Inspired by the celebration of the Postdoc Appreciation Week in the USA and the UK, the PAW Germany coordination team invited researchers and research institutions, postdoc coordinators and research administrators all over Germany to join in creating a special program, events and a social media campaign to honor the incredible work of postdocs! The initiative […]
Month Archive for July 2023
31. Jul 2023
Request for services and infrastructures for research data management
This survey by the Research Data Management Working Group of the IT Commission of the State of Saxony-Anhalt requests your feedback on the state of research data management in the state’s universities. With this survey, the IT Commission would like to ask about the infrastructure needs for research data management at the various institutions in […]
24. Jul 2023
Helmholtz Interdisciplinary Graduate School for Environmental Research (HIGRADE)
spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Karin Frank, coordinator: Dr. Daniel Kaping (funding since 2007) The “Helmholtz Interdisciplinary GRADuate School for Environmental Research (HIGRADE)” provides a coherent framework for qualifying new generations of internationally competitive doctoral researchers in the field of environmental science. The aim is to prepare doctoral researchers at the UFZ for careers in a range of environmental fields, […]
24. Jul 2023
International Max Planck Research School for Science and Technology of Nano-Systems (IMPRS-STNS)
spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Stuart Parkin, coordinator: Dr. Ann-Kristin Flieger, Michael Strauch (funding 2017-2028) About the doctoral program The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) exploits the successful research network between the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics and the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and the Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and […]
24. Jul 2023
Research Training Group: Communication and Dynamics of Plant Cell Compartments (GRK 2498)
spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Ingo Heilmann, coordinator: Dr. Julia Grimmer (funding 2019-2028) About the doctoral program The chosen scientific focus centers on the dynamics and communication of plant cell compartments, such as plastids and nuclei, which are key factors defining the properties of plant cells. The unifying research hypothesis of this RTG is that the control of […]
24. Jul 2023
Research Training Group: Intrinsically Disordered Proteins – Molecular Principles, Cellular Functions, and Diseases (GRK 2467)
spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Andrea Sinz, coordinators: Janett Köppen, Claudia Spielmann (funding 2019-2028) About the doctoral program Approximately 40% of amino acid sequences in higher eukaryotes are predicted to be intrinsically disordered (intrinsically disordered proteins, IDPs and intrinsically disordered regions, IDRs) lacking defined structural elements. Many of these flexible proteins and protein regions remain understudied. This […]
24. Jul 2023
Structured doctoral program “Leibniz Research School PlantBioChem”
spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Steffen Abel (IPB), coordinator: Dr. Antje Hellmuth All academic departments and independent research groups at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB) regularly offer opportunities for pursuing exciting dissertation research toward a doctoral degree on ambitious and modern topics of plant-related biochemistry and natural products chemistry. The excellent research infrastructure at the IPB, its state-of-the-art […]
24. Jul 2023
yDiv – Graduate School and Postdoc Programme of iDiv
spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Robert Paxton, coordinator: Dr. Nicole Sachmerda-Schulz (funding 2012-2024) Biodiversity refers to the diversity of life – not only species diversity but also genetic diversity, diversity of functions, interactions and ecosystems. Human actions dramatically change this diversity: species become extinct, genetic information and entire ecosystems are lost. At the same time, we know […]
24. Jul 2023
Research Training Group “Subject-Specific Learning and Interaction in Elementary School” (GRK 2731)
spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Georg Breidenstein, coordinator: Dr. Johanna Leicht (funding 2022-2026) About the doctoral program The work of the Graduate School focuses on investigating the social practice of elementary school teaching and the question of the qualities of subject-specific learning. The Graduate School’s research approach is different in that it systematically links different traditions of […]
24. Jul 2023
IMPRS “Global Multiplicity: A Social Anthropology for the Now”
spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Ursula Rao, coordinator: Dr. Patrick Desplat (funding 2023-2029) The topics of the research school respond to the current challenges faced by people around the world: climate change, environmental destruction, and species extinction; health crises; social inequality and the legacies of colonial rule; geopolitical tensions, nationalism, wars and civil wars. The vehemence and […]