Career Perspectives with a PhD in Natural & Life Sciences //  Feb 13, 5 – 6 pm

 

Looking for career options after your doctorate? And not sure what is “out there”? With the series "Career Perspectives with a PhD in Natural and Life Sciences", we would like to offer an opportunity for interactive and informal exchange about career-related topics.

 

Dr. Markus Thunecke, senior partner and co-founder of Catenion, will be our guest. Markus did his diploma in Biochemistry at FU Berlin and completed his doctorate at the Ruprecht Karls University, Heidelberg in 1997. Markus started his consulting career in 1997 at Mercer Management Consulting (now Oliver Wyman) before joining a strategy consulting boutique, Theron, and setting up Catenion in 2003. Catenion is a science-driven strategy consulting firm with an exclusive focus on the biopharma industry.

 

Benefit from Markus´ great expertise and join the next meeting. All information and the meeting link can be found on this website.

 

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Online Workshop “Introduction to data analysis with R” // March 3 – 4 + 10 – 11

 

Course offer by the Graduate Center: This workshop offers an introduction to data analysis with R.

The workshop's main goal is to equip you with essential R skills for analyzing your own research data, covering data processing and visualization.

 

Who is the course for? Doctoral researchers registered at the BCP department, Postdoctoral researchers at the BCP department

When?                             March 3 - 4 March, March 10 - 11 (Attention! This is the correct date! We had a wrong date in the News 01/25), 9 am – 4 pm; plus optional day March 17, 9 am – 12 pm

Where?                            Webex Online Course (Please note that a video camera and a microphone are necessary for this course.)

Registration:                   Please register by February 19 via this website.

 

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Symposium/Fachtag “Gender, Diversity & Career Development” // Feb 17

 

*Monday* 17.02.2025 | 9 AM – 5 PM

FU Berlin | SupraFAB | Altensteinstr. 23a | 14195 Berlin

 

The following questions will be addressed in the workshops:

• How can I communicate effectively in hierarchical contexts? How to shape a successful cooperation with my supervisors and PIs amidst tight deadlines, conflicting demands, or high publication expectations?

• How can I apply different AI tools for various tasks in my research projects? How how can I identify and inhibit potential bias in AI? What are special challenges using AI in a gender and diversity reflected way?

• What does good scientific practice mean in the Context of Power Dynamics in Science? Which structures can I recognize and how to deal with hierarchies in academia, publication pressure, competition, and exclusion?

For further information please see here!

You can get credit points for your IRTG’s curriculum (good scientific practice, research integrity, and diversity).

Please send an e- mail to Dr. Sarah Huch with mention of the chosen workshops (gender-diversityCRC1449@bcp.fu-berlin.de)

 

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Workshop “Gender and Diversity-conscious Teaching in Science” // March 10

 

In this workshop, you will deal with various dimensions of gender- and diversity-conscious teaching, such as methods, communication, teaching content and framework conditions, and learn about important principles for good teaching. In doing so, we follow a concept of diversity that strengthens anti-discrimination as a perspective. You will be informed about the legal foundations, regulations and counseling services at Freie Universität that provide the framework for the implementation of diversity and anti-discrimination.

 

The workshop will take place on Monday, March 10, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in the seminar room A.006 at Arnimallee 22. Your trainers are Dr. Jana Gerlach, staff member of "Toolbox Gender and Diversity in Teaching", and Dr. Alette Winter, diversity contact person at the BCP Dept. The workshop is held in English. A workshop description can be found here.

 

Registration can be made by February 18, 2025.

 

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Ausschreibung Rosalind-Franklin-Preis // Deadline: 31. März

 

In diesem Jahr schreibt die Freie Universität zum ersten Mal den Rosalind-Franklin-Preis aus, der besondere Verdienste für die wissenschaftliche Integrität an unserer Hochschule würdigen soll. Nominierungen werden bis zum 31. März entgegengenommen. Details entnehmen Sie/entnehmt Ihr bitte dem Anhang bzw. folgender Webseite.

 

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FU workshops & offers

 

IMPULSREIHE: KI im Fokus: Ein- und Ausblicke | 13.02.2025 – 04.11.2025

Die Reihe KI im Fokus – Ein- und Ausblicke vermittelt praxisorientierte Einblicke in die Nutzung von KI im beruflichen Alltag. Jede Session besteht aus einem Impulsvortrag (45 Minuten) und einer Dialogrunde.

