Are you interested in the heart and want to learn more about the heart and hot topics in heart research? The main topics of this course are cardiac electrophysiology and cardiovascular biology. Covered subjects include pathogenesis and treatment of ischemic heart disease, the role of immune system, tissue engineering, cardiomyocyte biology, calcium signalling in the heart, cardiac stem cells, heart rhythm disturbances and cellular electrophysiology.

The course will provide the students with a mixture of lectures from a clinical perspective and lectures from a preclinical research perspective. This means the course is aimed at medicine students with an interest in research as well as biomedical science students keen to learn more about clinical practice in cardiology.

Period
19-08-2013 - 30-08-2013 (2 weeks)

Target group
Advanced bachelors from the life sciences studies and medicine. Basic knowledge of cellular biology and molecular biology is assumed, as is a proficiency in English.

Course aim
Advanced bachelors from the life sciences studies and medicine. Basic knowledge of cellular biology and molecular biology is assumed, as is a proficiency in English.

Credits
2.0 ECTS credits



Certificate of Attendance

Course fee
EUR 950: Course + course materials + housing

EUR 615: Course + course materials

Course leader
Dr. Teun de Boer

Scholarships
Utrecht Summer School doesn't offer scholarships for this course.

Utrecht University
Address: PO BOX 80148
Postal code: 3508 TC
City: Utrecht
Country: Netherlands
Website: http://www.utrechtsummerschool.nl
E-mail: summerschool@uu.nl
Phone: 0031302534400