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2022/11/07
by Stefanie Klug
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Online Workshop “How to plan and write a competitive research proposal”, 4-5 April 2024

We are happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Service online workshop on the topic “How to plan and write a competitive research proposal” by Dr. Thomas Koch.

This workshop is intended for postdoctoral researchers and late-stage PhD students who are new to the process of applying for a scientific research grant. Ideally, participants should plan to start applying for a grant within the next 6 months. Therefore, it is crucial that you already have an idea about the research topic and possible funding bodies.

  • Date: Thursday and Friday, 4-5 April 2024,
  • Times: Day 1: 9:00-17:00 h; Day 2: 9:00-15:00 h plus 3h pre-teaching prior to the workshop
  • Location: online
  • Trainer: Dr. Thomas Koch
  • Registration: Please register here (in case you are not yet registered) and send an email to career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de including a short statement on your motivation to attend the workshop.

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2022/11/06
by Stefanie Klug
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Workshop: “Leadership Skills for Scientists”, 18-19 Mar 2024

We are happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Service workshop “Leadership Skills for Scientists” by Dr. Alexander Britz.

Advancing as a scientist, both out- as well as inside academia, comes with increased leadership responsibilities. In this interactive workshop the participants learn the essential leadership skills which are necessary to be successful as a PhD student or Postdoc and to later facilitate a successful transition to a senior position at a research institution or the dream job outside academia.

Dates: 18-19 Mar 2024
Duration: 9:00-16:30h on both days
Location: GZMB building, large seminar room 0.232, ground floor, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11 (map)
Trainer: Dr. Alexander Britz

Registration: Please register here and send an email to career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de including a short statement on your motivation to attend the workshop.

Workshop description:

Effective leadership requires authenticity and starts with the leader itself. Therefore, we initiate the workshop with a series of self-management and self-leadership activities. In team scenarios, emotional intelligence is a key leadership capability. By bringing awareness to this, and through breakout sessions in which we practice changing the perspective, we increase our level of empathy. The participants further learn about the distinct leadership styles with their advantages and drawbacks, and we
discuss how situational leadership can be applied. Clear and precise communication is another vital leadership skill, which we train in supervisor-supervisee role plays. Next to practicing “traditional” top-down leadership, the participants get acquainted with bottom-up leadership through these activities. Finally, we practice additional leadership and communication skills such as self-presentation, networking, pitching and storytelling techniques. To conclude the workshop, the group reflects on the essential traits of “a good leader”.

2022/10/07
by Stefanie Klug
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GAUSS Career Impulse Session (8 Mar 2024) with Dr. Adam Tomczak (Quality Manager at Ivoclar): “Introduction to quality management and regulatory affairs in medical devices as career options”

We’re happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Impulse Session, this time with Dr. Adam Tomczak, Quality Manager at Ivoclar.

In the talk, Adam will explore the current regulatory landscape for medical devices and various roles life sciences graduates can assume in the industry.

He will discuss transferable strengths of life science graduates and typical challenges they face when transitioning to those roles.

  • Date: Friday, 8 March 2024
  • Time: 14:00-15:30 (appr.)
  • Location: North campus
  • Registration: Please write a short e-mail to career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de if you plan to attend.

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2022/07/10
by Stefanie Klug
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Workshop “Exploring the Unknown – The Company World”, 20-21 February 2024

We are happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Service workshop “Exploring the Unknown – The Company World” by Dr. Gaby Schilling.

This workshop is designed for postdoctoral scientists and late-stage PhD students who are currently applying or planning to apply for a position in industry. Getting to know different departments and their functions in a company and reflect about whether related jobs could be a good fit for your interests and profile are the goals of this workshop.

Dates: Tuesday and Wednesday, 20-21 February 2024
Duration: Tuesday, 20 February 2024, 9:00-17:00h and Wednesday, 21 February 2024, 9:00-15:30h
Location: GZMB building, large seminar room 0.232, ground floor, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11 (map)
Trainer: Dr. Gaby Schilling

Registration: Please register here (in case you are not yet registered) and send an email to career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de including a short statement on your motivation to attend the workshop.

