Second amendment regulations // Amtsblatt Nr. 12/24

As already announced in our May Newsletter, the second amendment to the doctoral degree regulations has been published in the “Amtsblatt der Freien Universität” Nr. 12/24 (in German language) and has therefore come into force.

We now have an English translation and a reading version for you on our website.

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Career Perspectives with a PhD in Natural & Life Sciences //  Sept 12, 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. You will meet former PhD candidates who will share with you their experiences including ups and downs looking for a job. PhD holders from academia, industry, science communication, politics, public and health sectors, education and more will show you the broad range of potential careers after a doctorate and give you inspiration for future career choices. We will have plenty of time after each talk for questions, discussion and networking.

Dr. Christine Beuschel-Dang, Medical Science Liaison Manager (MSL) at Sanofi Aventis Deutschland GmbH, will be our guest. A pharmacist by training, Christine completed her doctorate in neurogenetics at the Institute of Biology at the Freie Universität Berlin and now works in the field of neurology, in particular multiple sclerosis.

All information and the meeting link can be found on this website.

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Workshop Gender and diversity-conscious teaching in science // Sept 30

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. More information can be found here.

When?              30 September, 2024, 9:00 am – 12:45 pm

Where?             Seminar room A.006 at Arnimallee 22, 14195 Berlin

Registration:    Please register by 8 September, 2024, follow this link

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Online Workshop “Introduction to data analysis with R” // Oct 7 – 8 + 14 – 15

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?                             7 October, 8 October, 14 October, 15 October, 2024, 9 am – 4 pm

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

Registration:                  Please register by 16 September via this website.

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Joint Ph.D. Rally Graduate Center BCP and Graduate Centre Life Sciences // Oct 9

The Graduate Center BCP at FU Berlin and the Graduate Centre Life Sciences at HU Berlin have planned a joint Ph.D. rally for you!!

Come and meet fellow doctoral researchers, go on a hunt in Mitte, web a network and relax one evening together with your peers!

When? Wednesday, October 9 at 5pm. Meeting point is near the Brandenburger Tor (more details will be provided via email after registration).

Who?    All doctoral candidates registered at the department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, FU Berlin and from the Life Sciences, HU Berlin

What?  Meet your peers, go on a rally together in “Berlin´s Mitte”, and have a nice evening together

Why?    Network, exchange & have fun together with peers!

Registration: until Oct 2  https://fakultaeten.hu-berlin.de/en/lewi-en/scientific/gradcentre/during/phdrallye

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Git Crash-Course by Dr. Selina Baldauf// Nov 18, 19 & 25

Learning to use Git is an essential skill if you use any programming language. It allows you to keep track of changes to your project over time, collaborate with others, and maintain a clear and organized project structure.

The main goal of this crash-course is to give you the basic skills you need to start using Git for your own research projects both individually and in collaboration with your colleagues. You will learn a complete Git workflow including remote repositories on Github both in theory and practice.

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

When?                             Monday, 18 November, to Tuesday, 19 November 2024, 2 – 4 pm; follow-up meeting on Monday, 25 November 2024 (1 hour)

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

Registration:                   Will open in October; for now, please save the date!

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Good Scientific Practice // Sept 5 & 6

This free of charge online course provides participants with specialist knowledge of research ethics, gives them space to reflect on their values and attitudes as researchers and allows them to practice skills in dealing with conflict-prone situations in their research practice. The participants acquire knowledge of the rules of good scientific practice and train their skills to make responsible decisions in everyday research.

Date: 05 September (9 am - 5 pm) and 06 September 2024 (9 am - 1:30 pm)
Format: online workshop
Trainer: Dr. Andrea Kliewer

More information: https://fakultaeten.hu-berlin.de/en/lewi-en/scientific/gradcentre/during/ws/2024/gsp

There are some places reserved for doctoral candidates of the BCP department at FU Berlin. If you would like to participate, please register asap on this website.

