Profiling in Microbiology/Immunology
300588 VO Special Chapters of Immunology
300610 SE [ en ] Seminar in Microbiology-Immunology

MMI III-2 Elected Subjects in Biology or Chemistry

300091 UE [ de en ] Advanced Microbiological Techniques
300158 SE New concepts in light- and electron microscopy - New concepts in light- and electron microscopy (scientific results, instruments, methods)
300176 SE [ en ] Recent advances in Infection Biology and Inflammation I
300190 PP [ en ] Hands-on Cryotechniques for Immuno-Electron Microscopy and Tissue in-situ Hybridization - To enable advanced BIO-stud. to understand & apply advan.cryo-electron microscopy, immunolabelling & tissue in-situ hybridization (TISH) tech. within their own research. Supported by lectures & demonst., this intensive, hand-on training courese teaches special. techn.,such as Tokuyasu cryosectioning, high-pressure freezing-freeze substitution & acrylic resin embedding for high resol. localization of intracell. proteins & other intracell. struc. by immunogold labelling or TISH
300240 SE [ en ] Advanced Seminar Molecular Microbiology
300272 UE Practical Course in Molecular Genetics and Pathology - Epigenetics
300281 VO [ en ] Symbiosis - concepts and model systems
300282 VO Bacterial Pathogenes, Molecular Diagnostics and Systematics
300287 VO Structure and Function of Biomolecules
300310 VO Therapy of HIV Infection / AIDS
300347 VO [ en ] Principles of Molecular Virology
300373 SE [ en ] Mouse genetics and development I - for diploma and phd students
300506 VO Ecological effects of climate change
300588 VO Special Chapters of Immunology

6. Conservation Biology and Biodiversity Management

6.1. Compulsory Modules

300367 VO Conservation Biology

MNB 1 Conservation Biology

300342 VO Nature Conservation - Strategies, Programmes, and Demonstration-cases

MNB 2 Conservation: Cultural, Social, Economic Perspectives

MNB 3 Conservation Laws and Conventions

300161 VO Legal basics of Nature Conservation
300670 VO Implementation of the EU-Conservation Directives - FFH, Environmental evaluation

MNB 4 Conservation Training

300174 UE Conservation training

MNB 5 Ecological Restoration

300363 VO Restoration Ecology and its Application in Nature Conservation

MNB 6 Special Knowledge of Protected Species, Habitats and Landscapes: Species (Diversity, Ecology, Conservation Needs)

MNB 7 Special Knowledge of Protected Species, Habitats and Landscapes: Communities, Habitats and Landscapes

300053 VO Habitatmapping - Habitatmapping
300247 VO [ en ] Ecology and biogeography of the Alpine Flora
300297 VO Habitats and Biotic Communities of Central Europe

6.2. Block of Elective Modules: Conservation Biology and Biodiversity

300126 VO Water Management in Austria - Erfolge, Probleme, Tendenzen

MNB W-1 Management of Protected sites

MNB W-2 Conservation Policy

MNB W-3 Ex-situ Conservation

300051 SE Botanical ex-situ collections and species protection

MNB W-4 Spatial Analysis and Presentation Techniques

MNB W-5 Conservation Related Methodologies of Social, Cultural and Economic Sciences

MNB W-6 Bioindication

7. Ecology

7.1. ABCM (1) Limnology

300052 VO Aquatic Microbial Ecology
300434 VO Fish ecology - Lecture Ecology of Fishes (species diversity; fish assemblages; food and feeding; bionergetics; growth; reproduction, biotic interactions; populationsdynamics; habitat selection).

MOE I-1 Fundamentals of Limnology

300010 VO Introduction Hydrology and Running Water Ecology

MOE I-2 Limnochemistry, Aquatic Microbial Ecology and Hydrobotany

300305 VO [ de en ] Elementary hydrobotany

MOE I-3 Aquatic Bicoenoses and Quantitative Freshwater Ecology

300325 UE Experimental Design and statistical Methods in Limnology

7.2. ABCM (2) Marine Biology

MOE II-1 Fundamentals of Marine Biology

300170 VO [ en ] Biological Oceanography

MOE II-2 Experimental Marine Biology

MOE II-3 New Findings in Marine Biology

300167 UE [ en ] Special Advances in Marine Ecology Part Two
300329 VO [ en ] Biogeochemistry of the ocean

7.3. ABCM (3) Microbial, Molecular and Chemical Ecology

300634 SE+UE Methods of Chemical ecology - Analysis of ecosystem processes and functions

MOE III-1 Microbial Genomics and Phylogeny

300114 SE [ en ] Current Topics in Molecular Microbial Ecology and Evolution

MOE III-2 Chemical Ecology

MOE III-3 Genetics in Ecology

300307 SE+UE [ de en ] Methods in Ecogenetic - Microbial communities and model organisms - molecular genetic and postgenomic analyses

