Teaching

Advanced topics, Molecular Neuroscience – Genes, Brains, and Behaviour YSC4229 2021

The main objective of this course is to expose you to primary research through journal club-style research paper discussion; writing of “a perspective” style essay; and, as much as possible hearing from guest lecturers directly about their research. Throughout, the emphasis is on learning about the different types of techniques neuro and cognitive scientists use to probe the functions of the brain. 

Foundations of Neuroscience YSC2231 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 (August semesters)

One of the most popular Life Sciences Major courses. Please register early in the module selection to ensure a spot. First come, first served. This course combines undergraduate level neuroscience. The course primarily uses the book Neuroscience 6th Edition for instruction. The book is required reading in the course. Ecopy, or 5th Edition are cheaper and recommended. The same book is used in a course on Human Neuroscience offered by A/Prof. Chris Asplund. The course aims to provide a broad introduction to neurobiology & behaviour, and equips students with the background necessary to understand key concepts and fundamental questions in studies of the nervous system, sensory and motor systems, repair, cognition, learning and memory. Students will learn neurobiology and behaviour in an evolutionary context and at multiple levels of analysis. If you are an educator and would like to access more material from our course, please write to me.

Scientific Inquiry 1 (SI1) YCC1131 2018, 2019, 2021 (January semesters)

If you are a Yale-NUS student, enrolled in the course, please click here. SI is a team taught common curriculum course at Yale-NUS. This course was revamped this year. Here is a brief introduction to the course objectives. If you are an educator and would like to access more material from our course, please write to me.

Scientific Inquiry (SI; Course retired) 2015, 2016

If you are a Yale-NUS student, enrolled in the course, please click here. SI is a team taught common curriculum course at Yale-NUS. This course was revamped this year. Here is a brief introduction to the course objectives. If you are an educator and would like to access more material from our course, please write to me.

Neurobiology and Behavior (Nb&B; Course retired) 2016, 2017

If you are a Yale-NUS student, enrolled in the course, please click here. This course combines undergraduate level neurobiology and neuroethology. It provides a broad introduction to neurobiology & behaviour, and equips students with the background necessary to understand key concepts and fundamental questions in studies of the nervous system, electrophysiology, cognition, learning and memory, behavioural endocrinology, behavioural ecology, and sociobiology. Students will learn neurobiology and behaviour in an evolutionary context and at multiple levels of analysis. If you are an educator and would like to access more material from our course, please write to me.