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Innovationsforum MicroRNA // Sept 5

 Wann? 5. September ab 14 Uhr

Wo?      CCO Auditorium, Virchowweg 6, 10117 Berlin

Wer?     Ärzt*innen, Wissenschafler*innen und alle Interessierten

NeuroMiR ist ein Zusammenschluss von neun Forschungseinrichtungen und KMUs, die gemeinsam daran arbeiten, die Frühdiagnostik neurodegenerativer Erkrankungen entscheidend voranzutreiben. Unser Schwerpunkt liegt auf der gleichzeitigen Messung von spezifischen MicroRNAs und Proteinmarkern im

Blut von Patienten. Durch diesen innovativen Ansatz wollen wir wesentliche Fortschritte in der Früherkennung & Behandlung neurodegenerativer Erkrankungen ermöglichen.

Der Programmflyer ist dieser Mail angehängt.

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Getting Published and Mastering Peer Review // Sept 26 & 27

Date: 26 - 27 September 2024 (9:30 am - 17:30 pm)
Format: in presence; Luisenstraße 56
Trainer: Dr. Brian Cusack

More information: https://fakultaeten.hu-berlin.de/en/lewi-en/scientific/gradcentre/during/ws/2024/gettingpublished

There are some places reserved for doctoral candidates of the BCP department at FU Berlin. If you would like to participate, please register on this website.

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Happiness Ahoy – Strengthened and healthy through the doctoral thesis // Sept 11 & 12 + Oct 24

This workshop supports doctoral students in strengthening their resilience and thus their own inner stability. Together you will work on your personal productive mindset by strengthening your resources and developing helpful perspectives. Their own development potential is strengthened in order to master challenges more calmly and to achieve their own goals.

 "Happiness Ahoy" will take place in English and German and will be offered in two parallel groups on September 11 and 12. Please register for only one of the two groups (German or English). The event will only take place in person.

Group English:

Retreat: Wednesday, 11 & Thursday, 12 September 2024, 9:30am to 5:30pm

Follow Up:  Thursday, 24 October, 9:30am to 12:30pm

Instructors:  Anna Haas & Dr. Taiya Mikisch

Registration und information here.

Termine Gruppe (Deutsch):

Mittwoch, 11.09.2024, 09:30 - 17:30 Uhr

Donnerstag, 12.09.2024, 9:30 Uhr -17:30 Uhr

Follow Up: Donnerstag, 24.10.24, 09:30-12:30 Uhr

Kursleitung: M.A. Anja Lindner & Dipl. Psych. Suzanne Jones

Anmeldung und Infos hier.

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PitchCourse & Discourse // Application deadline: Sept 30

Do you study or research chemistry or a related subject? Whether you are an innovation-curious student or a PhD/Postdoc with a chemistry-based idea that could transform industry, society or the environment for the better, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply for PitchCourse & Discourse with your project idea for a chemistry-based innovation. We'll select five finalist projects to receive a free pitch training workshop offered by Wiley, then invite all finalist project teams to a pitching final at Berlin Science Week in November 2024. With this event you can gain skills and exposure, build your network and have a chance of winning the expert or public choice prizes!

Even if you don't have a project, there are other ways to get involved...

Find out more on our event webpage https://www.greenchem.berlin/events/pitch-course-and-discourse

Application deadline: 30^th September 2024

Pitch Workshop: 21^st October 2024

Pitch Final at Berlin Science Week: 5^th November 2024

Location (workshop and final): Wiley, Rotherstraße 21, 10245 Berlin

Organised by: greenCHEM and Wiley

See you there!

For questions contact: hello@greenchem.berlin

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Welcome Day for new doctoral researchers and international staff members // Oct 9

If you have just started or are about to start your doctorate at Freie Universität Berlin, then join our Welcome Day for new doctoral researchers and international staff members on October 9, 2024. Meet the Doctoral Council, university staff, current doctoral researchers and other newbies from different departments and find out more about the administrative process of doing a doctorate and where to find support!

Registration is already open! Further information: https://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/drs/offers/welcome-day-ECRs/index.html.

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Dahlem Research School (DRS) Workshops & Open Door Talks

Booking start will be September 11, 2024 at 12 noon. Save the date and make sure that you are ready to book (registered and confirmed) beforehand!

NEW USERS: Make sure you register before the booking start on September 11, 2024 with an institutional email address of the Berlin University Alliance (Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin) or Universität Potsdam. After registration, you will receive an email with a request to confirm your membership of an institution of the Berlin University Alliance or Universität Potsdam. Only after this membership confirmation will you be able to book workshops.