7.4. ABCM (4) Ecophysiology and Ecosystem Ecology

300132 UE Plant Ecology and global context - Modellierung, Ökophysiologie, Photosynthese, Globales Klima und Kohlenstoffhaushalt, Biodiversität, Natürliche genetische Variabilität, Ökologie und Evolution, Genotyp-Phenotyp Zusammenhang, Next Generation Genome Sequencing

MOE IV-1 Ecosystem Ecology

MOE IV-2 Ecophysiology

300102 VO Introduction to ecophysiology of animals - Ecophysiological adaptations of animals to environmental factors

7.5. ABCM (5) Community and Landscape Ecology

MOE V-1 Population and Community Ecology

300077 SE Seminar for Masters, Diploma and PhD-students in Animal Biodiversity
300488 PP GIS field methods and behavioural ecology & diversity of neotropical amphibians - PP in French Guiana. In compulsory combination with the seminar "biology of tropical amphibians" 300180 (SE)

MOE V-2 Vegetation and Landscape Ecology

300012 VO Application of Geographical Information Systems, Geo-statistics and Spatial Analysis in Bio-Sciences
300160 VO Landscape Ecology - Introduction to Landscape Ecology - principles, methodes & case studies
300480 VO Syntaxonomy - Description, comparison and classification of plant communities

7.6. ABCM (6) Human Ecology

MOE VI-1 Basic Concepts and Methods of Human Ecology

300508 VO Methods of Human Ecology
300639 SE Human Ecology

MOE VI-2 Economical, Sociological and Anthropological Background

300032 VO Human and Social Ecology - Scientific foundations for sustainable development
300298 VO Cultural Ecology and Hunter-Gatherer Societies

MOE VI-3 Selected Topics in Human Ecology

300157 SE Environment, food and health-aspects of human ecology and epigenetics

7.7. Block of Elective Modules: Ecology

300162 UE Field course Hydrology and Running Water Ecology
300445 UE Analysis of ecological data - Labcourse

MOE W-1 Interpretation of Ecological Data

300193 SE+UE Preparation and evaluation of multifactorial experiments in Ecology
300269 VO Analysis of ecological data - lecture

MOE W-10 Special Topics in Vegetation Ecology and Landscape Ecology

300028 UE Ex: Application of Geographical Informat. Systems, Geo-statistics & Spatial Analysis in Bio-Sciences
300035 VO Mountain ecology
300053 VO Habitatmapping - Habitatmapping
300247 VO [ en ] Ecology and biogeography of the Alpine Flora
300290 UE Course in vegetation Ecology: Data interpretation and analysis
300393 EX Field mycology
300506 VO Ecological effects of climate change
300625 VO Landscape history

MOE W-11 Sustainable Development and Political Ecology

300262 VO Sustainable Development and political ecology
300430 SE Sustainable Development and political ecology

MOE W-2 Quantitative Methods in Limnology

MOE W-3 Selected Topics in Limnology

300519 SE [ en ] Dietary pathways in aquatic foodwebs
300659 SE Limnology Seminar - Current research and ecological concepts

MOE W-4 Selected Topics in Marine Biology

300280 SE [ en ] Recent literature in Marine Ecology and Oceanography
300281 VO [ en ] Symbiosis - concepts and model systems
300326 VO [ en ] Marine Viral Ecology
300446 SE [ en ] Advances in Marine Biology, Part 1 - Seminars for MS and PhD students in Dept. Marine Biology

MOE W-5 Molecular and Chemical Methods in Ecology

300058 SE [ en ] Bioinformatics for metagenomics and metatranscriptomics
300289 SE [ en ] Current Topics in Computational and Systems Biology - Literature seminar
300313 SE [ en ] Bioinformatic for Functional Genomics
300366 SE [ en ] Advances in Molecular Microbial Ecology and Evolution
300607 UE [ de en ] Molecular and chemical methods in ecology

