Newsletter GAUSS

Call for course registrations – April 2024

The registration for methods and professional skills courses held in April 2024 will be open from 1 February 2024. Please check the updated overviews of Methods and Professional Skills courses.

You can register from 1-20 February online via Stud.IP for courses taking place in April; the slots will be allocated around 25 February.

Courses that do not reach the minimum number of participants will be cancelled. Only in very exceptional cases will we send reminders for courses which are not full yet, so make sure to register in time.

Please check carefully for scheduling conflicts. Registration after 20 February 2024 is not possible, please do not contact the course instructors. All communication regarding the courses should be via the GAUSS or GGNB Office.

In case you have registered but then need to cancel a course, you can still do so in Stud.IP before the end of January. From 1 March 2024 your participation will be binding and cancellation is only possible via the GGNB or GAUSS Office with a) sick certificate, or b) statement by supervisor for scientific reasons. If you do not provide this, you will be excluded from courses for the next 12 months(!), as well as grants or scholarships and other financial support. No exceptions.

For a full list of courses scheduled for the summer semester 2024 please go to HISinOne EXA – the data are subject to changes and therefore preliminary!

A detailed description on how to register for a course via Stud.IP can be found here:

Courses_Instructions_SoSe2024

Note: By signing up you agree
(1) to carefully check whether you will be able to attend the course (do not register for 2 courses taking place on the same dates – the above mentioned sanctions apply!);
(2) to frequently check your student e-mail account, as all information on courses will exclusively be sent to that account;
(3) that your name and e-mail address may be forwarded to the course instructor(s) for communication before and after the course;
(4) to complete the course evaluation;
(5) inform us if you no longer wish to maintain a waiting list position.

Important: Active participation in online (skills & methods) courses is prerequisite to collect the respective credits.
Active participation with the camera running is set as a prerequisite for course participation. Participants who expect technical problems should contact us in advance so that we can find a solution.

Confirmations of participation are to be obtained from Stud.IP.

Professional Skills Courses

Courses recommended for “early/middle/late PhD”

  • Good scientific practice by Sven Bradler, 5 Mar 2024, in presence, 0.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340335; ID: S76),
  • Career Strategies Accompanying the Doctorate by Simon Golin, 2 Apr 2024, in presence, 0.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340104, ID: S 25),
  • Women-only: Convincing successfully and nicely saying no by Elisabeth Schick, 15-16 Apr 2024, in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340667, ID: W 09),
  • Mentally Clarity and Decision Making by Vincent Botella-Soller, 24-25 Apr 2024 (two half-days), online, 0.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340670, ID: GS 31),
  • Scientific English for PhD Students (Intermediate and Advanced Levels) by Adolph van der Walt, Apr-Jun 2024, in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340444, ID: L 17),

German Language Courses (open only for students of certain doctoral programs): see announcements in GAUSS Newsletters. ZESS courses (skills, languages): https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/423445.html

Last Chance Professional Skills Courses

  • Project and Time management in academia by Peter Schröder, 13-14 Feb 2024 (1 free slot – register via ggnb@gwdg.de), in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340652, ID: S 100),
  • The Essentials of Scientific Writing by Deborah Bennet, 6-8 Mar 2024 (>6 free slots – register via ggnb@gwdg.de), in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340617, ID: GS 29),
  • Post your science – Erfolgreiche Social Media Posts für LinkedIn, X, Mastodon und Bluesky by Susanne Geu, 12-13 Feb 2024 (4 free slots – register via ggnb@gwdg.de), online, 0.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340647, ID: S 99),
  • The Poster and the Pitch by John Kluempers, 12 Mar 2024 (>3 free slots – register via ggnb@gwdg.de), in presence, 0.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340604, ID: S 92),

Methods Courses

 Molecular Biology & Genetics

  • Molecular Biology of HIV replication and pathogenesis by Stefan Pöhlmann, Thursdays (starting from 11 Apr 2024), in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 350058, ID: A 160)
  • Viral transduction systems by Stefan Pöhlmann, Michael Winkler, Markus Hoffmann, 16-18 Apr 2024, in presence, 1.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340221, ID: A 171)
  • STED nanoscopy and immunolabeling by Stefan Jakobs, Daniel Jans, 16-17 Apr 2024, in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340459, ID: A 260)

Cell Biology & Microbiology, Imaging

  • Introduction to image processing in biology with ImageJ and FIJI by Mišo Mitkovski, 10-12 Apr 2024, online, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340066, ID: A 098)
  • Hertha Sponer College Lecture Series by Claudia Steinem, Heike Conrad, every other Tuesday;
    registration via heike.conrad@med.unigoettingen.de, in presence, 0.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340496, ID: A 276)

 Molecular & Cellular Neuroscience, Electrophysiology

  • Nerve cell culture and patch-clamp recordings from nerve cells by JeongSeop Rhee, 8-9 Apr 2024, in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340038, ID: A 096)
  • Neuronal circuit dissection in Drosophila by André Fiala, 17-19 Apr 2024, in presence, 1.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340319, ID: A 216)
  • A practical introduction into electron microscopy by Wiebke Möbius, 22-23 Apr 2024, in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340328, ID: A 228)

  Theoretical, Systems & Behavioral Neuroscience

  • Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience: Collective Dynamics of Biological Neural Networks II by Fred Wolf, Viola Priesemann, Fridays (starting from 12 Apr 2024), in presence, 3.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 350036, ID: A 022)
  • Auditory and visual evoked potentials by Andrea Antal, Nicola Strenzke, Gerhard Hoch, April 2024, in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340054, ID: A 041)

Structural Biology

  • X-ray crystallography by Ralf Ficner, Piotr Neumann, 8-12 Apr 2024, in presence, 2.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340130, ID: A 103)
  • Characterization and quantification of biomolecular interactions by fluorescence polarization by Hauke Hillen, April 2024, in presence, 0.5 Credits (EXA StudIP: 340500, ID: A 281)

Biophysics, Bioinformatics and Statistics

  • Current Topics in Biophysics and Complex Systems – Lecture Series by Bert de Groot, Florentin Wörgötter, Mondays (starting from 8 Apr 2024), in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340166, ID: A 025)
  • Basic statistics for graduate students in the life sciences – an introduction using R by Tim Friede, Christian Röver, 16 Apr – 7 May 2024, in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340061, ID: A 100)
  • Using biosensors to study analyte-ligand interactions: basic principles and applications by Claudia Steinem, Sara Drechsler, Laura Brinkmann, 19 Apr 2024, in presence, 0.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340067, ID: A 133)
  • Biomolecular Physics and Simulations by Helmut Grubmüller, Bert de Groot, Mondays (starting from 8 Apr 2024), in presence, 2.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340204, ID: A 170)
  • Introduction to neural data analysis with Python by Tim Gollisch, Shashwat Sridhar, Robert Mihai Haret, 24-26 Apr 2024, in presence, 1.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340455, ID: A 258)
  • Build your own experiments with Arduinos by Markus Jeschke, 17-19 Apr 2024, in presence, 1.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340464, ID: A 265)