Module LS4110 A

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each summer semester

Credit points

3

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Master Molecular Life Science 2023, Module part of a compulsory module, life sciences
• Master MLS 2018, Module part of a compulsory module, cell biology
• Master MLS 2016, Module part of a compulsory module, cell biology
• Master MLS 2009, Module part of a compulsory module, structure biology

Classes and lectures:

• Pharmacology and Toxicology (lecture, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 60 hours private studies
• 30 hours in-classroom work

Contents of teaching:

• Serendipity in the age of rational drug design: a case study
• Pharmacodynamic
• Pharmacokinetics
• Oral Antidiabetics
• Pharmacology of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone-System
• Cerebrovascular Pharmacology
• Pharmacology of the Blood-Brain-Barrier
• Gene Therapy of neurological diseases
• Sex hormones
• Hypnotics
• Antiseizure drugs
• Antidepressants
• Analytic methods in pharmacology and toxicology

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Effects of therapeutic drugs on the organism (Pharmacodynamics)
• Time course of therapeutic drug concentrations in the organism (Pharmacokinetics)
• Mechanisms of action of various substance classes
• Experimental methods in pharmacology

Grading through:

• written exam

Responsible for this module:

• Siehe Hauptmodul

Teacher:

• Institute of Cardiogenetics
• Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology
• Prof. Dr. rer. medic. Lisa Marshall
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Walter Raasch
• Dr. rer. nat. Dipl.-Psych. Sonja Binder
• Prof. Dr. med. Markus Schwaninger
• PD Dr. rer. nat. Jan Wenzel
• PD Dr. rer. hum. biol. Helge Müller-Fielitz
• Dr. rer. nat. Akila Chandrasekar
• Dr. rer. nat. Jorge Enrique Duque Escobar
• Dr. rer. nat. Julica Inderhees

Literature:

• Brunton L, Knollmann B : Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacologic Basis of Therapeutics McGraw-Hill Education; 14. Edition (1. November 2022) - ISBN-10: 1264258070
• Lüllmann H, Mohr K, Hein L, Ziegler A, Bieger D : Color Atlas of Pharmacology Thieme; 5. Edition (15. November 2017) - ISBN-10: 9783132410657

Language:

• English, except in case of only German-speaking participants

Notes:

Last Updated:

05.02.2026