autumn 2023
BIO-8017 Biological timekeeping - 10 ECTS
Type of course
The course is for PhD students specialising in chronobiology who have no formal training in chronobiology.
The course is available as a singular course.
PhD students at UiT register for classes and exam in StudentWeb before 1 September. The registration starts in middle of May.
Other applicants apply for admission through SøknadsWeb before 1 June. Application code: 9301. For applicants who are granted a seat, a study right will be created, and these applicants apply for a seat by registering for classes in StudentWeb before 1 September.
The study right gives the applicant admission to register to other open PhD courses or apply for a seat to PhD courses where entry is limited.
Admission requirements
Who can apply as a singular course student:
- PhD student enrolled at another institution than UiT. PhD students must upload a document from their university stating that there are registered PhD students. This group of applicants does not have to prove English proficiency and are exempt from semester fee.
- Holders of a master´s degree of five years or 3+2 years (or equivalent) may be admitted. These applicants must upload a Master´s Diploma with Diploma Supplement / English translation of the diploma. Applicants from listed countries must document proficiency in English. To find out if this applies to you, see the following list: Proficiency in English must be documented - list of countries. For more information on accepted English proficiency tests and scores, as well as exemptions from the English proficiency tests, please see the following document: Proficiency in english - PhD level studies
Course content
This course focuses on biological timekeeping (chronobiology) in animals, covering time-scales from hours to years. It covers the eco-evolutionary and biomedical importance of innate timing processes, the formalisms necessary for their study and the physiological mechanisms through which biological timekeeping is achieved.Objectives of the course
Knowledge and skills:
The course aims to establish understanding in the following areas:
- The key principles and intellectual formalisms of chronobiology
- The evolutionary origins and ecological importance of biological timekeeping, and its relevance in biomedical contexts
- The mechanistic basis to biological timekeeping at levels from the genetics to the whole organism
General skills:
- Understanding the process of generating scientific knowledge
- Science communication, orally and in writing
- Review and extraction of relevant information from scientific research papers
- Critical analysis of scientific literature
- Presentation of scientific content clearly and in logical order while using language appropriate for the audience and occasion
- Proposing, discussing and evaluating hypotheses
Teaching methods
Lectures/Seminars 12 x 2 hrs, based on pre-reading assignments. Approx. 200 hrs pre-reading assignments of primary literature. 4 hr actogram analysis practical to understand formal principles of chronobiology. 6 hr Adaptive value session to understand the ecological/evolutionary importance of clocks and assess appropriate scientific methods to ascertain "adaptive value" - through reading of primary literature and presentation to peers.Error rendering component
- About the course
- Campus: Tromsø |
- ECTS: 10
- Course code: BIO-8017
- Responsible unit
- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology
- Questions about the course
- E-post: ambstudie@hjelp.uit.no
- Contact persons
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Alex West
Researcher in Chronobiology with the Institute for Arctic and Marine Biology
+4777645219
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