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31. Jan 2024

New statutes on the principles for safeguarding good scientific practice at MLU

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MLU has recently released the new statutes on good scientific practice (in German). Every researcher at MLU has to comply with the rules of good scientific practice.

Satzung über die Grundsätze zur Sicherung guter wissenschaftlicher Praxis und über den Umgang mit Vorwürfen wissenschaftlichen Fehlverhaltens an der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

Amtsblatt 34. Jahrgang, Nr. 1 vom 16. Januar 2024, S. 1

13. Dec 2023

Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year 2024

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Dear doctoral students and postdocs,

we would like to thank you for continuing efforts during your research studies at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in 2023.
Your research results contribute to the good scientific reputation of our university in Germany and world-wide. Please find some examples of research of doctoral students in the doctoral student’s profiles.

Many thanks for your contributions and questions in our survey on supervision. With the help of your questions we were able to shape the interview guidelines. We asked four supervisors about their perspective and experiences in the supervision of doctoral students. Please find the interviews and the results of the survey at “What supervisors want”.

We wish you a Merry Christmas, a joyful Holiday Season and all the best for the New Year 2024.

The InGrA team

PS: Please check the upcoming InGrA-workshops in 2024 and our recently released guides4docs@MLU.

8. Dec 2023

What supervisors want / Was Betreuende erwarten

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The relationship between doctoral researchers and their supervisors influences the pathway and success of a doctoral project and is a crucial factor for the start of an academic career (Ives & Rowley 2007). It is thus all the more important that both parties deal with the perspective, expectations and needs of the other side.

With the project “What supervisors want” InGrA sheds some light on the relationship between supervisors and their doctoral students. The project was carried out in 2023.

The project consists of the following parts:

  • Introduction to the project
  • Results of the online survey of doctoral students on supervision
  • Portraits of interview participants
  • Interviews with supervisors (in German)
    • Prof. Dr. Daniel Wefers (Food Chemistry)
    • Prof. Dr. Jenny Haase (Spanish and American Literature and Culture), 
    • Prof. Dr. Ingo Heilmann (Plant Biochemistry) 
    • Prof. Dr. Konstanze Senge (Economic and Organisational Sociology).
  • Interview: main take-aways (in English)

To provide information and guidance for doctoral students we have approached supervisors in four departments at MLU. In semi-structured interviews we asked them about their perspective and experiences in the supervision of doctoral students. This was preceded by an online survey in which doctoral researchers had the opportunity to ask their questions and thus helped to shape the interview guidelines. Enjoy the reading. Hopefully, we can broaden your perspective on doctoral supervision and What supervisors want.

More at the website What supervisors want

30. Nov 2023

Thermal impact of underground car parks heat up groundwater but could serve as a heat source for households

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Here you find the doctoral student’s profile of Maximilian Noethen. He published results of his doctoral studies at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and shared the research more widely with a press release.

About the author:

M. Noethen in the “lab”.
  • Maximilian Noethen ORCID, ResearchGate
  • Research areas: Subsurface warming, Geothermal energy, Groundwater quality
  • Applied Geology Group, Institute of Geosciences and Geography, MLU

Fields of expertise during doctoral studies:

  • Anthropogenic warming of the subsurface
  • Geothermal applications on shallow groundwater resources
  • Impact of thermal pollution on groundwater quality
[ Read On … ]

10. Nov 2023

[PlantBioChem] NMR in Depth (Nov/Dec 2023)

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There are free slots for the following Doctoral Training Course (DoCou) organised by Leibniz Research School PlantBioChem at Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB) Halle.