 REGISTERED USERS: You will have received an email at the start of August 2024 with an invitation to confirm your continued membership of an institution of the Berlin University Alliance or Universität Potsdam. Only after this membership confirmation will you be able to book workshops. Unused workshop days from the academic year 2023/2024 will expire.

PRESENTING WITH CONFIDENCE: WORK ON BODY; VOICE AND CHARISMA

Date: October 1, 9 am-4 pm

Venue: online

Registration: https://www.drs.fu-berlin.de/en/node/102262

 

DOING YOUR DOCTORATE AT FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN /
INFORMATION ABOUT THE ELSA NEUMANN SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Date: October 10, 2–4 pm

Venue: online
Registration: https://www.drs.fu-berlin.de/en/node/102718

 

MENTAL HEALTH DAYS
Date: September 11 – October 24, 9:30 – 12:30 am
Venue: online
Registration: https://www.drs.fu-berlin.de/en/node/101935

 

WRITING CAFÉ - JUST WRITE!

Date: October 10, - November 28, 2024, 18-20 pm
Venue: online
Registration: https://www.drs.fu-berlin.de/en/node/102031

 

KICK OFF YOUR DOCTORATE (in the first six month of your doctorate)

Date: November 25-27, 2024

Venue: Seminaris SeeHotel Potsdam

Further information: https://www.drs.fu-berlin.de/en/node/91864

 

ERFOLGREICH IN DIE PROMOTION (in den ersten sechs Monaten der Promotion)

Date: November 27-29, 2024

Venue:  Seminaris SeeHotel Potsdam

Further information: https://www.drs.fu-berlin.de/en/node/101961

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Humboldt Graduate School (HGS) workshops

Future Skills im Profil

Offen für alle Promovierenden der Berlin University Alliance

Trainerin: Dr. Eva Reichmann

Datum: 26/09/2024, 09:00–14:00

Format: Online

Sprache: Deutsch

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BUA Summer School of Electron Microscopy for Material and Life Sciences // Oct 7 -8

This Summer School will provide an overview of the various techniques and methods such as TEM, SEM, 3D-EM, cryo-EM and beyond. In addition to scientific lectures, the methods, techniques and equipment will also be presented in the BUA room. In addition to the scientific exchange, the focus of the event is also on networking and developing new collaborations in the Berlin science area.

The target groups are: PhDs and young scientists (PostDocs)

Further information will be provided soon: https://www.berlin-university-alliance.de/en/commitments/sharing-resources/alliance-center/acem/events/index.html

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Journal Club Diversity and Responsible Research and Innovation  – DRIVERS // Oct 7

The Journal Club for Diversity and Responsible Research and Innovation (DRIVERS)* meets online on the first Monday of every month at 11:00 a.m. to critically discuss selected literature on diversity and RRI, paying particular attention to how these topics intersect, and to the role of research assessment and its reform. 

Jointly led by colleagues from NeuroCure, the Einstein Center for Neurosciences (ECN), the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), and the BIH QUEST Center, DRIVERS brings multiple perspectives to the discussion.

We warmly invite you to join us and contribute your views! We strongly recommend that participants read the paper in advance. Those who regularly participate in the Journal Club can receive a certificate of participation. Please contact us for further information: https://neurocure.de/diversity-kopie/drivers-journal-club.html

Next Meeting: Oct. 7 - Diversified innovations in the health sciences: Proposal for a Diversity Minimal Item Set, G. Stadler, et al. AND Diversity in German science: researchers push for missing ethnicity data, H. Boytchev

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(In)Credible Research 2024 – „Creative and Credible!“ // Oct 10 – 11

Interdisciplinary Conference for Early Career Researchers

Under the motto "Creative and Credible!", this year's event is all about creativity in research and science.

Conference language: English

The agenda will cover a number of highly fascinating and relevant topics for the early-career researchers to which it is tailored. This will include the examination of overarching subjects:

• What role does creativity play in science and knowledge production 
• How are creativity and innovation linked 
• How can we make our creative science credible and rigorous 
• Is creativity in science encourage or discouraged
• What are some tools which enrich science with creativity? 

