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2017/03/24
by Christin Schröter
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Workshop “Exploring the Unknown – The Company World”, 25 April and 12 May 2017

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

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: Tuesday, 25 April 2017 (9:30-17:00 h) and Friday, 12 May 2017 (12:30-16:30 h)
Duration: 1 + 0.5 days
Place: GZMB building, seminar room 0.233
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.

2017/03/22
by Christin Schröter
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Career Impulse Session (5 May 2017) with Alexander Brinkmann

We are happy to invite you to another Career Impulse Session titled “Working IN and WITH Intellectual Property (Management)” with Dr. Alexander Brinkmann.

Date: Friday, 5 May 2017
Time: 14-16h
Location: GZMB building, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, seminar room 0.232 (ground floor)

After the talk, Alexander Brinkmann will take some time to answer your individual questions and you will have a platform for interactive and informal exchange about career-related topics.

For organizational reasons we would be grateful if you could write a short email to ggnb-career@gwdg.de if you plan to attend.

Information about the speaker:

Dr. Alexander Brinkmann studied Physics at the University of Göttingen.

During his work as a PhD researcher at the Institute for Neurophysiology and Cellular Biophysics he performed research in the field of neuroscience and developed a fast confocal line-scanning microscope.

In 2015 he finished an additional training regarding intellectual property at the Beuth University of Applied Sciences. Since 2016 Alexander works as a Patent Manager at the MBM ScienceBridge GmbH and is for example responsible for evaluating and exploiting the commercial potential of new inventions. The MBM ScienceBridge GmbH acts as technology transfer office for several universities and research institutions in Göttingen and Lower Saxony.

During the Career Impulse Session, Alexander will talk about working in the intellectual property sector as well as about making use of intellectual property as a scientist and inventor.

2017/03/02
by Christin Schröter
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BioBusiness Summer School, 26-30 June 2017, Amsterdam

The BioBusiness Summer School offers PhD students and Postdocs with a background in Life Sciences who are considering a career outside of academia the chance to support their career orientation in industry and to increase their understanding of business aspects of Life Sciences

The intensive five-day programme will deal with business subjects such as product development, intellectual property rights, business models, entrepreneurship and finance.

Dates: 26-30 June 2017
Location: Amsterdam & Leiden/ Netherlands

Places are limited. If you register before 17 April 2017 you can take advantage of the early-bird fee (965€ including VAT). The regular fee is 1.115€ (including VAT). The deadline for application is 1 June 2017.

Course objectives are:

  • Learn about the main business topics in Life Sciences.
  • Explore the international field of Life Sciences industry.
  • Meet experts and business leaders.
  • Gain insight in your own capabilities and profile

2017/03/01
by Christin Schröter
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Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme (short-term) in Japan

The purpose of this programme is to provide opportunities to young pre- and postdoctoral researchers from the US, Canada and Europe to conduct, under the guidance of their hosts, cooperative research with leading research groups in Japanese universities and other institutions:

www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-fellow/postdoctoral_short.html

www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-oubei-s/index.html

There are three ways to apply for a fellowship in Japan:

  1. DAAD: JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme (short-term)
  • For PhDs and Postdocs
  • Duration: up to 6 months
  • start of stipend between October an December 2017
  • deadline for applications: 30 April 2017
  • further information
  1. Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung:
  1. Application directly through the host JSPS Tokyo

 

2017/02/28
by Christin Schröter
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PEP Entrepreneurship Excursion for Young Researchers from MPIs, 29-30 March 2017

The PEP programme is offering another great excursion for potential founders, PhD students and Postdocs of the MPIs, the Helmholtz Gemeinschaft and related institutes in Göttingen.

The two-day excursion offers the opportunity to gain exclusive insight into innovative and successful businesses from the area with company tours and the chance to talk to founders and CEOs.

On 29 March 2017 the tour will take you to companies in and around Hanover, for example the Cultex Laboratories GmbH and the PEAT GmbH – Progressive Environmental & Agricultural Technologies.

On 30 March 2017 you will  visit companies in and around Kassel, like the Dedrone GmbH.

For more information on the excursion and how to sign up for it click here to download the flyer.

2017/02/24
by Christin Schröter
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Workshop “Job Hunting and Application Skills”, 27-28 March 2017

We are happy to announce the next workshop on “Job Hunting and Application Skills – Natural and Life Sciences”.

Target group: Junior researchers who are currently applying or plan to apply soon to positions in Industry or other areas outside academic research.

Goal: Getting to know all the steps of the application process.

Dates: Monday, 27 March 2017 (12-17 h) & Tuesday, 28 March 2017 (9-16 h)
Place: GZMB building, seminar room 0.232 (ground floor)
Trainer: Dr. Gaby Schilling
Duration: 1,5 days

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:

The workshop deals with how to write a professional application. Participants will learn about the requirements regarding form and content of CVs and the respective differences between academia and industry. They will reflect about how to convey their strengths and motivation in response to a job advertisement, but also how to approach speculative applications. Moreover, participants will train their self-presentation skills in the job hunting process, including self-presentation on career fairs, conferences and interviews. The workshop will include various training sessions, partly accompanied by video recording for a follow-up analysis.

Testimonials:

“The workshop was very informative and dynamic. It helped me to realize my most positive characteristics and feel confident about my future career possibilities.” (Postdoc at GZMB)

“Make the most of this wonderful experience. Learn and improve yourself with the content of the workshop. It’s an eye opener.” (Postdoc in Molecular Biology)

2017/02/21
by Christin Schröter
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Two Half-Day Workshops “Science Management – a career option for me?” (in German), 6 April and 8 June 2017

These workshops are a special cooperation of various science managers on Göttingen campus: Dr. Anna Beck (Faculty of Humanities), Dr. Vera Bissinger (Central Coordination Mentoring), Dr. Sabine Heerwart (Graduate School of Humanities Göttingen), Christina Höhmann (Teaching and Learning Quality Management), Dr. Britta Korkowsky (Göttingen Graduate School of Social Sciences), Dr. Katrin Wodzicki (Teamleitung Akademische Personalentwicklung), Dr. Maren Zempel-Gino (Research Department)

Target group: PhD students and Postdocs on Göttingen Campus

For more information click here.

Workshop I:

Date: Thursday, 6 April 2017, 13:00-17:00 h
Location: Großer Seminarraum, Tagungszentrum an der Sternwarte, Geismar Landstr. 11, 37083 Göttingen

–The course is already fully booked!–

Workshop II:

Date: Thursday, 8 June 2017, 9:00-13:00 h
Location: Konferenzraum der GSGG, Friedländer Weg 2, 37085 Göttingen

–The course is already fully booked!–

As the workshops deal with Science Management in Germany, and Science Managers in Germany need to have good to very good German skills, the workshop will be held in German!

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