Events

Transferable Skills Course: Statistical Literacy

Start: Mar 1, 2017
End: Mar 3, 2017
Speaker: Science Craft
Location: MPI-MG
Room: Seminar room 4
Host: Kirsten Kelleher
Contact: kelleher@molgen.mpg.de

Enables Life Scientists to Understand the Purpose and Uses of Classical Statistics as an Integral Part of the Scientific Method [more]

Transferable Skills Course: Career building for scientists

Date: Jun 18, 2018
Speaker: Mediomix
Dr. Derek Handley
Location: MPI-MG
Room: Seminar room 4
Host: Kirsten Kelleher

Germany is educating more academic scientists than can be employed by the current system. More and more young academics enter the job market and have to select for jobs they have not been trained for. This course will help PhD students and Postdocs to prepare themselves for the challenges of job decisions and personal career planning. [more]

Nanocourse: Compact Data Structures

Start: Sep 2, 2019 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
End: Sep 3, 2019 02:30 PM
Speaker: Knut Reinert
Location: MPI-MG
Room: Seminar room 4
Host: Kirsten Kelleher

Second nanocourse of the new IMPRS-BAC. Lectures followed by the opportunity to gain hands-on experience. [more]

Transferable Skills Course: Getting Funded With Good Grant Writing

Start: Sep 21, 2022
End: Sep 22, 2022
Speaker: Daniel Mertens
PD Dr. rer. nat. Daniel Mertens heads two research groups, one group at the German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ) in Heidelberg and a research group at the University Hospital Ulm. As a scientist, Daniel Mertens is the author of 96 publications that have been cited more than 4400 times by colleagues (https://publons.com/researcher/2780960/daniel-mertens/). He has received more than €5 million in grants from external third-party funders for his research and coordinated international research networks (cancerepisys.org and leukemia-resistance.de). Since 2011, he has been training scientists, physicians, administrators and staff in transferable skills (www.scientistsneedmore.de). So far, >7000 participants took part in international workshops in Europe, USA and Africa.
Location: MPI-MG
Room: Seminar room 4
Host: Anne-Dominique Gindrat
Contact: imprs-bac@molgen.mpg.de

In order to get grant funding, applicants have to convince reviewers that their project is interesting and that they are able to plan and run the project. [more]

Transferable Skills Course: Effective Visual Communication of Science

Science Communication

Start: Oct 17, 2022
End: Oct 18, 2022
Speaker: Dr. Jernej Zupanc
Dr. Jernej Zupanc is the founder of Seyens Ltd. His goal is to help scientists effectively communicate their ideas and findings and make an impact with their research. Communication and teaching are his professional passions, bordering on obsessions. He reads and studies eclectically and is always looking for approaches from different ﬁelds that can be easily applied by scientists. He distills the principles and practices into easy to understand and fun learning experiences. Time is our most valuable resource and he wants the time spent in his training to be the best investment a scientist can make. He has a PhD (2011) and was a PostDoc in computer science, is a Fulbright alumnus and a published photographer. Previously, he worked as the head of computer vision at a startup, as a project evaluator for the European Commission, and as a grant writer.
Location: MPI-MG
Room: Seminar room 4
Host: Anne-Dominique Gindrat
Contact: imprs-bac@molgen.mpg.de

You will learn to effectively communicate your own scientific ideas and results by applying best visual communication practices to your research communication. We will apply this knowledge to improve your scientific images, slides, and posters. You will design a graphical abstract and get actionable advice and feedback on your own materials. It is an immersive workshop, comprehensive, structured, memorable, easy to follow, useful and fun. [more]

Transferable Skills Course: Intercultural Awareness and Communication

Cancelled
Start: Nov 28, 2022
End: Nov 29, 2022
Speaker: Steve Weir
Location: MPI-MG
Room: Seminar room 4
Host: Anne-Dominique Gindrat
Contact: gindrat@molgen.mpg.de

The objective of the training will be to provide participants with skills for being more effective and get along with people from other cultures. [more]

Transferable Skills Course: Getting Published & Mastering Peer Review

Start: Dec 4, 2023
End: Dec 5, 2023
Speaker: Science Craft
Dr. Brian Cusack
Location: Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
Room: Seminar room 4
Host: Anne-Dominique Gindrat

Learning to write and respond to reviewers' comments are vital skills for early-career researchers to master if they wish to become established scientists. However, these skills are often neglected, forcing researchers to learn them by trial and error. By learning to address reviewers' comments, young researchers not only increase their chances of getting their work published but also learn to think critically about their own research. Equally, by becoming better reviewers, researchers can raise their profiles with journal editors. Becoming an invited reviewer for a prestigious journal is an opportunity for researchers to enhance their academic reputation and improve their career prospects. [more]