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4. Apr 2023

[IPK] Plant Science Student Conference (PSSC) (July 3-4, 2023)

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The Plant Science Student Conference (PSSC) will take place from July 3rd to July 4th 2023 at the Leibniz Institute for Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) in Gatersleben, Saxony-Anhalt.

The conference will comprise two days full of fascinating talks, workshops and social activities. The scientific program will be enriched by the participation of keynote speakers, who will not only introduce you into various fields of scientific research but also into science communication and some basic social skills, we all need for our scientific work.

In addition to PhD students from the IPK Gatersleben and the IPB Halle, PhD students from the CEPLAS program and (after April 3rd) all throughout Germany are invited to take part in the conference. As this is a PhD student conference, first year students who do not yet have final results are also invited to present their topic and introduce into the planned approaches of their research. Other PhD students may have valuable suggestions for you!

Program, registration and further information at:

https://meetings.ipk-gatersleben.de/pssc-2023/

22. Mar 2023

Second funding period of International Max Planck Research School approved

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After a successful first period, the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) at the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics has been positively evaluated and extended for another six years. The IMPRS for Science and Technology of Nano-Systems (IMPRS-STNS) supports up to 35 Ph.D. students in the field of novel atomically engineered materials for nano-systems.

IMPRS-STNS exploits the successful research network between the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and the Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS, Halle, 

Read more at press release of January 12, 2023 of the MPI of Microstructure Physics.

About IMPRS-STNS

“International Max Planck Research School for Science and Technology of Nano-Systems (IMPRS-STNS)” spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Stuart Parkin, coordinator: Michael Strauch (funding 2017-2028) (link)

1. Mar 2023

[yDiv] iDiv Summer School 2023 (September 4-8, 2023)

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You can register to the iDiv Summer School 2023 “Integrating ecological and economic theory for modeling biodiversity change”, 4 to 8 September 2023, in Leipzig, Germany! This iDiv Summer School is led by Ulrich Brose and Martin Quaas.

During the five summer school days, participants will learn strategies to run models of complex ecological networks and economic models of how people behave in resource harvesting.

For more information and the link for application, please visit www.idiv.de/summerschool.

The summer school is aimed at early career scientists (3rd year doctoral researchers & early postdocs) from around the world with an overall interest in ecological and economic modelling. Participants from regions often underrepresented in science can apply for funding. 

Deadline for applications is 30 April 2023.

24. Feb 2023

[PlantBioChem] update: free slots in workshops (March/May 2023)

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There are free slots in workshops organised by Leibniz Research School PlantBioChem at Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB) Halle.

  • Fri, Mar 17, 2023, 13:00-16:00 (Kurt-Mothes Lecture Hall at IPB Halle)
    Introduction and Common Questions in Quantitative PCR (qPCR)
    with Dr. Selma Gago Zachert (MLU)
  • Thu, May 11, 2023, 13:00-17:00 and Fri, May 12, 2023, 08:30-12:30 (Kurt-Mothes Lecture Hall at IPB Halle)
    Fiji / Image J Workshop – only one or two free slots
    with Dr. Martin Schattat, Dr. Birgit Möller, Dr. Danny Misiak, Dr. Markus Glass (MLU)

13. Feb 2023

[PlantBioChem] free slots in workshops (March 2023)

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There are free slots in workshops organised by Leibniz Research School PlantBioChem at Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB) Halle.

  • Introduction to Golden Gate Cloning
    Fri, 03.03.2023, 13:00-15:00 (Kurt-Mothes Lecture Hall at IPB Halle)
    with Dr. Tom Schreiber (IPB, Dept. SZB)
  • Introduction to CRISPR – Lecture
    Fri, 10.03.2023, 13:00-15:00 (Kurt-Mothes Lecture Hall at IPB Halle)
    with Dr. Tom Schreiber (IPB, Dept. SZB)
    Information & registration

3. Feb 2023

[IAMO GS] What is next: career planning after PhD (March 8-9, 2023)

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

This training gives advanced doctoral researchers and also postdocs insights into the structure of career paths in academia, in public service outside academia and in the private sector – with a focus on the German labor market. It supports participants in giving sufficient thought to when and on what basisthey should decide for or against a career in science. Participants will also become aware of their personal interests, values and competences and how this knowledge can be used to find the appropriate jobs.
More info is available here.

