2016/07/01
by Christin Schröter
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Dear all,
our office will be closed between 4 and 18 July. We are on summer holidays and will not be checking our emails. If you have any requests, we’ll try to get back to you as soon as possible after the break.
We wish you a great summer and hope you have the chance to take some days off to clear your mind and recharge your batteries.
All the best,
Katrin and Christin
2016/06/30
by Christin Schröter
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You wonder which strategies lead to professional success inside or outside of academia? You ask yourself which kind of career fits to you and what you can do to achieve what you want? Then sign-up for our workshop “Know Yourself – Plan Your Career”.
Target Group: Junior researchers who want to develop a goal-oriented career strategy.
Goals: Specify your career strategy, evaluate your skills and competencies and find out how to use them to achieve your goals.
Date: 6 September 2016
Duration: 1 day (9:00-17:00h)
Place: GZMB building, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, seminar room 0.232
Trainer: Dr. Silke Oehrlein-Karpi
Registration: Please register here and write an email to ggnb-career@gwdg.de , including a short statement on your motivation to join the workshop (Why this workshop?).
Registration deadline: 15 August 2016.
Detailed Description: Continue Reading →
2016/06/29
by Christin Schröter
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You wonder what makes you stand out amongst other graduates with a PhD? You find it hard to tell others about yourself? You had a couple of job interviews, but have the feeling you could not convincingly talk about your competencies. Then sign-up for our workshop “Know Yourself – Emphasize Your Individual Strengths”.
Target Group: Junior researchers who are contemplating their next career step.
Goals: Develop awareness about your specific individual skills and practice how to communicate them effectively in professional contexts.
Date: 5 September 2016
Duration: 1 day (9:00-17:00h)
Place: GZMB building, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, seminar room 0.232
Trainer: Dr. Silke Oehrlein-Karpi
Registration: Please register here and write an email to ggnb-career@gwdg.de , including a short statement on your motivation to join the workshop (Why this workshop?). The deadline for registration is 15 August 2016.
Detailed Description: Continue Reading →
2016/06/21
by Christin Schröter
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Date: 12 and 13 October 2016
Location: GZMB building, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, Göttingen
Aim of the Symposium:
Networks are a common theme in all biological processes. Animal brains are composed of structured neural circuits and the development of organs is regulated by tightly controlled gene regulatory networks. The fast propagation of disease vectors such as the Zika virus in South America within a human population is facilitated by a complex network of human interactions and nearly all living organisms are connected via food networks.
The organization and structure and thus the function of biological networks can rarely be directly studied. Therefore, different specialized approaches such as mathematical modelling, empirical studies or the combination of those are being developed in various biological disciplines. The main aim of the NETWORKS IN BIOLOGY conference is to bring researchers of different research fields together to reveal commonalities of different biological networks. A comprehensive understanding of the different applied methodologies will inevitably influence future research on network structures, organization and function
Registration is open until 5 August 2016. The Symposium is limited to 80 participants.
For more information on speakers, program and location of the symposium click here. 
2016/06/15
by Christin Schröter
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We are happy to invite you to a Career Impulse Session with Dr. Gunnar Dietz from the Dr. Willmar Schwabe GmbH.
Date: Tuesday, 2 August 2016, 17:00 – 19:00 o’clock
Place: GZMB building, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, seminar room 0.232
Duration: 1.5 hours + 0.5 hour for open networking
What does a Medical Manager in the Pharmaceutical Industry do?
A Medical Manager is the most important contact providing medicinal and scientific expertise for drug marketing in the pharmaceutical industry. Working at the intersection between research and development, medicinal market authorization, marketing and sales, his activities are versatile. To name a few examples, he initiates and drives forward scientific collaborations with external partners, develops close contacts with key opinion leaders, contributes to the development of marketing strategies and their implementation, is in charge of the scientific education of the sales force, and provides scientific information to physicians, pharmacists, and patients, and colleagues within the organization. To become a medical manager, a strong research background in the life sciences or the medical profession is mandatory. In addition, strong interpersonal skills commensurate with the need to effectively communicate with internal and external partners is equally important.
Gunnar Dietz is a biologist who has been involved in research in academia and the pharmaceutical industry for most of his life. Since four years, he has been working as a medical manager at Dr. Willmar Schwabe GmbH, the largest German producer of plant-derived, evidence-based medicine.
For organizational reasons, we would be grateful if you could write an email to ggnb-career@gwdg.de, if you consider taking part. However, registration is not required. You can also show up spontaneously.
For those of you who have kids, we have the possibility to organize child care for the time of the event which includes a “mobile playground” and trained personnel to supervise the kids. Please inform us by 15 July at the latest if you have demand for such a service, how many kids you would like to bring and their age.
About Career Impulse Sessions
2016/06/15
by Christin Schröter
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The homepage of the American Association for the Advancement of Science offers a variety of webinars on all kinds of science-related topics:
http://webinar.sciencemag.org/
You can also sign up for Career Webinars:
http://webinar.sciencemag.org/all-webinars/career
These webinars intend to offer you unique perspectives on topics that directly impact your scientific career and aim to introduce you to new facets and arenas of scientific endeavor that you might not come across in your day-to-day work.
The Career Webinars are free of charge.
2016/06/07
by Christin Schröter
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Here’s a link to the website of the VBio society (a German biological society) that provides general career information for biologists:
http://www.vbio.de/informationen/ausbildung__karriere/berufs_karriere_infos/index_ger.html
The VBio page also offers an overview over salaries for biologists in different positions depending on qualifications and experience:
The GdCh – German Chemical Society provides similar information for chemists on their homepage : http://en.gdch.de/main-navi/education-career.html