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2016/09/06
by Christin Schröter
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Horizons 2016: Career Fair

The next HORIZONS in Molecular Biology Symposium is coming up, again with a great scientific program, supplemented by a career fair, method workshops and more.

The Career Fair, which will take place on Monday, September 12th might be especially interesting for you. If you are thinking about your next career steps, you will have the chance to inform yourself about different career paths.

Location: Manfred-Eigen Lecture Hall, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Faßberg 11, 37077 Göttingen

The program includes career lectures by company representatives, research group leaders, consultants and representatives of other interesting career paths for life scientists. Click here for the complete time schedule.

You can register for the career fair workshops and the Speed Dating event, where you get the chance to personally meet a speaker to get some advice on building a successful career. One of the workshops with the title “Social Networking with LinkedIn: How to make use of it for career purposes” will be held by Katrin!

Participation in career fair is free of charge. However, registration for the workshops and the Speed Dating is required.

2016/09/02
by Katrin Wodzicki
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4-day Course on Good Manufacturing Practice (in German) in Göttingen, 10-13 October

We are very happy to announce a 4-day course on Good Manufacturing Practice in Göttingen. The course language will be German as it deals with German guidelines and regulations. Knowing about these regulations is quite important for everyone working in private companies in Germany.

The registration fee covers costs of the organization and depends on whether you are enrolled as student or not as well as how early you register for the course. See below for more information.

Registration for the course in Göttingen opens on Monday, 5 September 2016.

To register click here: http://gmp-kurs.de/termine/

 

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Liebe Postdoktoranden, liebe Studierende, liebe Absolvent*innen,

in Kooperation mit dem GGNB Career Service bieten wir für euch vom 10. bis 13. Oktober 2016 einen praxisbezogenen Lehrgang zum Thema GMP an.

GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice, dt. = Gute Herstellungspraxis) sind Richtlinien zur Qualitätssicherung bei der Produktion von Arzneimitteln, Kosmetika, Lebens- und Futtermitteln.

GMP-Kenntnisse werden in vielen Unternehmen von Absolventen aus den Life Sciences erwartet, jedoch in Hochschulen nur selten vermittelt. Oft sind GMP-Kenntnisse eine zentrale Anforderungen bei Stellenausschreibungen, besonders in der Pharmaindustrie. Aus diesem Grund bieten wir einen Lehrgang für Studenten und Absolventen aus den Bereichen Biochemie, Biologie und angrenzenden Wissenschaften an.

Um den Lehrgang möglichst praxisnah zu gestalten, werden die Inhalte durch Mitarbeiter verschiedener Unternehmen vermittelt. Hinzu kommen umfassende Vorstellungen der beteiligten Unternehmen, welche sich als attraktive Arbeitgeber präsentieren wollen.

Die Anmeldung zum Kurs erfolgt nach Freischaltung am 5. September 2016 online unter www.gmp-kurs.de. Die Kosten betragen für Studierende 125€ (Frühbucher) bzw. 225€ (Normalpreis). Die Kosten für wissenschaftliche Mitarbeitende ohne Studierendenstatus betragen 169€ (Frühbucher) bzw. 269€ (Normalpreis). Der Kurs wird mit einer Onlineprüfung abgeschlossen, nach deren Abschluss alle Teilnehmer ein Zertifikat erhalten.

Kontakt:

Web: www.gmp-kurs.de

E-Mail: luzi.krauss@gmp-kurs.de  oder kevin.schnarr@gmp-kurs.de

2016/08/24
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Funding for Organizing Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting

Would you like to organize a meeting fitting exactly to your needs for interdisciplinary exchange with colleagues? Here is your chance to get the money to do it: The Joachim Herz Stiftung has opened the call “Begegnungszone“. Meetings financed by this call should explicitly address junior researchers. Until October 16, 2016 you can submit your proposal for a meeting taking place between March and October 2017. For details and preconditions of the call visit the respective website.

As you are supposed to test new formats of interaction, you may want to have a chat with me, if you plan to apply. I’m quite familiar with different formats for exchanging and discussing ideas and I would be happy to bring together this experience with your ideas for a meeting.

2016/08/22
by Christin Schröter
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Horizons in Molecular Biology Symposium; 12-15 September 2016

You are welcome to register and submit your posters for Horizons in Molecular Biology Symposium, which will take place at the MPI for Biophysical Chemistry from 12-15 September 2016.

Horizons this year includes great speakers such as Karl Deisseroth (Optogenetics), Harry Noller (Structure of the ribosome), Ramanujan Hegde (membrane protein biogenesis), Pietro De Camilli (intracellular membrane dynamics) and many more, as well as many other activities (a career fair, a wine and cheese night, conference party and dinner and poster sessions).

To register for the symposium click here.

To submit an abstract for the poster session click here.

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2016/08/22
by Christin Schröter
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Call for applications: Cottrell-Fulbright Award 2017

For the first time this year the award has been expanded from the USA to Germany to support German Junior researchers with teaching duties for Bachelor students in the fields of Chemistry, Physics, Astronomy and Biochemistry.

Cottrell-Fulbright scholars receive 63.000 € financing from BMBF funds for a 3-year research and teaching project.

Application deadline: 30 September 2016

Requirements for application

  • Germany citizenship (in exceptional cases principal residence in Germany is enough)
  • doctoral degree in Chemistry, Physics, Astronomy or Biochemistry
  • affiliation to a German university throughout the whole project (3 years)

Applications need to include:

  • information on the academic career (including teaching experience, list of publications and acquired funding),
  • proposals for a research project and a teaching project
  • a statement of support from the university or research institution
  • an academic reference letter

More information on the award as well as the application forms can be found here.

2016/08/18
by Christin Schröter
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Workshop “Exploring the Unknown – The Company World”, 30 September and 24 October 2016

We are happy to announce the workshop “Exploring the Unknown – The Company World” with Barbara Hoffbauer.

For the duration of the workshop we offer child care services supported by the equal opportunities office with trained personnel to supervise your kids. Please inform us by 14 September, at the latest, if you have demand for such a service (including number and age of kids).

Target group: Junior researchers who are currently applying or plan to apply soon to positions in Industry

Goal: Getting to know the departments and their functions in a company and reflect about whether related jobs fit to you

Dates: Friday, 30 September 2016 (9-17 h) and Monday, 24 October 2016 (12:30-16:30 h)
Duration: 1 + 0.5 days
Place: GZMB building, seminar room -1.105
Trainer: Barbara Hoffbauer

Registration: Please register here and write an email to ggnb-career@gwdg.de, including a short statement on your motivation to join the workshop.

Detailed 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.

2016/08/03
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Sartorius Pipetten Forum in Göttingen, 24 August 2016

On Wednesday, 24 August 2016, Sartorius organizes an information event on pipettes and pipetting (in German), combined with demonstrating its most recent pipettes. The three modules of the information event take place twice, one time in the morning, a second time in the afternoon. Participation is free of charge. Registration is possible by email or telephone to the respective contact persons. See for more details in the flyer below.

This event is not only a good chance to gather state-of-the-art information on pipettes and pipetting. It’s also a good chance to get in contact with representatives of the company. You may learn about positions and backgrounds they have – and might thereby discover new career ideas for yourself. You may learn more about Sartorius as potential employer in your future career. Moreover, it’s a good chance to extend your network on Campus by getting to know other researchers and exchanging experience.

Take your chance!

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