2. Nov 2020
Open Science Services and support at the MLU (November 4, 2020)
Join this webinar to learn what the ULB and the MLU are doing to support the Open Access and Open Science initiatives. Find out more about the publications fund of the MLU which can cover the costs of your open access publications. Take home valuable tips about how to make your research findings visible and where to publish your data sets, reports, secondary publications, scripts, etc. Come and ask your questions, learn more about our services and let us know how we can improve these.
Date, time and format
- Date and time: November 4, 2020 at 1 pm
22. Oct 2020
Publishers, legal aspects, and internet publishing (October 28, 2020)
Legal aspects such as data ownership, rights management and licensing attribution of your research outputs must be considered when publishing your scientific results. Join this webinar and learn more about these important issues. We’ll be reporting on the state of the DEAL negotiations, the different publication modalities offered by publishing companies, what is predatory publishing, and about things you need to know when publishing in internet and via social media. Don’t miss this chance to ask all your questions to our experts!
Date, time and format
- Date and time: October 28, 2020 at 1 pm
15. Oct 2020
InGrA Survey: Starting your doctorate at MLU
Doing a doctorate means primarily doing research. But what are the best tips for starting a doctorate at MLU? Are you a doctoral student at MLU?
InGrA asks you for your experience to help newcomers at the beginning of their doctoral studies. Please fill out the following form:
[ Read On … ]14. Oct 2020
Rapeseed instead of soy burgers: researchers identify a new source of protein for humans
Here you find the doctoral student’s profile of Christin Volk. 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:
- Christin Volk
- Research area(s): Human Metabolism
- Institute for Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences (link), MLU
Field(s) of expertise during doctoral studies:
- Postprandial metabolism
- Plant proteins
- Inorganic phosphate
14. Oct 2020
Let’s Go! (October 28, 2020 | online)
This seminar will help you start with your PhD and deal with some typical difficulties that you might be confronted with in the coming years:
Topics
- How to deal with procrastination?
- How to deal with workload and stress?
- Getting things done: best-practice techniques
- Ways to improve your working and research skills
- How to maintain a positive and sustainable relationship with your supervisor?
- How to prepare for meetings with your supervisor?
14. Oct 2020
[PhD network] Team Communication (October 28, 2020 | online)
Teamwork can be a lot of fun and increase the productivity and creativity of the whole team. However, open and honest communication within the team is essential for this. Therefore, this workshop will introduce you to the soft skills required for successful communication and collaboration in a team. You will learn to be sensitive to team processes and team dynamics in order to become a strong part of the team.
Your benefit
This workshop introduces you to the soft skills needed for successful team communication and collaboration. You will learn to
- be sensitive for team processes and team dynamics
- become a strong part of the team
- reflect on your team positions in the past and where you want to be in futureteams
- avoid and manage conflicts in teams
14. Oct 2020
Theory and Design of Scientific Posters (November 17, 2020| online)
Content
The workshop covers different aspects of scientific posters as increasingly popular form of presentation in various scientific disciplines. As an introduction, the poster as communication medium is described, with special attention to the differences among the disciplines. Several case studies and settings will be presented and discussed. The participants of the workshop are therefore explicitly invited to contribute their own work and material to this discussion. The second part focuses on how to create effective and attractive posters. Starting from the essential technical knowledge of poster ingredients such as pixel vs. vector graphics, typography, colours, etc., different software applications for creating posters are presented and optionally used for initial designs. In addition to basics in design and layout principles for text and image content, several approaches for reducing bulky content and visual complexity will be presented. Finally, the production step as well as the oral presentation itself will be addressed.
[ Read On … ]12. Oct 2020
International PhD Days 2020 (October 27/28, 2020) – online
Welcome to the International PhD Days 2020 for doctoral candidates and postdocs. In a variety of online events – including workshops, short lectures and Q&As – you will have the opportunity to get to know different departments of the university which offer useful services for you and to learn more about other topics relevant for your doctoral studies.
A city rally, conducted in small groups, will give you the opportunity to discover the most famous sights in Halle.
Please register at the website of the International Office here.
[ Read On … ]12. Oct 2020
Publish or perish? – An overview of controversies associated with current scientific publishing practices (October 14, 2020)
In this webinar a critical overview of the current scientific publication system will be offered by a practicing scientist. Questionable research practices and other controversies will be discussed as factors which might have led to the so-called reproducibility crisis affecting the current system of scientific publication. Data sharing, the promotion of pre-registration studies and the support of emerging publication formats such as data papers and data descriptors will be discussed as possible approaches to rectify this trend. Join our discussion and let us know your thoughts on this!
Date, time and format
- Date and time: October 14, 2020 at 2 pm