 This conference is intended for early career researchers  - especially for doctoral candidates and postdocs - wishing to deepen their knowledge and skills in the aforementioned topics, which bear great importance in both the professional and personal lives of all researchers.

Further information: https://gss.charite.de/en/incredible_research_conference_2024/

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Janus Mini-symposium – Cancer meets Regeneration // Oct 14

Dear colleagues,

We cordially invite you to the next Janus Mini-symposium – Cancer meets Regeneration on October 14, 2024 at 2:30 pm in the Auditorium of the Cranach House (Föhrer Str. 15, CVK).

We are pleased to announce the speaker Marteinn Thor Snaebjörnsson, Maxim Mamonkin, Ping-Chih Ho and Li Tang for our first Janus Mini-Symposium. Interested early career scientists will have the chance to MEET the Speakers for LUNCH at 1:00 pm in the Cranach House.

REGISTER HEREfor the Mini-Symposium and Meet the Speaker. Certificate of attendance will be available upon request.   

We are looking forward to your participation!  

The organizing team
Sonia, Zeynep, Viktor, Hazal (BSRT and BSIO Students)

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15^th BSRT Symposium "United by Translation: Towards Novel Paths in Regenerative Medicine" // Dec 5 – 6 // Early bird registration until Sept 30

Dear Colleagues,

We are thrilled to announce the 15^th BSRT Symposium titled "United by Translation: Towards Novel Paths in Regenerative Medicine" on December 05^th- 06^th, 2024 at BCRT/Cranach-Haus, Föhrer Str. 15, 13353 Berlin.

Please note that the registration deadline is November 3^rd! Don't hesitate to register now here and secure your spot to benefit from the early bird registration rate until September 30^th.

This year's symposium promises a comprehensive exploration of the translational journey, from the preclinical testing of groundbreaking ideas to the successful integration of novel technologies in clinical practice. Together, we'll delve into the intricate dynamics of translational science and uncover the essential elements needed to transform innovative approaches into tangible patient benefits.

We are honored to host a distinguished lineup of speakers, including:

·       Prof. Sina Bartfeld, Technical University Berlin

·       Dr. Theresa Käuferle, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF)

·       Prof. Wolfram-Hubertus Zimmermann, University Medical Center Göttingen

·       Dr. Thomas Asendorf, University Medical Center Göttingen

Share your research and do not forget to submit your abstract using the attached abstract form for consideration until October 15^th_, 2024. We are offering opportunities for young scientists to present their work either through a talk or a poster presentation. It is further possible to apply for a travel grant. Therefore, please submit your abstract no later than September 15^th_, 2024.

If you have any questions or require further assistance, please visit our website and don’t hesitate to reach out to our team.

Warm regards,
Claudia, Rose, Niklas, Ana, Lea, and Yaolin - BSRT Symposium Organizing Team

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Reminder: Una Europa PhD Impact Award // Deadline: Sept 15

Are you a doctoral researcher in the field of Future Materials (or related research fields)? Do you want to share the impact of your research with others?

Enter our Una Europa PhD Impact Award competition, promote your research, and get a chance to travel to Bologna and participate in a storytelling workshop.

The Una Europa PhD Impact Award aims to recognise and celebrate the impact, and potential impact, that research and researchers across Una Europa partner universities have on society. Researchers are invited to present a short case study aimed at a non-scientific, non-technical audience. The case study should outline the (potential) impact of the research e.g., on society, the economy, the environment, health, education, technology, culture, or policy.

Your research project, submitted to the Una Europa PhD Impact Award should have a connection to Future Materials, which we understand as any material anticipated or expected to be developed or to become prominent in the future. Such materials possess advanced or novel properties, are more sustainable, or offer advantages over currently available materials in specific applications.

You can participate if you are currently undertaking a PhD at one of our 11 Una Europa partner universities, of which Freie Universität is a member. Deadline for submitting your case study is 15 September 2024.

The winners of the award will be invited to an Una Europa gathering in Bologna in November 2024 and they will receive the opportunity to participate in a storytelling workshop.

You can find more information on the competition on our Una Europa website: https://www.una-europa.eu/opportunities/una-europa-phd-impact-competition