Category: Soft Skills

Why, what, how? – Knowledge transfer and startups at MLU (January 28, 2020)

Why, what, how? – Knowledge transfer and startups at MLU

By Andreas Lauenroth, MLU-Gründerservice

Which idea is a good idea? What is a proper business model? How to deal with intellectual property? Where to apply for funding?
Those and other questions should be answered by scientists interested in technology transfer – but not just on their own. Martin Luther University’s transfer and entrepreneurship office provided information, training and services to scientists, covering all aspects of research valorisation and technology transfer, including validation, legal protection and marketing of technology and inventions, engaging in research relationships with industry, and the creation of business cases for entrepreneurial spin-out activities. Continue reading “Why, what, how? – Knowledge transfer and startups at MLU (January 28, 2020)”

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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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.

Funding Opportunities for Early Career Scientists with focus on DFG Research Grants (November 25, 2019)

Within this workshop, participants were quickly guided through some research funding organizations and funding opportunities suitable for early career scientist. Central aim of the workshop was to shed light on the detailed structure as well as all formal aspects of the DFG-proposal (Basic Module & Module Temporary Positions for Principal Investigators). Continue reading “Funding Opportunities for Early Career Scientists with focus on DFG Research Grants (November 25, 2019)”

Good scientific practice seminar (November 26, 2019)

This seminar presented the basic principles and rules of good scientific practice. Fundamentals of scientific work, i.e. professional standards and documentation of results, were discussed. Further topics were handling of primary data (backup and storing) and scientific publications (authorship and scam journals). Also management of research data, following the FAIR principles were briefly introduced. Recent examples of scientific misconduct illustrate the official procedures at the institutions and possible consequences. The rules apply worldwide and for all subjects and every researcher at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics has to comply with these rules. 

Target audience

Doctoral students and PostDocs Continue reading “Good scientific practice seminar (November 26, 2019)”

Know your competencies – find your job: job search for scientists (January 21-22, 2020)

Scientists have lots of job options, but are often not aware of them. This workshop supported them to see more of them on the German labour market. They learnt to go the different steps of job search: to be aware of their competencies, skills and knowledge and to build their career strategies based on them.

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Upcoming workshops by yDiv (September 2019 and WiSe 2019/20)

Please follow the links and register at the website of yDiv, in case of interest.

Leadership – How to find my own way (June 3-4, 2019)

In this workshop, participants experienced how to handle with leadership situations along one’s daily business – within groups, teams, in hierarchical structures, in non-hierarchical processes. They received impact to self-perception and how others look at them and can draw conclusions to their leadership behaviour.

Why it is impossible “to motivate people” – but what can one do instead? Participants also received ideas to strengthen their ability to perceive, recognize, influence and control one’s emotions in relevant situations.

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How to write a persuasive job application – how to convince it in the job interview (July 1 & 4, 2019)

Scientists make a lot of mistakes as soon as they start to apply outside science. This workshop helped Scientists to write a convincing application and to be successful in the job interview.

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