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IZKF-Seminars 2023
Stacking on track: optimize your dissertation project management.
(former title: Halbzeit: Dissertation und Promotionsprozess reflektieren und optimieren)
Date: 26.1. and 27.1.2023 13.2.2023 |
This online workshop provides you with the opportunity to optimize the management of the dissertation project and to re-orientate the dissertation process where necessary. The workshop offers a space to realistically reflect upon, evaluate, and adapt your time and project management, identify helpful as well as destructive work habits, and will improve your self-management skills. You will learn tools and techniques for planning your weeks and structuring your days and work load. What are the typical doctoral thesis crises? What motivates you and where do you see obstacles ahead? Additionally, the workshop will assist you in placing your doctoral thesis within the larger research field and in proactively participating in the scientific community, fostering your own network. Please note that the online workshop requires some offscreen tasks between meetings. |
Time: 9.00-14.00 (26.01. & 27.01.) 9.00-15.00 (13.02) |
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Duration: 3 days in total | |
Room: Zoom | |
Trainer: Dr. Dunja Mohr, Go Academic!, München | |
Course language: english
Due to some requests, the course language changed to english |
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Costs: 210 € |
Basics in translational bioinformatics with practicals
Date: 27.02.-03.03.2023 | Omics data analysis has a key role in biomedical research and has gained increasing importance for precision medicine. During this course students will learn the fundamental principles and methodologies for the bioinformatics analysis of functional genomics data in order to be able to exploit the analyses possibilities of user-friendly tools (such as those offered by GEO, DepMap, cBioPortal) as well as effectively interact and cooperate with bioinformaticians for questions that cannot be answered with these tools. In the course, frontal lectures will be accompanied by practical sessions. This is an introductory-level course, thus no previous bioinformatics knowledge is required. It is offered as a block course during the week 07.03.2022-11.03.2022. (exact times will be fixed in a short meeting) |
Duration: 5 days (~ 22 hours) | |
Time: tba | |
Room: Oberer Hörsaal Pathologie, Krankenhausstraße 8-10, Erlangen | |
Max. number of participants: 8 | |
Trainer: Dr. Fulvia Ferrazzi | |
Course language: English | |
Course fee: no fee |
Scientific Writing 1
Date: 06.-10.03.2023 |
An introduction to scientific writing: Laying the foundation for effective research writing
Target group: 1st/2nd year doctoral students |
Duration: 5 * 0,5 days | |
Time: 09:00 – 12:15 | |
Room: Zoom | |
Max. number of participants: 12 | |
Trainer: Dr. Deborah Bennett | |
Course language: English | |
Course fee: 170 € |
Poster Workshop
Date: 22.-23.03.2023 |
Making an impact with your posterThis workshop takes participants through the process of creating a research poster. It begins with guidance on developing an initial concept based on the individual research story and the target audience. Partici-pants are then introduced to key techniques in scripting, layout and design. Finally, they learn how to develop a 60-90 second elevator pitch, deliver this to their peers, and receive individual feedback on their performance. |
Duration: 1,5 days | |
Time: 09:00 – 16:30; 09:00 – 12:15 | |
Room: tba (Zoom and presence) | |
Max. number of participants: 10 | |
Trainer: Dr. Deborah Bennett | |
Course language: English | |
Course fee: 140 € |
Good Scientific Practice
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Any responsible conduct of research should be based on honesty, accuracy, efficiency, and objectivity. The workshop Good Scientific Practice focuses on these scientific standards of international research. It raises awareness of the subject matter by providing doctoral candidates with a set of professional values and ethical norms as well as required competencies and skills to pursue scientific integrity. The content of the course follows the curriculum “Safeguarding Good Scientific Practice” (Memorandum and Code of Conduct) of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG).
Specific Topics
Aims |
Duration: 1 day | |
Time: 09:00 – 16:30 | |
Room: Zoom | |
Max. number of participants: 16 | |
Trainer: Dr. Anne Hamker | |
Course language: English | |
Course fee: 75 € |
Scientific Writing 2
Date: 08.-12.05.2023 |
Writing research articles: Guiding students through writing a first draft
Important information: You will be asked to complete a writing task every afternoon from Monday to Thursday. You should not plan to perform time-consuming experiments in the lab during this week.
Target group: 2nd/3rd year doctoral students with sufficient data for a research article |
Duration: 5 * 0,5 days | |
Time: 09:00 – 12:15 | |
Room: Zoom | |
Max. number of participants: 6 | |
Trainer: Dr. Deborah Bennett | |
Course language: English | |
Course fee: 390 € |
Presentation Skills
Date: 15.-16.05.2023 |
Helping students become confident and articulate presenters
Important information: Preparation for the course: You will be asked to prepare a short powerpoint presentation of 8 minutes about your PhD project. This may be a brief overview of its principal aims and motivation, a brief summary of one aspect of the project including recent results or a short progress report. |
Duration: 2 days | |
Time: 09:00 – 16:30 | |
Room: tba | |
Max. number of participants: 8 | |
Trainer: Dr. Deborah Bennett | |
Course language: English | |
Course fee: 220 € |
Scientific Writing 3
Date: 26.-30.06.2023 |
Writing a PhD Thesis: Streamlining the writing process
Important information: You will be asked to complete a writing task every afternoon from Monday to Thursday, so please allow plenty of time for this in your planning. You should not plan to perform time-consuming experiments in the lab during this week.
Target group: 3rd/4th year doctoral students about to work actively on their thesis |
Duration: 5 * 0,5 days | |
Time: 09:00 – 12:15 | |
Room: Zoom | |
Max. number of participants: 6 | |
Trainer: Dr. Deborah Bennett | |
Course language: English | |
Course fee: 390 € |
Basic Scientific Imaging
Date: 27.-29.03.2023 | Theoretical seminars and sample preparation. All participants one entire day. Individual groups of up to 3 users will perform hands-on sessions on a Leica CLSM and Zeiss Spinning Disc LSM with the samples prepared the day before.
Please note: The seminar is organized by the OICE Erlangen.
For doctoral students from IZKF: Please contact us in advance to clarify the coverage of the course costs. |
Duration: 2,5 days | |
Time: tba | |
Room: OICE, Erlangen | |
Max. number of participants: 12 | |
Trainer: Dr. Ralph Palmisano and colleagues | |
Course language: English | |
Course fee: 160 € |