Newsletter GAUSS

Call for course registrations – May 2024

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

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

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 March 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 March. From 1 April 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.

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

Professional Skills Courses

Courses recommended for “early/middle/late PhD“

  • Getting started to teach in higher education (A/B) by Katharina Bonyhádi, course offered in cooperation with Hochschuldidaktik – 6 slots are reserved for GAUSS/GGNB students, 11 and 18 April 2024 (two half-days), further information and registration: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/677205.html, online, 0.5 Credits,
  • Scientific English for PhD Students (Intermediate and Advanced Levels) by Adolph van der Walt, Thursdays, 18 Apr – 18 Jul 2024, in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340444, ID: L 17),
  • Critical Reasoning and Logic by Kai Hüwelmeyer, 7-8 May 2024, in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340511, ID: GS 05),
  • Good Scientific Practice for Biologists by Gregor Bucher, 8 May 2024, in presence, 0.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340471, ID: GS 08_1),
  • Good Scientific Practice for Biologists by Gregor Bucher, 10 May 2024, in presence, 0.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340308, ID: GS 08_2),
  • Scientific Writing and Publishing by Martina Michalikova, 15 + 29 May & 12 + 26 Jun 2024, online, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340562, ID: S 90),
  • Project and Time management in academia by Peter Schröder, 22-23 May 2024, in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340652, ID: S 100),
  • Good scientific practice for physicists and chemists by Helmut Grubmüller, 28 May 2024, in presence, 0.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340271, S 24_3),

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

  • The Essentials of Scientific Writing by Deborah Bennet, 6-8 Mar 2024 (>5 free slots – register via email to ggnb@gwdg.de), in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340617, ID: GS 29),
  • The Poster and the Pitch by John Kluempers, 12 Mar 2024 (>5 free slots – register via email to ggnb@gwdg.de), in presence, 0.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340604, ID: S 92),
  • Women-only: Convincing successfully and nicely saying no by Elisabeth Schick, 15-16 Apr 2024 (>3 free slots – register via email to ggnb@gwdg.de), in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340667, ID: W 09),
  • Mental Clarity and Decision Making by Vincent Botella-Soller, two half-days: 24-25 Apr 2024 (>8 free slots – register via email to ggnb@gwdg.de), online, 0.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340670, ID: GS 31),

Methods Courses

 Biochemistry

  • Principles and methods of protein purification by chromatography by Kai Tittmann, Fabian Rabe von Pappenheim, 6-7 May 2024, in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340018, ID: A 064)

Cell Biology & Microbiology, Imaging

  • Investigating macromolecular complexes by density gradient centrifugation by Ricarda Richter-Dennerlein, Marleen Heinrichs, Venkatapathi Challa, 7-8 May 2024, in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340415, ID: A 246)
  • Tracing demographic histories from NGS data by Christian Roos, Liye Zhang, Lakshmi Seshadri, 13-14 May 2024, in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340322, ID: A 291)
  • Tracing selective sweeps in NGS data by Christian Roos, Liye Zhang, Lakshmi Seshadri, 27-28 May 2024, in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340323, ID: A 292)
  • 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

  • ENI Electrophysiology Training (ENI-ELECTRAIN) by Brett Carter, Michael Ferber, Thomas Mager, Luis Pardo, 27-31 May 2024, in presence, 4.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340095, ID: E 003)

  Theoretical, Systems & Behavioral Neuroscience

  • Transcranial magnetic- and electrical stimulation by Andrea Antal, May 2024, CANCELLED, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340056, ID: A 048)
  • Introduction to Matlab in Systems Neuroscience by Alexander Gail, 10 Apr – 5 Jun 2024, in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340043, ID: A 073)

Structural Biology

  • EPR-Spectroscopy by Marina Bennati, Luming Yang, Alexander van der Ham, either 15-17 May OR 29-31 May 2024 (tbd with registered participants), in presence, 1.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340055, ID: A 003)

Vertebrate Animal Models

  • Animal Models of Multiple Sclerosis by Martin Weber, Jasmin Ochs, 6-7 May 2024, in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340645, ID: A 296)