2015/10/29
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Career Impulse Session with Dr. Anna Cypionka, 30 November 2015

We are happy to invite you to a Career Impulse Session with Dr. Anna Cypionka (GGNB alumna) from the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB).

Date: Monday, 30 November 2015, 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

PTB, the German National Metrology Institute, is one of 46 federal research institutes in Germany.

The mission of the federal research institutes goes far beyond basic research: they bridge the gap between science and society and provide advice and support based on scientific evidence to the German government. Consequently, job profiles for scientists at these agencies are more variable than at other research institutes.

Dr. Anna Cypionka will talk about her experience as a project manager for international projects at the Technical Cooperation Department of PTB and as an advisor to PTB’s President.

During her PhD, she was member of the GGNB doctoral program / International Max Planck Research School “Physics of Biological and Complex Systems” and worked under the supervision of Professor Reinhard Jahn and Professor Jomo Walla on SNARE-mediated membrane fusion.

For organizational reasons, please write me an email (ggnb-career@gwdg.de), if you consider taking part. Thanks! However, taking part spontaneously is also possible. Continue Reading →

2015/10/22
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Career Impulse Session “From Researcher to Founder – Experience Report and Services on Campus”, 16 November 2015

We are happy to invite to a career impulse session with Stephan Ferneding – Chief Executive Officer of Accurion GmbH and Martin Stammann of the start-up encouragement of the University Göttingen.

Date: Monday, 16. November 2015, 17:30 – 19:00 o’clock
Place: GZMB building, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, seminar room 0.232
Duration: 90 minutes

Do you see a promising opportunity for founding your own company in your research? Would you like to work on your own ideas? Do you want to get to know what comes along with founding a business? Then join this session!

Martin Stammann is working for the start-up encouragement of the University Göttingen and will give an overview on how the university could support researchers or students at the Göttingen Campus who have a good idea and think about founding a company.

Stephan Ferneding, CEO and founder of Accurion GmbH, will talk about the history of his company as well as his ups and downs as founder. Accurion is a Göttingen-based high-tech company that provides instrumentation in the field of surface analysis and active vibration isolation.

At the end there will be time for questions in an informal atmosphere.

For organizational reasons, please write an email Dr. Katrin Wodzicki (ggnb-career@gwdg.de) until 5 November 2015, if you consider taking part. Thanks! However, taking part spontaneously is also possible.

2015/10/22
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Veranstaltungsreihe “How to start-up” (in German), November/December 2015

The start-up encouragement of the University Göttingen is offering a series of talks and workshops (in German) on founding one’s own business. Talks always take place on a Thursday, workshops on a Tuesday, both between 18-20 o’clock plus opportunity for networking afterwards.

The start of the series with the first talk will be on the 5th of November 2015. Registration is recommended, but not necessary.

For more information have a look on this webpage: http://www.how-to-start-up.de/

2015/10/21
by Katrin Wodzicki
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CANCELLED – Talk “€xternal Funding: De-Mystifying Grant Applications”, 29 October 2015

— CANCELLED because of illness —

The MPIbpc Office for Research Funding invites to a talk on grant applications. For further questions please contact Dr. Ulrike Gerischer, the organizer of this talk.

Date: Thursday, 29 October 2015, 14:00–15:30
Place: Large Seminar Room, MPIbpc

More information:

2015/10/16
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Information Event on the University’s Position Paper on Academic Careers, 21 October 2015

Next Wednesday, an information event on the University’s position paper “Perspektiven für Karrierewege in der Wissenschaft” will take place, targeting employees, postdocs and PhD students of the Georg-August-University Göttingen. It will be in German. However, I’m convinced that questions in English are possible, if you feel more comfortable therewith.

Date: Wednesday, 21 October 2015, 12:15-14:00 o’clock

Place: ZHG, Hörsaal 103

Here more information about the “Informationsveranstaltung für Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter, Promovierende und Postdocs“:

2015/10/15
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Workshop “Job Hunting and Application Skills”, 14-15 December 2015

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

Date: Monday, 14 December 2015, 13:00-18:00 & Tuesday, 15 December 2015, 9:00-16:00
Place: GZMB building, seminar room -1.105
Trainer: Barbara Hoffbauer
Duration: 1,5 days

Registration: Email an Dr. Katrin Wodzicki (ggnb-career@gwdg.de)

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

Subsequent to the workshop, it is possible to get a CV check from the trainer.

A retrospective view on the first workshop of this kind is available here.

2015/10/02
by Katrin Wodzicki
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3rd CMPB Symposium Encephalon, 3 November 2015

The invitation of the organization team:

Dear All,

We are delighted to invite you to the 3^rd biennial CMPB Symposium Encephalon, that will be held on Tuesday, 03. November 2015 at the Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine in Göttingen, Germany.

Encephalon 2015 is organized by the graduate students of the Cluster of Excellence in Nanoscale Microscopy and Molecular Physiology of the Brain (CNMPB) and aims to bring together young researchers and leading scientists with research interests within the CMPB consortium.

This event includes a line-up of internationally renowned speakers ih the fields of synaptic transmission and plasticity, neural circuits and neurodegenrative diseases.

Subsequent to the Encephalon Symposium a Brain Clearing Imaging Mini-Symposium is scheduled for Wednesday, 04. November 2015 (venue to be confirmed).

For details on the invited speakers, program and registration for both events please visit the website: http://encephalon.uni-goettingen.de and refer to the poster below.

We are looking forward to meeting you at Encephalon 2015.
The Encephalon Organization Team
(encephalon@uni-goettingen.de)

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