MOE W-6 Stable Isotopes in Ecology

300359 SE+UE [ de en ] Stable Isotopes in Ecology - Stable Isotope Tracing

MOE W-7 Soil Ecology

300264 VO Soil Ecology (interdisciplinary lecture)

MOE W-8 Plant Fitness and Stress

MOE W-9 Ecological Field Methods: Animals

8. Palaeobiology

8.1. Compulsory Modules

MPB 1 Taphonomy and Palaeoecology

MPB 2 Terrestrial Actuopalaeontology

MPB 3 Palaeontology and Evolution

MPB 4 Palaeoclimatology and Palaeogeography

300100 VO Paleobiogeography

MPB 5 Special Issues of Hominide Evolution

300033 VO Virtual Anthropology - Introduction into digital 3D-methods
300078 VO Hominid Evolution
300382 VO Men and animals in the Pleistocene Europe - Sites of fossil hominids and faunas, evolution, adaptation to the mountains and the climate, food source animals, animals in the Paleolithic art, methods for dating, isotope and DNA analyses
300490 VO Introduction of excevation technique of burials in the Prehistory and Early History

MPB 6 Sedimentology and Facies Analysis

8.2. Block of Elective Modules: Palaeobiology

MPB W-1 Aquatic Palaeo-Ecosystems

MPB W-2 Field Course in Aquatic Sediments

MPB W-3 Introduction to Archaeobiology

300512 VO Anatomy of Fossil Woods - Archäobiologie
300524 VO Archaeozoology 2 - Archaeobiology

MPB W-4 Palaeobiology of Vertebrates

MPB W-5 Plant Evolution and the Development of Vegetation through Time

9. Plant Sciences

9.1. ABCM (1) Evolution, Systematics and Biogeography

MPF I-1 Processes and Methods in Plant Evolution and Speciation

300110 VO [ en ] Macromolecules and molecular phylogeny in plant systematics and evolution
300535 VO Speciation in plants and fungi

MPF I-2 Principles and Methods of Plant Systematics

300200 UE [ en ] DNA sequenzing and molecular phylogenetics
300536 SE Botanical Nomenclature

MPF I-3 Principles and Methods of Plant Biogeography and Biodiversity

9.2. ABCM (2) Reproductive, Developmental and Structural Plant Sciences

MPF II-1 Plant Reproductive Biology

300155 SE Reproduction ecology and life strategies of tropical plants - Preparation for Tropical Field courses
300212 VO Introduction to Plant Genetics

MPF II-2 Plant Developmental Biology

300557 VO [ en ] Genetic Concepts

MPF II-3 Plant Structural Biology

300406 UE Ultrastructure of Plant Cells

9.3. ABCM (3) Molecular Plant Biology and Physiology

MPF III-1 Plant Molecular Biology

300147 SE Light, hormones and rhythms in plants and animals
300705 VO Plant Molecular Biology II - Molecular Plant Physiology

MPF III-2 Plant Functional Genomics

MPF III-3 Plant Metabolism

9.4. Block of Elective Modules: Plant Sciences

300345 SE [ en ] Recent Topics in Molecular Plant Biology
300360 SE [ en ] Work in Progress Seminar in Molecular Plant Biology

MPF W-1 Advanced Topics of Evolution, Systematics and Biogeography

300235 SE Seminar in Plant Systematics and Evolution
300238 VO Flora and vegetation of the Paleotropics - focus on south east asia
300244 SE Introductory SE: Botanical Excursion to Thailand
300246 UE Botanical Excursion to Thailand - Tropical environments: Southeast Asia
300247 VO [ en ] Ecology and biogeography of the Alpine Flora
300268 UE [ en ] Advanced phylogenetics - Phylogenetic (and other ) analyses using BEAST
300273 SE Biosystematics and floristics of European Vascular Plants
300393 EX Field mycology
300506 VO Ecological effects of climate change
300543 UE Biology of lichens - Exercise to Biology of lichens
300548 SE Ants and their interactions - Multitrophic interactions in ants and plants
300620 SE Mycological research in Austria, reports from systematics and ecology

