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22. Jan 2025

[IAMO GS] Scientific Writing: How to successfully structure and write scientific papers (January 29 – 30 and Feb 12, 2025)

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There are free slots in a workshop organised by the IAMO Graduate School.

  • 29 – 30 January 2025 ( full day, 09.00- 17.00 IAMO, CR 1) and 12 February 2025 (half day, online)
  • Trainer: Dr. Kimberly Crow

The workshop has three goals: 

  1. Insights into how to effectively structure scientific papers and practical advice on how to develop convincing narratives for scientific publications;
  2. Input, especially aiming at non-native English speakers, on how to improve academic writing skills by highlighting typical features and composing elements commonly applied and expected by native speakers of English; 
  3. Interactive editing and feedback session, including a 1:1 mentoring session by the trainer for each participant.

The interactive training is especially recommended for doctoral researchers in the early stages of their doctorate, but it is also a motivating and beneficial refresher for more advanced doctoral researchers 😊. More info is available here. If you would like to sign up, please email  .

This IGS course particularly emphasizes writing and formulation skills for non-native English speakers.

9. Jan 2025

[BEAM] BEAM conference (March 19-21, 2025)

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The interdisciplinary research training group 2670 BEAM hosts its first conference from March 19. – 21., 2025 in Halle (Saale).

BEAM ist interested in researching molecular self-organization through non-covalent interactions going  Beyond Amphiphilicity.  BEAM aims to understand how dynamics and multiple noncovalent interaction patterns determine and affect transition processes of polyphilic molecules and materials. 

BEAM is a consortium consisting of researchers from the fields of chemistry, biochemistry, physics, and mathematics. 

We explicitly encourage early career researchers to attend. We still have a few free slots for external contributed/invited talks of 15/30min or a poster presentation with an included 2min flash talk. 

There is no conference fee.

Register today:

https://beam.uni-halle.de/conference2025/

For more information about our research and BEAM in general visit our website:

https://beam.uni-halle.de/

26. Sep 2024

[IAMO GS] Publishing Journal Articles: Strategies for Success (October 16, 2024)

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There are free slots in a workshop organised by the IAMO Graduate School.

This workshop discusses how to navigate the different steps of publishing and how to deal with the peer review process, increasing the chances of acceptance.

Course content

  • Introduction to scholarly publishing
  • How to select a target journal
  • H-index, impact factor, and other journal and article metrics
  • The peer review system: submitting, revising, and re-submitting
  • How to effectively communicate with editors and reviewers
  • Copyright and licenses
  • Ethical issues in publishing (e.g., predatory publishing, authorship disputes, plagiarism)
  • Open Access and Open Science
  • Artificial Intelligence in scholarly publishing

Methods

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14. Aug 2024

[BEAM] Experiences, careers, highs and lows of female scientists

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Over the past few months, we have been working on an “equality opportunities” booklet to inspire young girls and women to study in the STEM field. To this end, our female doctoral students, student talents and principal investigators have reported on their experiences, their careers, their highs and their lows.

Take a look at their contributions or download the whole booklet via the following link:

The booklet has been published by the research training group “BEAM (RTG 2670): Self-Organization of Soft Matter via Multiple Noncovalent Interactions”.

7. Aug 2024

[PlantBioChem] Introduction to Sirius (September 12, 2024)

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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.

Contents

Compound annotation is a bottleneck in metabolomics research, especially when we work with non-model organisms. In addition, the annotation process is very difficult for researchers with little experience in analytical chemistry, especially if the compound is not found in any spectral library. Sirius includes a bundle of annotation tools that can help increase the annotation rate of metabolomic datasets, but like any computational tool, it should be used with care.

In this course you will get an introduction to Sirius:

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10. Jun 2024

[BEAM] Scientific mini stories

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Please check the latest videos on scientific stories by doctoral students in the natural sciences. They give a brief insight into the everyday life of doctoral students.

The videos have been published by the research training group “BEAM (RTG 2670): Self-Organization of Soft Matter via Multiple Noncovalent Interactions”.

3. Jun 2024

PhD student positions available at SNP2Prot (life sciences)

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SNP2Prot is currently recruiting postdoctoral and doctoral researchers for the first 45-months funding period starting in October 2024.

SNP2Prot offers an excellent scientific environment for interested scientists of different research fields: Plant Science, Protein Science and Computer Science at contributing institutions in Germany:

  • Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale) 
  • Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB), Halle (Saale) 
  • Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben 
  • Leipzig University, Leipzig 

Each of the 17 projects of SNP2Prot is designed to combine expertise of two principal investigators (PIs) of complementary disciplines. This promising concept ensures that all candidates (PhD students and postdocs) benefit significantly from the interdisciplinary environment including scientific training in structural protein biochemistry, plant biology as well as computational science and bioinformatics and training of transferable skills. Furthermore, the unique and comprehensive mentoring is ideal to develop and actively realize individual career planning.

Take the opportunity and become part of the SNP2Prot team.

Link to the job announcements

31. May 2024

DFG approves first funding period of Integrated Research Training Group PROTEOFORuM (SFB 1664)

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The Senate of the German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved the first funding period of the integrated Research Training Group (iRTG) PROTEOFORuM, which is part of the collaborative research center SFB 1664 “Plant Proteoform Diversity”.

The major objective of SNP2Prot is to understand the translation of genome-encoded sequence variation to structural, mechanistic and functional proteoform diversity.

The SFB 1664 is an interdisciplinary collaborative research centre at
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. Partner institutions are the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IBP),  Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) and Leipzig University.

Read more at press release 072/2024 of May 31, 2024 (in German) of MLU.

About iRTG PROTEOFORuM of SFB 1664

Integrated Research Training Group  “Plant Proteoform Diversity (SFB 1664)” spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Marcel Quint, coordinator: N.N. (funding 2024-2028) (link)

16. May 2024

DFG approves new Research Training Group “Politik der Aufklärung” at MLU

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The Senate of the German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved the application for the Research Training Group (RTG) “Politik der Aufklärung (GRK 2999)”. This will provide Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg with around five million euros for the training of doctoral students until 2030. 

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11. Apr 2024

[IAMO GS] Developing Intercultural Competence for the Global Workplace (April 24-25, 2024)

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There are free slots in a workshop organised by the IAMO Graduate School.

The ability to communicate interculturally is also becoming a key competence for many career paths within and outside academia in today’s networked and globalized working world. This two-day workshop offers valuable insights for self-regulated cultural learning and enhances intercultural competence in diverse settings. Participants get equipped with essential skills and tools in cross-cultural negotiation and conflict management. 

The workshop is held by Alexia Petersen, a Canadian with multicultural background. Alexia teaches workshops on intercultural communication at the RWTH Aachen (Aachen University) and is frequently invited to teach at other universities throughout Germany and abroad.

This workshop is open to doctoral researches at all stages of their doctorates. The topic is particularly relevant for all doctoral candidates who (want to) work in an international working environment.

If you want to join, please send a short email to the coordinator, Franziska Schaft ().


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