Workshop Description:
PhD students and postdocs with a background in natural and social sciences are usually not educated in economic thinking. Sometimes they do not know how enterprises create values. Often they have no idea what different departments contribute to the company’s economic success. This lack of knowledge makes them feel insecure about their opportunities in fields aside from research and development. That is the reason why their applications are often not convincing. In this course, participants will learn about different roles and tasks in enterprises and how employees in different departments interact and depend on each other. Playing different roles enables participants to realize for themselves what is the most fun and what fits best to them.

2022/06/10
by Stefanie Klug
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GAUSS Career Impulse Session (2 Feb 2024, 14:00-15:30) with Dr. Mandy Mong-Quyen Mai (Auditor Trainee at CSL Plasma): “From wet lab to opportunities to auditor – a leap into the unknown”

We’re happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Impulse Session, this time with Dr. Mandy Mong-Quyen Mai, Auditor Trainee at CSL Plasma, Göttingen.

Mandy will provide insights into her field of work, sharing her personal experiences and perspectives. Over the course of this session, she will share her adventure into the unknown and how opportunities can arise in the most surprising ways, opening worlds never seen before. Following her talk, you will have the opportunity to engage in an interactive and informal discussion.

  • Date: Friday, 2 February 2024
  • Time: 14:00-15:30 (appr.)
  • Location: GZMB building, large seminar room 0.232, ground floor, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11 (map)
  • Registration: Please write a short e-mail to career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de if you plan to attend.

About the speaker:

Mandy Mai is a biomedical scientist by training and completed her PhD on the biogenesis of the mitochondrial ribosomal small subunit in 2021. Upon finishing the PhD, she ventured more into economy and finished a project management course where she already had the possibility to venture into science related companies.

During this time, she got the opportunity to start as an auditor trainee at CSL Plasma GmbH, a field unbeknownst to her. In her role, she is getting trained on the processes related to qualification of external plasma suppliers as well as the CSL Plasmapheresis centers located in Germany and Hungary. These activities involve strong customer contact, as well as intensive traveling and the chance to grow with new challenges, learning from other cultures and people included, and making use of all available language skills.

About the sessions:

Our Career Impulse Sessions offer a platform for interactive and informal exchange about career-related topics for PhD students and postdocs in the Life and Natural Sciences. By inviting PhD holders with different career paths, we would like to illustrate the broad range of potential careers for PhD students and postdocs and give inspiration for career choices.

2022/06/09
by Stefanie Klug
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Workshop “How to find your postdoctoral position”, 18-19 Jan 2024

We are happy to announce the first GAUSS Career Service workshop in 2024 “How to find your postdoctoral position” by Dr Dagmar Sigurdardottir.

This workshop is intended for early postdocs and late-stage PhD students who are looking for their first or next postdoctoral position.

  • Dates: Thursday, 18 January 2024, 9:00-17:30h and Friday, 19 January 2024, 9:00-16:30h
  • Location: GZMB building, seminar room 0.233, ground floor, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11 (map)
  • Trainer: Dr Dagmar Sigurdardottir
  • Workshop Category: Knowing and Marketing Yourself
  • Registration: Please register here (in case you are not registered yet) and send an email to career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de including a short statement on your motivation to attend the workshop.

Workshop description

Post-doctoral positions are usually not that hard to get but finding the right one that can firmly establish a professional career is really challenging. At the same time, scientists towards the end of their PhD don’t have a lot of time to spend on the search for the right post-doctoral position. Therefore, this workshop provides a compact overview of relevant aspects and the opportunity to explore one’s own preferences. Specifically, participants learn to define their own criteria for a successful post-doctoral position, develop their targeted search and application strategy, assess the relative benefit of post-doctoral grants and prepare to harness the full potential of their post-doc interview.

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2022/05/03
by Stefanie Klug
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CANCELLED: Online Workshop “Resilience for Postdocs”, 13 Dec 2023

We are happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Service online workshop on the topic “Resilience for Postdocs” by Heli Korhonen.

  • Date: Wednesday, 13 December 2023, 9:00-16:00 h
  • Location: online
  • Trainer: Heli Korhonen
  • Registration: Please register here (in case you are not yet registered) and send an email to career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de including a short statement on your motivation to attend the workshop.

Workshop description

Pursuing a career as a Postdoc can make strenuous demands on researchers’ time, energy and ultimately, health. This interactive, solution-oriented workshop looks at ways to reconcile high expectations within academia, a large workload, financial pressures and family needs, and questions about one’s own priorities, values as well physical and mental health.

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