Useful skills for Master and PhD candidates
In the context of scientific work, basic but also specific technical skills are required.
Students are recommended to acquire relevant skills and techniques before or at the start of their Masters or PhD projects.
Below you will find a list of courses at the Department of Evolutionary Biology that are designed to acquire such skills.
Scientific writing
300018 UE Scientific Literature and Communication for Biologists
5.00 ECTS, Summer term, Metscher
300443 SE+UE Scientific Writing: Abstracts and Articles
3.00 ECTS, Summer term, Metscher
300531 UE Writing Theses and Articles in English
Effective communication and presentation of scientific research
5.00 ECTS, Winter term, Metscher
Lab techniques
300232-1 UE Fluorescence staining, confocal microscopy and computer generated 3D-reconstruction, 10 ECTS, Winter term, Wanninger, Redl, Brenneis
300040 PP Histological techniques, microscopy & 3D-reconstruction
Winter term, Schwaha, Bibermair, Goldammer, Redl
300070 UE Microscopic anatomy of vertebrates (Histology of various vertebrate organ systems), every 2nd year
Winter term, Schwaha, Beisser
300561 UE Molekulare Phylogenetik - von der DNA zum Stammbaum der Tiere (Molecular phylogenetics - from DNA to phylogenetic trees)
10 ECTS, Winter term, Steiner, Baranyi
Data processing
300246 VU Analysis of biological data with Python for non-bioinformaticians
5.00 ECTS, Summer term, Engelhardt
300416 UE 3-D Imaging and Modeling Using MicroCT
Microscopy and software methods for 3D morphological analysis
10.00 ECTS, Winter term, Metscher
300114 UE Histological image digitization and 3D object reconstruction
5.00 ECTS, Summer term, Pavlicev, Engelberger, Metscher, Schwaha
300121 UE Image analysis and reconstruction of morphological datasets (FIJI and open source software)
Winter term, Schwaha, Brenneis
300530 UE Imaging and visualization in developmental biology
Principles and applications, including 3 D Methods
5.00 ECTS, Summer term, Metscher, Kraus
300357 UE Mathematical Basics for Quantitative Biology
4.00 ECTS, Winter term , Mitteröcker, Fischer
300039 VO Introduction to multivariate statistics
3.00 ECTS, Summer term, Mitteröcker
300359 UE Exercises for introduction to multivariate statistics
3.00 ECTS, Summer term, Mitteröcker, Gunz
300149 UE Practical introduction to programming for biologists
5.00 ECTS, Winter term, Papadopoulos
300164 UE Advanced bioinformatic analysis of single-cell data
5.00 ECTS, Summer term, Papdopoulos
Miscellaneous
300097 UE Natural History Collections
3.00 ECTS, Winter term, Pavlicev, Engelberger
"Provides a concise overview of state of the art curation techniques for natural history collections. It covers topics as basic specimen collection and preparation techniques, storing natural history collections, georeferencing and digitization. The second series of lectures will introduce ways of utilization of natural history specimen collections in different scientific fields."