Enabling Entrepreneurship: From Science to Practice (December 11, 2019)

Within this workshop, participants were introduced to world of entrepreneurs as scientists.

Target audience

Doctoral students and postdocs

Topics

  • Scientist’s self-reflection as an entrepreneur
  • Entrepreneur’s Toolbox
    • Project Management
    • Creative (Product) Development Methods
  • Planning Your Business
    • Translating a research outcome to a practically usable solution
    • Business Model Canvas
    • Organization
  • Financing Your Business
    • Finance models
    • Pitch-Deck
  • Roll-out
  • Company tour Lab-on-Fiber GmbH

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News from iRTG alumni: McKinsey-Event für MINT-Studentinnen und Doktorandinnen | 24. – 25. Oktober 2019

Studentinnen und Doktorandinnen aus dem MINT-Bereich erhielten Einblicke in die interdisziplinäre Tätigkeit und den Berufsalltag. Die Kollegen vor Ort entstammten selbst dem MINT-Bereich und leiteten eine strategische Fallstudie zu regenerativen Energieträgern im direkten Austausch mit den Teilnehmerinnen an.
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Surviving in academia – how to maintain mental wellbeing in the scientific field (November 7, 2019)

Summary:

Navigating through the academic world can often be challenging and sometimes negatively affect your mental wellbeing. However, there are also many reliable ways to alleviate prolonged stress and pressure. This event seeks to inform you about the most common challenges in academia and ways to handle them. Keynotes, workshops, a podium discussion and an opportunities fair with professionals, researchers and PhD/Postdoc representatives will give a comprehensive outlook on the topic. In addition, there will be the opportunity to exchange ideas and experiences as well as to network at the get-together afterwards (food and drinks will be provided). Continue reading “Surviving in academia – how to maintain mental wellbeing in the scientific field (November 7, 2019)”

GraficDesign (October 1, 2019) [by iRTG/SFB 1052]

Description
  • workshop combined a software training in Coreldraw with the conveyance of important key principles of graphic design
  • practice-oriented approach enables you to become quickly familiar with handling professional layout software
  • software course combines key principles of poster design and layout technique
Venue:

Leipzig University
PC-Pool, Imise http://www.imise.uni-leipzig.de/Institut/Kontakt.jsp
Härtelstraße 16-18, 04107 Leipzig

Number of participants: 10

Please register by e-mail: lysann.penkalla@medizin.uni-leipzig.de.

Learn more about iRTG of SFB 1052 “Obesity Mechanisms” here.