MPF W-2 Advanced Topics of Reproductive, Developmental and Structural Plant Sciences

300133 VO Comparative anatomy of aquat. and terrestr. plants
300158 SE New concepts in light- and electron microscopy - New concepts in light- and electron microscopy (scientific results, instruments, methods)
300190 PP [ en ] Hands-on Cryotechniques for Immuno-Electron Microscopy and Tissue in-situ Hybridization - To enable advanced BIO-stud. to understand & apply advan.cryo-electron microscopy, immunolabelling & tissue in-situ hybridization (TISH) tech. within their own research. Supported by lectures & demonst., this intensive, hand-on training courese teaches special. techn.,such as Tokuyasu cryosectioning, high-pressure freezing-freeze substitution & acrylic resin embedding for high resol. localization of intracell. proteins & other intracell. struc. by immunogold labelling or TISH
300237 UE Structure of Plants - from cells to ecology
300239 UE Preparation techniques for light microscopy

MPF W-3 Advanced Topics of Plant Molecular Biology

300281 VO [ en ] Symbiosis - concepts and model systems
300345 SE [ en ] Recent Topics in Molecular Plant Biology
300360 SE [ en ] Work in Progress Seminar in Molecular Plant Biology
300404 VO Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture - (Biotechnological Applications)
300587 VO [ en ] Lecture Series Plant Molecular Biology - at the VBC
300861 UE [ en ] Advanced Topics in Plant Biology and Physiology

10. Behavior, Neurobiology and Cognition

10.1. Compulsory Modules

MVN 1 Basic Module Behaviour, Neurobiology and Cognition

300558 VO Animal Communication

MVN 2 Fundamentals of Scientific Research in Behaviour, Neurobiology and Cognition

300049 VO Measuring Techniques in Neurobiology - Special training in the basics of electronic measuring
300106 VO Methods in Behavioral Sciences
300108 UE [ en ] Methods in Cognitive Biology
300546 SE Seminar for Masters, Diploma and PhD-students - in Behavior, Neurobiology and Cognition

10.2. Block of Elective Modules: Behavior, Neurobiology and Cognition

MVN W-1 Behavioural Physiology

300006 PP Practical Course in Animal Behavior
300116 PP Practical course in Behavioural Biology, Gruenau - (social mechanisms) at the Konrad Lorenz Forschungsstelle in Gruenau

MVN W-10 Actual Research Topics in Neurobiology

300251 SE Ecophysiology of visual systems
300278 SE Current topics in Neurobiology
300675 SE Neurobiology Seminar: Ongoing resarch

MVN W-11 Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

300274 SE Smell in the brain: Structure and function of the olfactory system

MVN W-12 Cognition for Advanced Students

300103 SE [ en ] Cognition & Communication Journal Club
300352 VO [ en ] Animal Social Cognition

MVN W-13 Cognition Methods

MVN W-2 Behavioural Endocrinology

300081 VO Behavioral Endocrinology

MVN W-3 Reproduction and Biological Rhythms

300009 VO Introduction to Biological Rhythms

MVN W-4 Sound Communication in Animals

300119 PP Bioacoustic Project Course

MVN W-5 Animal Communication

300019 VO Animal Vocalization - Sound Production, Reception and Communication

MVN W-6 Social Mechanisms

300011 VO Social Systems - Social Systems in vertebrates with special emphasis on mechanismus - behaviour - brain-personality-stress, etc.
300034 SE Topical Problems in Behavioral Research
300117 SE Ethological and ecoethological Seminar (Grünau)
300600 VO [ en ] Vertebrate Social Systems II

