Physiology & Pharmacology (0116)

updated: 20.06.2022

Track coordinator: Prof. Nathan Dascal

Overview

The master's program in Physiology & Pharmacology will train researchers to undertake advanced research and study in this field.

Curriculum

Please note that the student's curriculum must be approved by his advisor and the program coordinator. The curriculum consists of 28 graduate semester hours divided as follows:

Required Courses

All students are required to take departmental courses in Biostatistics, Lab Safety, Research Ethics, and Scientific Writing. These courses should be completed in the first year.

All students in this track are required to take a 5-hour course in Physiology or a 6-hour course in Pharmacology.

Those who studied Physiology and/or Pharmacology previously can get an exemption. Otherwise students have to take the courses- currently NA in English.

Students who are exempt from these compulsory courses will have to replace the hours (5/6) with elective courses of the Graduate School.

For students who work with laboratory animals, an additional course is required in the Ethical Conduct and Care of Research Animals.

For students basing their thesis in research from observational or interventional studies, the following courses are required: Introduction to Epidemiology, Survey and Research Methods in Epidemiology, and Biostatistics II.

Elective Courses

Students must take 7-9 hours of elective courses in the department (in addition to the above mentioned basic Physiology and Pharmacology courses). They can also take 8-9 hours of elective courses offered by other departments of the School of Graduate Studies.

Semester	Course no.	Course Name	Professor	Day	Time	Credit	Notes
Mandatory Courses

A	0103.0003.01	Safety in the Laboratory course (during the first year of studies) – no credit

B	0404.6000.01	Biostatistics		Wednesday	11.00-14.00

B	0103.6000.01	Research Ethics		Wednesday			One meeting - will be published

B	0103.7000.01	The Science of Scientific Writing		Wednesday	15.00-17.00		2nd half of 2nd semester - will be published

Elective courses in the department - 14 hours

A	0116.5942.01	New Horizons in Drug Delivery Systems	Prof. Ronit Satchi-Fainaro	Sunday	10.00-12.00	2

A	0103.0046.01	Basic Research Methods in Biology	Prof. Noam Shomron, Prof. Carmit Levy	Monday	14.00-16.00	2

B	0116.5946.01	Sleep and Consciousness: From Neuronal Basis to	Prof. Yuval Nir	Thursday		3
					10.00-13.00
B	0116.5937.01	Ion Channels: Classical and Molecular Biophysics	Prof. Nathan Dascal	Tuesday	15.00-17.00	2

B	0114.6573.01	Bioinformatics in the Omics Era	Dr. Rani Elkon	Wednesday	16.00-18.00	2

B	0116.5932.01	Pharmacogenomics and Biomarkers in the Era of Personalized Medicine	Prof. David Gurwitz	TBD		2

B	0116.5945.01	Advances in Brain Tumor Treatments and MRI	Prof. Yael Mardor			2	Not this year

B	0116.5967.01	Inter and Intra Molecular and Cellular Neurocommunication	Prof. Eran Perlson			2

General elective courses- 8 hours
A	0103.5058.01	Workshop in Data Analysis and Graphics Editing	Dr. Moran Artzi	יפורסם
A	0119.5651.01	Context and Location Based Immunity	Dr. Chen Varol			2
A	0440.3125.01	Advanced cell biology: Cellular Responses to Stress in Health and Disease
B	0114.6545.01	Genetics in the Post-Genome Era	Prof. Karen Avraham	Wednesday		1
B	0103.5061.01	Protein Modifications and Cell Signaling	Prof. Hagit Eldar-			3	Not this year
B	0114.6000.01	Behavioral Genetics	Prof. David Gurwitz			2	Not this year
B	0141.5062.01	Cell and Tissue Mechanobiology	Prof. Ronen Zaidel-Bar	Thursday	13.00-15.00	2
B	0141.5063.01	Advanced imaging techniques	Prof. Ronen Zaidel-Bar			2	Not this year
A	0119.5636.01	Molecular Imaging- Microscopy Konkflit	Prof. Ilan Tsarfaty	Wednesday	14.00-16.00	2
B	0113.5557.01	Introduction to Molecular Anthropology	Dr. Viviane Slon	Monday	14.00-16.00	2
B	0452.3117.01	Basic Techniques in Molecular and Cellular Biology	Life science
B	0421.3811.01	Selected Chapters in Cancer Biology	Life science
B	0455.3036.01	Developmental Biology	Life science

Seminars

Students must attend at least 25 seminars, of which 40% must be within the Department of Physiology & Pharmacology. The student will keep a record of the lectures and submit a signed form to the Secretariat confirming participation. This form is a requirement for graduation.

If a student attends a scientific conference, it is equivalent to two seminars. Please note that a student will not get approval for more than two conferences.

Thesis

Students must submit a research proposal for their thesis by the end of the second semester. The thesis will be submitted by the end of the fourth semester. Students must present their thesis topic within the Department or at a scientific conference. Their advisor must approve their thesis as a condition for completion of the master's degree.