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.

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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2016/08/02
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Two Half-Day Workshops “Science Management – a career option for me?” (in German), 22 September and 25 October

<— Both workshops are already overbooked — We will organize an additional information event on the topic for everyone interested. Further information will be posted on the blog. —>

These workshops are a special offer organized in cooperation with Dr. Vera Bissinger, Central Coordination Mentoring on Göttingen Campus, Dr. Bettina Ross, GGG, and Dr. Sabine Heerwart, GSGG. As it deals with science management in Germany, and for science management in Germany good to very good German skills are required, the workshop will be in German.

Ankündigung des Workshops “Wissenschaftsmanagement – Ist das was für mich?”

Wir freuen uns, zwei Workshops “Wissenschaftsmanagement – Ist das was für mich?” ankündigen zu können.

Zielgruppe: Promovierende und Postdoktoranden des Göttingen Campus.

Datum des 1. Workshops: Donnerstag, 22. September 2016, 9:00-13:30 Uhr
Dauer: 4 Stunden
Trainerinnen: Dr. Vera Bissinger (Zentrale Koordination Mentoring) und Dr. Sabine Heerwart (GSGG)
Ort: Von-Siebold-Str. 4, Seminarraum (1. Stock)

Datum des 2. Workshops: Dienstag, 25. Oktober 2016, 13:00-17:00 Uhr
Dauer: 4 Stunden
Trainerinnen: Dr. Katrin Wodzicki (GGNB Career Service) und Dr. Bettina Ross (GGG)
Ort: Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, Seminarraum 0.232

Anmeldung: http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/521128.html

Details zum Inhalt: Continue Reading →

2016/07/29
by Christin Schröter
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Case Study Challenge – Center for Strategic Projects of Deutsche Telekom

The Center for Strategic Projects (CSP) – In-house Consulting of the Deutsche Telekom – invites you and three other team members to participate in a two-day Case Study Challenge in Bonn.
You are asked to demonstrate your analytical, strategic and communicative competencies and convince the jury of your ideas.

You will gain exciting insights into the world of digital communication and the work as an in-house consultant. Furthermore, you can win prizes like wildcards for an internship as in-house consultant or 2,000€ prize money for the winning idea.

Submit your team application (interdisciplinary teams welcome) via email to leave-your-mark@telekom.de until 31 August 2016:

Introduction of your team, including names and CVs of all team members
a good explanation why you (and no other candidate) should be invited
your contact data

Hotel accommodation and travel reimbursement of up to 150€ will be provided by the organizers.

For more information click here.

2016/07/28
by Katrin Wodzicki
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ESOF 2016: Some Insights from the Career Programme

I’m just back from the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) 2016 in Manchester where I participated as speaker in the career programme. This session on engaging supervisors in career development as well as another session on what does industry wants from you had been organized by the CARE group. This group is composed of Career Advisers supporting Researchers in Europe.

Insights from these sessions posted on Twitter had been compiled by my colleague Barbara Janssens (DKFZ, Heidelberg). Moreover, Elisabeth Pain wrote an article about the first session on ScienceMag.org.

These are some messages from participants of our sessions:

It’s not easy for PIs to give feedback to PhD students or postdocs on their academic potential, if they believe it is rather low.
Your mentor does not necessarily need to be your PI. Get an independent opinion on your career achievements and prospects.
Look for a new PI, if you are not satisfied with your current one, especially if you are a postdoc.
Companies are not compromising on personal and social competences, whereas they often do on other criteria like factual and expert knowledge.
It’s important to provide evidence for your personal and social skills by giving examples.
70-90 percent of jobs are filled via individual networks, the rest via open job announcements.
When applying, present yourself as the solution to the company’s problem.

If you would like to hear more about these messages and what was discussed in this regard, do not hesitate to contact me!

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