Newsletter GAUSS

Call for course registration – April 2026

The registration for methods and professional skills courses held in April 2026 will be open from 1 February 2026. 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 2026 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 February. From 1 March 2026 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 2026 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

  • Industry Excursion, Symrise Holzminden, 24 Mar 2026, in presence, 0 Credit (EXA Stud.IP: 340080, ID: X 25),
  • Scientific English for PhD Students (Intermediate and Advanced Levels) by Adolph van der Walt, Apr – Jul 2026 (12 sessions), Tuesdays 18:15-19:45 h, exact dates TBA, in presence, 1.0 Credit, EXA Stud.IP: 340444, ID: L 17,
  • Getting started to teach in higher education (A/B) by Bonyhádi, Katharina, organized by Hochschuldidaktik, 6 slots reserved for GAUSS/GGNB students (free of charge!), further information and registration: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/678269.html, online, 0.5 Credit
  • Speak out – Voice training for women by Gudrun Stockmann, 14 and 28 Apr 2026, in presence, 1.0 Credit (EXA Stud.IP: 340561, ID: W 06),
  • Convincing negotiations and successfully saying no by Elisabeth Schick, 20-21 Apr 2026, in presence, 1.0 Credit (EXA Stud.IP: 340667, ID: W 09),
  • Scientific Presentation by John Kluempers, 22-23 Apr 2026, in presence, Credit 1.0. EXA StudIP: 340572, ID: S 91,
  • Scientific Writing and Publishing by Martina Michalikova, 28 Apr, 12 and 26 May, 9 Jun 2026, online, 1.0 Credit, EXA studIP: 340562, ID: S 90,

Last Chance Professional Skills Courses

  • Good Scientific Practice (focus on physics) by Sarah Köster, 16-17 Feb 2026 (8 free slots available, register via email to ggnb@gwdg.de), in presence, 1.0 Credit (EXA Stud.IP: 535470, ID: GS 23),
  • The Poster and the Pitch by John Kluempers, 25 Mar 2026, in presence, 0.5 Credit (EXA Stud.IP: 340604, ID: S 92),

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

  • Introduction to R and RNA-Seq analysis by Tim Beißbart, Martín Bernaus, Nicole Seifert, 14-16 Apr 2026, in presence, 1.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP 440727, ID: A 176)
  • Evolutionary Genomics of Biodiverse Reproductive Systems by Elvira Hörandl, Antje Menster, 24 Apr – 3 Jul 2026, in presence, 1.0 Credit (EXA Stud.IP 340037, ID: A 304)

Cell Biology & Microbiology, Imaging

  • STED nanoscopy and immunolabeling by Stefan Jakobs, Daniel Jans, 14-15 Apr 2026, in presence, 1.0 Credit (EXA Stud.IP 340459, ID: A 260)
  • Introduction to image processing in biology with ImageJ and FIJI by Mišo Mitkovski, 22-24 Apr 2026, online, 1.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340066, ID: A 098)
  • Investigating macromolecular complexes by density gradient centrifugation by Ricarda Richter-Dennerlein, Olga Beine-Golovchuk, 15-16 April 2026, in presence, 1.0 Credit (EXA Stud.IP: 340415, ID: A 246)
  • A practical introduction into electron microscopy by Wiebke Möbius, 22-23 April 2026, in presence, 1.0 Credit (EXA Stud.IP: 340328, ID: A 228)
  • Hertha Sponer College – Lecture Series by Steinem Claudia, Heike Conrad, monthly, every 2nd Wednesday of a month, in presence, 0.5 Credit (EXA Stud.IP: 340496 A 276), registration via email to
    heike.conrad@med.uni-goettingen.de

Molecular & Cellular Neuroscience, Electrophysiology

  • Nerve cell culture and patch-clamp recordings from nerve cells by Jeong Seop Rhee, 7 Apr 2026, in presence, 1.0 Credit (EXA Stud.IP: 340038, ID: A 096)
  • Neuronal circuit dissection in Drosophila by André Fiala, Ismael Fernández Hernández, 8-10 Apr 2026, in presence, 1.5 Credits (EXA Stud.IP: 340319, ID: A 216)

Theoretical, Systems & Behavioral Neuroscience

  • Collective Dynamics of Biological Neural Networks II by Fred Wolf, Viola Priesemann, Fridays, starting from 17 Apr 2026; Thursdays, starting from 23 Apr 2026, in presence, 1.0 Credit, (EXA Stud.IP: 350036, ID: A 022)
  • Introduction to Matlab in Systems Neuroscience by Alexander Gail, 22 Apr – 3 Jun 2026, 1.0 Credit, in presence, 1.0 Credit (Stud.IP ID: 340043, ID: 073)

Structural Biology

  • EPR -Spectroscopy by Marina Bennati, Luming Yang, Yu Rao, 23-25 Apr 2026, in presence, 0.5 Credit (EXA Stud.IP: 340055, ID: A 003)
  • Characterization and quantification of biomolecular interactions by fluorescence polarization by Hauke Hillen, 23 OR 27 Apr 2026, in presence, 0.5 Credit (EXA Stud.IP 340500, ID: A 281), registration via email to office@gauss.uni-goettingen.de

Biophysics, Bioinformatics and Statistics

  • Current Topics in Biophysics and Complex Systems – Lecture Series by Bert de Groot, Florentin Wörgötter, Mondays, starting from April 2026, in presence, 1.0 Credit, (Stud.IP ID: 340166, ID: A 025)
  • Basic statistics for graduate students in the life sciences – an introduction using R by Tim Friede, Christian Röver, 4 Apr – 5 May 2026, in presence 1.0 Credit, (EXA StudIP: 340061, ID: A 100)
  • Biomolecular Physics and Simulations by Helmut Grubmüller, Bert de Groot, Mondays, starting from 13 Apr 2026, 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, 7-29 Apr 2026, in presence, 1.5 Credits (EXA StudIP: 340455, ID: A 258)
  • Build your own experiments with Arduinos by Markus Jeschke, Apr 2026 TBA, in presence, 1.5 Credit (EXA Stud.IP: 340464, ID A 265),

Python course