Newsletter GAUSS

Call for course registrations – May 2025

The registration for methods and professional skills courses held in May 2025 will be open from 1 March 2025. 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 2025 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 2025 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 2025 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

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“

  • Speak out – Voice training for women by Gudrun Stockmann, 6 & 20 May 2025, in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340561, ID: W 06),
  • Getting started to teach in higher education (A/B) by Katharina Bonyhádi (organized by Hochschuldidaktik – 6 slots reserved for GAUSS/GGNB students), 7 & 21 May 2025, online, 1.0 Credits, further information and registration: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/677610.html,
  • Self-defense and self-assertion for women by Dagmar Riggers, 9-10 May 2025, in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340014, ID: W 08),
  • Critical Reasoning and Logic by Kai Hüwelmeyer, 13-14 May 2025, in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340511, ID: GS 05),
  • Good scientific practice for physicists and chemists by Helmut Grubmüller, 23 May 2025, in presence, 0.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340271, ID: S 24_3),

Last Chance Professional Skills Courses

  • The Poster and the Pitch by John Kluempers, 18 March 2025 (1 free slot – register via email to ggnb@gwdg.de), in presence, 0.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340604, ID: S 92),
  • Scientific English for PhD students in the natural sciences by Adolph van der Walt, Apr 2025 – July 2025, Tuesdays (18:15-19:45h), exact times TBA (4 free slots – register via email to ggnb@gwdg.de), 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

Methods Courses

Molecular Biology & Genetics

  • Viral transduction systems by Stefan Pöhlmann, Michael Winkler, Markus Hoffmann, 20-22 May 2025, in presence, 1.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340221, ID: A 171)
  • Evolutionary Genomics of Biodiverse Reproductive Systems by Elvira Hörandl, Antje Menster, 25 Apr – 4 Jul 2025 (free slots available – register via email to office@gauss.uni-goettingen.de), in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340037, ID: A 304)

Cell Biology & Microbiology, Imaging

  • Investigating macromolecular complexes by density gradient centrifugation by Ricarda Richter-Dennerlein, Olga Beine-Golovchuk, 22-23 May 2025, in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340415, ID: A 246)
  • Tracing demographic histories from NGS data by Christian Roos, Liye Zhang, 19-20 May 2025, in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340322, ID: A 291)
  • Tracing selective sweeps in NGS data by Christian Roos, Liye Zhang, 26-27 May 2025, in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340323, ID: A 292)

Molecular & Cellular Neuroscience, Electrophysiology

  • A practical introduction into electron microscopy by Wiebke Möbius, 13-14 May 2025, in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340328, ID: A 228)

Theoretical, Systems & Behavioral Neuroscience

  • Transcranial magnetic- and electrical stimulation by Andrea Antal, 6 May 2025, in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340056, ID: A 048)

Biochemistry

  • Principles and methods of protein purification by chromatography by Kai Tittmann, Fabian Rabe von Pappenheim, 12-13 May 2025, in presence, 1.0 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340018, ID: A 064)

Biophysics, Bioinformatics and Statistics

  • Using biosensors to study analyte-ligand interactions: basic principles and applications by Claudia Steinem, Mira Franke, Amelie Meyer, 14 May 2025, in presence, 0.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340067, ID: A 265)
  • Build your own experiments with Arduinos by Markus Jeschke, April 2025, in presence, 1.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340464, ID: A 265)