  • title: NMR in Depth
  • Session 1: Friday, 17.11.2023, 13:00-15:00
    Kurt-Mothes Lecture Hall at IPB
  • Session 2: Friday, 24.11.2023, 13:00-15:00
    Kurt-Mothes Lecture Hall at IPB
  • Session 3: Friday, 8.12.2023, 13:00-15:00
    Kurt-Mothes Lecture Hall at IPB
  • Session 4: Friday, 15.12.2023, 13:30-15:30
    Benno-Parthier Seminar Room at IPB
  • with Dr. Pauline Stark (Dept. NWC, IPB)
  • Information & registration: https://eveeno.com/nmr2023

While the DoCous are primarily tailored to train doctoral researchers, also postdocs, undergraduate students and technical staff are very welcome to attend, capacity permitting. In case of questions, you can contact 

8. Nov 2023

Second funding period of two Research Training Groups approved

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Congratulations! The German Research Foundation (DFG) is once again funding two Research Training Groups (RTGs) at MLU with around four million euros each. This will enable the successful training of doctoral students in the fields of plant research and protein research to be continued and expanded.

The Research Training Group “Communication and Dynamics of Plant Cell Compartments (GRK 2498)” is investigating the question of how plants produce their special ingredients and valuable substances.

The Research Training Group “Intrinsically Disordered Proteins – Molecular Principles, Cellular Functions, and Diseases (GRK 2467)” is investigating a special class of proteins that is also responsible for many serious diseases.

Read more at press release 140/2023 on November 8, 2023 (in German).

6. Nov 2023

Stipends for doctoral students from the Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt 2024

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Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) biannually provides funding for scholarships. The funding comes from the Ministry of Science, Energy, Climate Protection and Environment of the State of Saxony-Anhalt. Start of the funding for this call is in the summer semester in April 2024.

  • Announcement of graduate scholarships for doctoral candidates according to the Graduate Promotion Act of the State of Saxony-Anhalt (in German):

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible applicants are those who

  • have demonstrated a special aptitude for academic work through well above-average study and examination results,
  • have completed a university degree,
  • is preparing for a doctorate at MLU,
  • presents a scientific project that is expected to make an important contribution to research, and
  • is supervised by a (non-retired) university lecturer at MLU.

The scholarship can be applied for every semester. As a rule, it is granted for a period of three years.

Application via faculties

[ Read On … ]

13. Oct 2023

[MLU] Agreement of cooperation for the support of early-career scientists in Saxony-Anhalt

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Both universities and the four Universities of Applied Sciences (HAW) in Saxony-Anhalt have signed a cooperation agreement. The main goal of this cooperation is to strengthen the collaboration for the qualification of scientists in the early career phase in Saxony-Anhalt.

Minister A. Willingmann and the rectors of OVGU, HS Harz, MLU, HS Magdeburg-Stendal, HS Anhalt and HS Merseburg after signing the agreement of cooperation.

First, HAW and universities agree to consider doctoral candidates in qualification formats such as workshops or information events. Secondly, experiences and best practice examples for the promotion of early-career researchers will be exchanged between the graduate academies and HAW.

Further information by press release of HS Anhalt (in German).

9. Oct 2023

Policy paper on refugees: Community shelters violate human rights

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Here you find the doctoral student’s profile of Jakob Junghans. He published results of his doctoral studies at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and shared the research more widely with a press release.

About the author:

J. Junghans in the “lab”.

Field(s) of expertise during doctoral studies:

  • German and European Asylum law
  • Access to law, Rule of law
  • Push-Backs
  • Doctoral thesis: The relationship between political and juridical control in migration law using the example of push-backs
[ Read On … ]

9. Oct 2023

Pharmacy: Using starch as a novel drug carrier?

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Here you find the doctoral student’s profile of Golbarg Esfahani. She published results of her doctoral studies at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and shared the research more widely with a press release.

About the author:

G. Esfahani in the “lab”.

Field(s) of expertise during doctoral studies:

  • Characterisation of solid implants produced by hot melt extrusion
  • Investigation of involved release mechanisms using Electron Paramagnetic Resonance and NMR relaxometry
  • Evaluation of drug-polymer interactions using spectrometry techniques including NMR and IR
  • Investigation of in vivo release mechanisms and the fate of the implant in vivo using Optical Imaging techniques
[ Read On … ]

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