MVN W-7 Human Animal Relationship

MVN W-8 Neurobiology for Advanced Students

300646 PP Neurobiology: Visual Systems

MVN W-9 Neuroanatomy

11. Zoology

11.1. Compulsory Modules

MZO 1 Basic Modul Zoology

300143 VO Animal development and systematics
300702 VO Animal Cells and Tissues

MZO 2 Methods and Research Training in Zoology

300025 PP Project course: Histological methods
300096 PP Arthropoda - morphology and evolution
300190 PP [ en ] Hands-on Cryotechniques for Immuno-Electron Microscopy and Tissue in-situ Hybridization - To enable advanced BIO-stud. to understand & apply advan.cryo-electron microscopy, immunolabelling & tissue in-situ hybridization (TISH) tech. within their own research. Supported by lectures & demonst., this intensive, hand-on training courese teaches special. techn.,such as Tokuyasu cryosectioning, high-pressure freezing-freeze substitution & acrylic resin embedding for high resol. localization of intracell. proteins & other intracell. struc. by immunogold labelling or TISH
300218 PP DNA Barcoding - a new approach to species identification in ecology and biodiversity research
300232 PP Fluorescence staining, confocal microscopy and computer generated 3D-reconstruction
300302 UE [ de en ] Practical Course in Cell and Developmental Biology
300338 PP Comparative Anatomy and Morphology of Fishes
300488 PP GIS field methods and behavioural ecology & diversity of neotropical amphibians - PP in French Guiana. In compulsory combination with the seminar "biology of tropical amphibians" 300180 (SE)
300674 PP Submicroscopical anatomy and preparatory techniques
300703 PP Animal Acoustic Signals - Animal Acoustic Signals

11.2. Block of Elective Modules: Zoology

300445 UE Analysis of ecological data - Labcourse
300464 UE+EX Limnetic and marine copepods of Europe - Diversity, systematics and ecology of the copepods of Europe (Microcrustaceans)
300505 UE Species determination and biology of nativ fishes

MZO W-1 Morphology, Anatomy and Ultrastructure of Animals

300042 UE Microscopic anatomy of vertebrates
300069 VO Introduction in Experimental Anatomy in Vertebrates - Introduction in Experimental Anatomy in Vertebrates
300158 SE New concepts in light- and electron microscopy - New concepts in light- and electron microscopy (scientific results, instruments, methods)
300206 UE Practical Course: Vertebrates - Morphologisches Spezialpraktikum: Vertebrata
300296 UE Entomological Laboratory - Entomological and taxonomic studies on selected insects
300396 VO Vertebrates - Morphology, Phylogeny, Biology
300448 UE Morphology and taxidermy of birds (Nonpasseres and Passeres)
300472 VO [ en ] Behavioural ecology
300544 UE Museological technics - Introduction to the preparation of insects.

MZO W-2 Biodiversity and Systematics of Animals

300011 VO Social Systems - Social Systems in vertebrates with special emphasis on mechanismus - behaviour - brain-personality-stress, etc.
300124 VO The birds of Austria - an ecological and conservationbiological overview
300142 VO Fundamental principles phylogenetic Systematics
300156 VO Biology and Ecology of alpine animals
300159 VO Evolutionary biology of birds
300180 SE [ en ] Biology of tropical amphibians
300202 UE Animal observations in the zoo - Basic practical course in observation of zoo kept animals
300249 VO Australian Fauna - examples of evolution, ecology and biogeography
300281 VO [ en ] Symbiosis - concepts and model systems
300548 SE Ants and their interactions - Multitrophic interactions in ants and plants
300657 UE Identification course for aquatic invertebrates - in Central European freshwaters

MZO W-3 Developmental Biology

300222 VO Comparative embryology of animals
300489 VO [ de en ] Growth and Proportion - Basics of biosystemstheory II
300530 UE [ en ] Imaging and visualization in developmental biology - Principles and applications, including 3 D Methods
300721 VO [ en ] Molecular principles of developmental biology of animals

MZO W-4 Theoretical Biology

300183 VO Human "Evo-Devo": The evolution of human development
300188 VO [ de en ] Theoretical Morphology
300357 UE [ en ] Mathematical Basics for Theoretical Biology

MZO W-5 Basic Modul of Evolutionary Biology

300219 VO Evolutionary Biology
300511 VO [ en ] Concepts in Evolutionary Biology
300515 VO [ en ] Speciation and coevolution - Concepts und case studies

MZO W-6 Behaviour, Neurobiology and Cognition

300558 VO Animal Communication

MZO W-7 Ecological Field Methods: Animals

MZO W-8 Marine Biology

300170 VO [ en ] Biological Oceanography
300280 SE [ en ] Recent literature in Marine Ecology and Oceanography

MZO W-9 Interpretation of Ecological Data

300193 SE+UE Preparation and evaluation of multifactorial experiments in Ecology
300269 VO Analysis of ecological data - lecture

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