2015/04/23
by Katrin Wodzicki
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The MPIbpc Office for Research Funding invites to a talk about “Research Funding by the Volkswagen Foundation” given by Dr. Oliver Grewe from the Funding Team of the Foundation. The talk will take place Wednesday, 6 May 2015, 14 o’clock at the MPIbpc in the Large Seminar Room. More details you find below.
If you would like to meet Dr. Grewe in an individual meeting after the talk, please contact Dr. Ulrike Gerischer, the organizer of this talk.
2015/04/21
by Katrin Wodzicki
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We are happy to invite to the next workshop on “Grant Writing“ with Dr. Christina Schütte.
Workshop dates: Wednesday, 17 June 2015, and Thursday, 18 June 2015, 10:00-18:00 o’clock, respectively
Place: GZMB building, seminar room 0.233
Trainer: Dr. Christina Schütte
Duration: 2 days
Registration: via email to Dr. Katrin Wodzicki (ggnb-career@gwdg.de)
The aim of this course is to familiarize participants with the strategies for writing successful grant applications to various funding bodies (BMBF, DFG). The corresponding funding principles will be exemplified in exercises for preparing work plans and writing abstracts for grant applications.
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Requirements for participation:
The course is aimed at postdocs and late-stage PhD students in the natural and life sciences who are currently preparing or will recently prepare a grant application.
Participants will be asked to prepare a short “mini-grant application” (4 pages + scientific CV) as pre-work for the course until about one week before the workshop – please take this into consideration when planning participation in this course.
These mini-grant applications will be evaluated by other participants individually before the course and in an evaluation session within the course. Each participant will also evaluate 3-4 proposals by others in the 4-5 days before course start. This will provide extensive feedback for all participants on their applications, but most importantly, will provide a clear impression of the situation and the view of potential evaluators.
About 4 weeks before the workshop, you will get more detailed information about the “mini-grant application”.
2015/04/21
by Katrin Wodzicki
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We are happy to announce a few free slots for postdoctoral researchers in the GGNB workshop “Writing Scientific Publications” with Dr. Christina Schütte.
Workshop dates: Monday, 15 June 2015, 14:00-18:00 o’clock and Tuesday, 16 June 2015, 10:00-18:00 o’clock, and Tuesday, 1 September 2015, 10:00-18:00 o’clock
Place: GZMB building, seminar room 0.232
Trainer: Dr. Christina Schütte
Duration: 1,5 + 1 days
Registration: via email to Dr. Katrin Wodzicki (ggnb-career@gwdg.de)
Contents:
This 2.5-day workshop is designed to give participants an overview on producing a scientific publication, including intensive exercises which are based on based on the own results of the participants. To assure this, participants will be asked to prepare a figure and figure legend a short text describing the figure in preparation to the workshop. The workshop includes a theoretical introduction into the structure of scientific publication and principles of writing readable texts in English, which is enhanced and consolidated by the personal writing experience in exercises and by individual feedback. In addition, strategies for paper writing will be introduced and practiced. Continue Reading →
2015/04/09
by Katrin Wodzicki
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The next DKFZ Career Day will take place on 8th May 2015 in Heidelberg. The Career Day focuses this time on careers in publishing. Again speakers from different work fields in relation to publishing are invited and will talk about their careers. If you are interested in a career in publishing, a journey to Heidelberg might be worth while.
The detailed program is available here. Registration is possible here.
2015/04/08
by Katrin Wodzicki
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The obvious way is to look for announced positions on online job boards. So you can get an idea about which company offers which kind of jobs at the moment.
However, there might be other companies, too. For example, there are medium and small-size companies which has not the money to advertise on big job boards or prefer other channels for advertising such as regional newspapers. Or some companies might be interesting, but are not offering jobs at the moment. To find out about potential employers not easily to find, it is worth to look for portals on which companies are introduced for different reasons.
For example, some portals provide regional information about existing companies to give insight in the industry of specific region or in specific sectors. For example, you can find information about the TOP 100 companies in Lower Saxony on the web.
Moreover, there are existing a lot of regional networks. For example, in the field of biotechnology, there exists the association BIO Deutschland, a roof of regional networks of companies and institutions working in the biotechnology or life sciences sector, too. Those regional networks offer different services, including for example networking events. The list of members of this association includes a couple of companies and institutions which might be potential employers for you, too. You may find those networks for other branches, too.
Another example is the German Life Science Association (Deutsch: Biologie, Biowissenschaften und Biomedizin (VBIO e.V.)) which is a roof for different societies in the life sciences as well as individual members. Becoming individual member includes, among others, getting their member magazine as well as access to counseling regarding further education and career. The association is also offering workshops and “schools” for junior researchers.
Finally, career and trade fairs are worth a visit for getting ideas about potential employers. Some career and trade fair in 2015 you can find in another post on this blog.
2015/04/08
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Am 22. und 23. April 2015 finden die alljährlichen Deutschen Biotechnologietage, diesmal in Köln, statt. Unterstützt wird die Veranstaltung in jedem Jahr von einem regionalen Netzwerkpartner, in diesem Jahr BIO.NRW, sowie dem Arbeitskreis der BioRegionen und mit Unterstützung des BMBF. Es gibt einen reduzierten Teilnehmerbeitrag für Studierende und wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter.
Auf den Seiten des Verbandes BIO Deutschland findet sich u.a. ein Überblick über die verschiedenen regionalen Netzwerke im Bereich Biotechnologie und Life Sciences sowie über die Mitglieder im Verband BIO Deutschland – u.a. Unternehmen der Biotechnologiebranche. Beides interessante Quellen zur Recherche potentieller Arbeitgeber sowie potentieller Netzwerkveranstaltungen.
2015/03/25
by Katrin Wodzicki
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We are happy to announce the workshop “Managing Yourself – Tools for Professional and Personal Success” with Dr. Silke Oehrlein-Karpi.
Workshop date: Tuesday, 26 May 2015, 9:00-17:30 o’clock
Place: GZMB building, seminar room 0.232
Trainer: Dr. Silke Oehrlein-Karpi
Duration: 1 day
Registration: http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/192407.html
Content:
Faced with a challenging work life, many people simply cope. But “making the best of it” seldom allows us to really do our best. Effective self-management is essential for postdoctoral researchers who have to perform outstandingly at their job and simultaneously want to find a healthy balance between work and personal life. It is also the foundation of setting and achieving valuable, fulfilling goals. This workshop is for postdoctoral researchers who understand that their own self-management serves their own success, stability and well-being at the same time.
In this workshop, you will
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