Newsletter GAUSS

Call for course registration – May 2026

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

  • Good scientific practice for biologists by Gregor Bucher, 23 April 2026, in presence, 0.5 Credit (EXA Stud.IP: 340471, ID: GS 08_2),
  • Good scientific practice for physicists and chemists by Helmut Grubmüller, 7 May 2026, in presence, 0.5 Credit (EXA Stud.IP: 340271, ID: S 24_3),
  • Survive and thrive in academia: mental health for PhD students by Nadine Binder, 18 May 2026, in presence, 0.5 Credit, (EXA Stud.IP: 340042, ID: S 104),
  • Critical Reasoning and Logic by Kai Hüwelmeyer, 19-20 May 2026, in presence, 1.0 Credit, (EXA Stud.IP: 340511, ID: GS 05),

Last Chance Professional Skills Courses

  • The Poster and the Pitch by John Kluempers, 25 Mar 2026, (2 free slots available – register via email to ggnb@gwdg.de), in presence, 0.5 Credit (EXA Stud.IP: 340604, ID: S 92),
  • Industry Excursion, Symrise Holzminden, 24 Mar 2026, (1 free slot available, register via email to ggnb@gwdg.de ), in presence, 0 Credit (EXA Stud.IP: 340080, ID: X 25),
  • 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, (6 free slots available, register via email to ggnb@gwdg.de) 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 (1 free slot available, register via email to ggnb@gwdg.de), in presence, 1.0 Credit (EXA Stud.IP: 340667, ID: W09),

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, 5-7 May 2026, in presence, 1.5 Credit (EXA Stud.IP 340221, ID: A 171)

Cell Biology & Microbiology, Imaging

  • Tracing demographic histories from NGS data by Christian Roos, Liye Zhang, 4-5 May 2026, in presence, 1.0 Credit (EXA Stud.IP 340322, ID: A 291)
  • Tracing selective sweeps in NGS data by Christian Roos, Liye Zhang, 18-19 May 2026, shifted to 01-02 Jun 2026, please register in StudIP in March, in presence, 1.0 Credit (EXA Stud.IP: 340323, ID: A 292)
  • HSC Course Bioluminescence Imaging by Carola Gregor, Leonie Tomm, 28-29 May 2026, in presence, 1.0 Credit (EXA Stud.IP: 340046, ID: A 305)

Biochemistry

  • Principles and methods of protein purification by chromatography by Kai Tittmann, Fabian Rabe v. Pappenheim, 4-5 May 2026, in presence, 1.0 Credit (EXA Stud.IP: 340018, ID: A 064)
  • Native membrane protein complex isolation by Peter Rehling, Suman Mhatre, Paula Meth, 7 May 2026, in presence, 0.5 Credit (EXA Stud.IP: 340211, ID: A 163)
  • In vitro import into purified mitochondria by Peter Rehling, Mats Koschel, Mehmet Yilmaz , 5-6 May 2026, in presence, 1.0 Credit (EXA Stud.IP: 340212, ID: A 164)

Molecular & Cellular Neuroscience, Electrophysiology

  • Patch clamp by Luis Pardo, Andrea Alcaraz, 29 May 2026, in presence, 1.5 Credit (EXA Stud.IP: 340040, ID: A 063)

Structural Biology

  • EPR -Spectroscopy by Marina Bennati, Luming Yang, Yu Rao, 22-24 Apr 2026 6-8 May 2026, in presence, 0.5 Credit (EXA Stud.IP: 340055, ID: A 003), please register by mailing to office@gauss.uni-goettingen.de
  • Characterization and quantification of biomolecular interactions by fluorescence polarization by Hauke Hillen, 23 OR 27 Apr 2026, in presence, 0.5 Credit (Stud.IP ID: 340500, ID: A 281)

Biophysics, Bioinformatics and Statistics

  • Using biosensors to study analyte-ligand interactions: basic principles and applications by Claudia Steinem, Klaas Kock, Matthias Peter, 7 May 2026, in presence, 0.5 Credit, (Stud.IP: 340067, ID: A 133)
  • Current Topics in Biophysics and Complex Systems – Lecture Series by Bert de Groot, Florentin Wörgötter, Mondays, starting from 13 April 2026, in presence, 1.0 Credit, (Stud.IP: 340166, ID: A 025), a prior registration by email to imprs-pbcs@gwdg.de is appreciated but not required

Developmental Biology, Anatomy and Histology

  • Histological techniques to study skin architecture and cutaneous diseases by Verena Lorenz, Andrea Braun, 7-8 May 2026, in presence, 1.0 Credit, (Stud.IP: 340074, ID: A 308)