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3. Feb 2023

[yDiv] The power of saying no (February 17, 2023 | online)

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There are free slots in the following workshop organised by yDiv the graduate school of the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig.

When everything feels like an opportunity, a priority, or an obligation, how do we say no? The truth is we cannot start saying no until we get clear on why we keep saying yes to everything.

In the webinar “The power of saying no” with lecturer Desiree Dickerson on 17 February, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm, you will explore:

  • why we tend to say yes (people-pleasing, scarcity and uncertainty, perceived opportunities, regret minimisation, emotion, obligation, the path of least resistance)
  • the impacts of saying yes to everything: time poverty, exhaustion, loss of self and loss of joy for what we do
  • why we need to start saying no
  • how to start saying no (clear boundaries and priorities, with confidence and without guilt)

You can register here by 13 February. You are welcome to forward this link to interested colleagues. 

The webinar takes places within the yDiv event series ‘mental well-being in academia’.

25. Jan 2023

[IMPRS] Workshop on presentation skills (February 6/7 or 8/9, 2023)

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The International Max Planck Research School for Science and Technology of Nano-Systems (IMPRS-STNS) has a few vacant seats in the following two workshops on the same topics.

  • “Presentation Skills” 
  • Date: February 6/7 or February 8/9, 2023
  • target group: doctoral students and postdocs
  • Detailed information on the IMPRS website
  • Please register by sending an email to Michael Strauch until January 27, 2023.

20. Jan 2023

[WCGE] upcoming workshops SoSe2023

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The doctoral program “Ethics and Responsible Leadership in Business” offers the following workshops to doctoral students at MLU

THE RISE OF VICTIMHOOD CULTURE (April 27-28, 2023) by Prof. Dr. Ingo Pies, MLU

CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE: HOW TO NAVIGATE AND LEARN IN POLARIZED DEBATES (April 17 and May 4, 2023) by Prof. Dr. Markus Beckmann FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

ECONOMIC ETHICS (April 20-21, 2023) by Prof. Dr. Andreas Suchanek HHL Graduate School of Management

“NORMATIVE METHODS” (June 8-9, 2023) by PD Dr. Lisa Schmalzried

10. Jan 2023

Wegbereiterinnen: Frauen in den Naturwissenschaften (19. Januar 2023)

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Lise Meitner – was wir aus Ihrem „inhaltsreichen Leben“ heute lernen können

by Prof. Dr. Cornelia Denz (PTB Braunschweig)

Lise Meitner gehört durch ihre Entdeckung und Erklärung der Kernspaltung zu den bedeutendsten wissenschaftlichen Persönlichkeiten des 20 Jahrhunderts. „Unsere Madame Curie“ nannte sie daher ihr Kollege Albert Einstein, und verweist damit gleichzeitig auf eine Zeit, in der Frauen in der Physik rar waren und an vielen Fronten um Anerkennung kämpfen mussten. Lise Meitner forschte unter diesen Bedingungen dennoch höchst erfolgreich, zunächst an der Universität, später am Kaiser-Wilhelm- Institut für Chemie in Berlin. Ihre herausragende Forschungskarriere wurde zu Beginn der NS-Herrschaft jäh unterbrochen und führte sie auf abenteuerlichem, beschwerlichem Weg in ein Leben im Exil in Schweden. Auch dort blieb Lise Meitner ihrem Lebensziel treu, ein „inhaltsreiches Leben“ zu führen: die Physik zu verstehen und bleibende wissenschaftliche Beiträge zu leisten.

Der Vortrag stellt Lise Meitner in verschiedenen Facetten vor, als Studentin, Physikerin, Abteilungsleiterin und Privatdozentin, aber auch als Kollegin und Freundin, und diskutiert aktuelle Bezüge zu Frauen in den Natur- und Ingenieurwissenschaften heute.

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