 

18. Februar: Workshop für Lehrende und Beschäftigte | „Geschlechtlicher Vielfalt im Arbeitsalltag kompetent und wertschätzend begegnen“

20. Februar: Workshop für Lehrende und Beschäftigte | „Antisemitismus und Rassismus vor dem Hintergrund des Nahostkonflikts“

15. Mai: Workshop für Lehrende und Beschäftigte | „Workshop gegen rechte und diskriminierende Parolen“

 

UNA Lecture - "Biodiversity monitoring - campuses as citizen science projects" | February 20, 2025, 6:30 pm

 

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BUA partner workshops & offers

 

BUA Information Session on UK-German Funding Opportunities | February 19, 2025, 2:30 – 5:30 pm

The Berlin University Alliance (BUA) invites all interested members of its institutions to explore funding opportunities for joint research projects with partners in the United Kingdom.

 

Karriereoption HAW-Professur: Strategische Planung der Postdoc-Phase | 14.02.2025, 09:00–16:30

Offen für alle Postdocs der Berlin University Alliance

Ort: ZEWK TU Berlin, Fraunhoferstraße 33-36, 10587 Berlin, R. 1019
Sprache: Deutsch

 

Transfer School

Introductory Course (EN), February 17, 2025, 09:00 - 13:00 hrs

Serious Transfer Game (EN), February 19, 2025, 13:30 - 17:00 hrs

Industrienahe Drittmittel (DE), February 21, 2025, 09:00 - 11:30 hrs

Launching a startup from science (EN), February 24, 2025, 9:00 - 13:00 hrs

Intellectual Property (EN), February 27, 2025, 09:00 - 12:00 hrs

The Transfer School imparts basic and detailed knowledge on the practical implementation of technology transfer. The modules will be held in English (with the exception of one module). You are welcome to register for any of these events, depending on your interests and needs. It is not necessary to complete the introductory course to participate in the in-depth modules. 

 

Talking Transfer | February 25, 2025, 12:00-13:00

Are you interested in European Innovation Projects? Would you like to have insights into European innovation funding opportunities and to know how to apply for such a project? In this info session current calls for European innovation projects will be presented.

 

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Young Entrepreneurs in Science (YES) workshops

 

“Your Entrepreneurial Empowerment Journey – FLINTA* only” | 14.02.2025, 10:00 - 12:30 Uhr. Registration: https://apply.falling-walls.com/yes/workshop/your-entrepreneurial-empowerment-journey-flinta-14-02-25/apply/

 

“Navigating Conflicts” | 21.02.2025  10:00 - 12:30 Uhr. Registration: https://apply.falling-walls.com/yes/workshop/navigating-conflicts-21-02-25/apply/

 

„Your Entrepreneurial Career“ | 11.03.2025, 2 pm – 4:30 pm. Registration: https://apply.falling-walls.com/yes/workshop/your-entrepreneurial-career-for-life-sciences-11-03-25/apply/

 

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Open Data Seminar // starting Feb 11

 

This seminar (5 dates) provides an overview of making data freely available (open data) and the subsequent use of such data. It consists of a mixture of lectures and practical exercises in the group and on the PC.

The workshop will answer the following questions:

• What is open data and why is it important to share data?
• How do I choose a suitable repository for archiving?
• How do I ensure that my data is easy to find and accessible?
• How do I ensure that my data are also re-usable in the long term?
• How do I search for useful data sets and how do I quote them? 

 

The workshop is intended for all-qualification-level researchers. No prior knowledge of open data is required. More information and registration here.

 

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Career Week for International Junior Researchers // March 10 - 14

 

Technische Universität Berlin's “Career Week for International Junior Researchers” - a cooperation project by the Alumni Program and the Center for Junior Scholars - aims at giving international doctoral researchers and postdocs insights into the diversity of academic and non-academic career prospects on the German job market as well as information about requirements for non-EU nationals to work in Germany. The English-language information and networking event brings international junior researchers in contact with TU Berlin alumni working in the fields of academia, industry and business startups.

This year's event is offering a combination of on-site and online sessions as well as career coaching. It will be held in English.

 

To register please refer to: https://events.tu-berlin.de/de/events/01946a97-1b53-7ecd-8f1a-bfcba85a6e86/apply

Information about the program is available at: https://www.tu.berlin/en/go200551/

Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact the Alumni Team at alumni@tu-berlin.de.

 

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Call for Speakers: Soapbox Science // Deadline: Feb 21

Are you a woman*, gender queer or non-binary person in STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine) and passionate about your science? Have you been waiting for that perfect opportunity to talk to people about your work? Then Soapbox Science Berlin is waiting for you. Apply now to be one of our 12 speakers at our event June 15th, 2025.

Soapbox Science is a public outreach platform and our events transform public areas into an arena for public learning and scientific debate. Further, we explicitly engage women* as we want to promote their visibility in science. Find out more about Soapbox Science Berlin.