Newsletter GAUSS

Call for course registrations – November 2024

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

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

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 September 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 September. From 1 October 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 winter semester 2024/25 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_WiSe2024/25

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; (6) that you only receive credits for attending the entire workshop – you will not get partial credits for part-time attendance.

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“

  • Good scientific practice for physicists and chemists by Helmut Grubmüller, 5 Nov 2024 (13-17h), in presence, 0.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340271, ID: S 24_3),
  • What to do with a PhD by Gaby Schilling, 19 Nov 2024, in presence, 0.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340501, ID: GS 22),
  • Networking in the academic context by Cornelia Altenburg, 26 Nov 2024, in presence, 0.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340177, ID: S 43),
  • Mental strategies for PhD students by Harald Roth, 7 Nov – 12 Dec 2024 (Thursdays 14-18h), online, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340507, ID: S 86),

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

  • Work-Life-Integration by Henning Braun, 17 Oct 2024 (2 free slots – register via email to ggnb@gwdg.de), in presence, 0.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340015, ID: S 101),
  • Critical Reasoning and Logic by Malte Engel, 21-22 Oct 2024 (1 free slot – register via email to ggnb@gwdg.de), in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340407, ID: S 58),
  • Scientific English for PhD students in the natural sciences by Adolph van der Walt, Oct 2024 – Feb 2025, Tuesdays (17:00-18:30h) (4 free slots – register via email to ggnb@gwdg.de), in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340444, ID: L 17),

Methods Courses

Molecular Biology & Genetics

  • Viral transduction systems by Stefan Pöhlmann, Michael Winkler, Markus Hoffmann, 26-28 Nov 2024, in presence, 1.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340221, ID: A 171)

Cell Biology & Microbiology, Imaging

  • Introduction to image processing in biology with ImageJ and FIJI by Mišo Mitkovski , 13-15 Nov 2024, online, 1.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340066, ID: A 098)
  • Tracing demographic histories from NGS data by Christian Roos, 4-5 Nov 2024, in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340322, ID: A 291)
  • Tracing selective sweeps in NGS data by Christian Roos, 11-12 Nov 2024, in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340323, ID: A 292)

Structural Biology

  • EPR-Spectroscopy by Marina Bennati, Luming Yang, Alexander van der Ham, 13-15 Nov 2024, in presence, 1.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340055, ID: A 003)
  • Characterization and quantification of biomolecular interactions by fluorescence polarization by Hauke Hillen, Nov 2024, in presence, 0.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340498, ID: A 281)

Biophysics, Bioinformatics and Statistics

  • Basic statistics for graduate students in the life sciences – an introduction using R by Tim Friede, Christian Röver, 5-26 Nov 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, Sofya Nechunaeva, Daria Tambasova, Nov 2024, in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340067, ID: A 133)
  • Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) – Analysis of RNAseq and ChIP-seq data by Tim Beißbarth, Maksims Fiosins, Nico Posnien, 13-15 Nov 2024, in presence, 1.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340208, ID: A 157)

Vertebrate Animal Models

  • Animal models of multiple sclerosis by Martin Weber, Jasmin Ochs, 11-12 Nov 2024, in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340645, ID: A 296)