Dear reader,

welcome to the August issue of the monthly GAUSS newsletter with information from the GAUSS Office including courses and events organised by GAUSS. Furthermore, the newsletter contains information about workshops and events offered by partners at the Göttingen Campus and additional information that might be of interest for doctoral students in Göttingen. For more information about each topic, please follow the links below.

Some of the events or seminars are advertised in German as the language during the events or workshops will be German. Feel free to forward this email to other interested students. If you do not want to receive information like this again, please let me know and I will remove you from the mailing list. 

All the best,
Dirk

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GAUSS Office

Call for course registrations – November 2019

The registration for methods and skills courses held in November 2019 will be open from 1 September. You can register for courses taking place in November from 1-20 September; the slots will be allocated on 25 September.

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Final call: Nomination of new GAUSS student representatives

We need to nominate two new GAUSS student representatives. Everyone interested can contact the GAUSS Office. The two …

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Various course places available - a.o. Good Scientific Practice

Free places available in the following courses:

Challenges and opportunities in management consulting, 18 October  

Good Scientific Practice for Biologists, 25 October

Time and Project Management with “Fast Forward”, online course starting 7 …

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Mandatory lecture series for course A024 in March 2020 - Introduction to Molecular Dynamic Simulations

Those of you who are interested in the course A 024 (“Introduction to Molecular Dynamic Simulations”) offered by Helmut Grubmüller, Bert de Groot and Malte Schäffner in March 2020,

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Workshops and Events

International PhD Day, 9 October

As in every semester the Incoming Office organises an Introductory Week for international students

The four Göttingen Graduate Schools will contribute with an - International PhD Students Day - on 9 October for both new and already experienced PhD students.

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Introductory Week for international students, 07-11 October

As in every semester the Incoming Office organises an Introductory Week for international students. It will help you get to know the University and the city of Göttingen better.

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Symposium: New Developments in Neurogenetics - 6 September, Göttingen

One-Day Scientific Symposium of the Department of Neurogenetics at the Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine to celebrate its 20-years anniversary - hot topics dealing with New Developments in Neurogenetics

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Falling Walls Conference - 8-9 November, Berlin

Which are the walls to fall next? Discuss on the latest research findings and innovations from all areas of society with 750 global leaders, decision-makers, and international media representatives. …

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Course: German language module courses, 28 October - 7 February 2019/20

For students with an interest in learning German the Lektorat Deutsch als Fremdsprache at the University of Göttingen offers German language module courses during winter semester …

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Course: Intensive German courses for international students - 16-27 September

These skill-oriented German courses are primarily designed to develop the ability to communicate in simple everyday situations. It is intended for students who have no or very little knowledge of German. ...

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Course: Scientific english for PhD students in the natural sciences

A special course for natural scientist to learn scientific English will take place this winter semester.    

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Miscellaneous

New Codex of the DFG for Good Scientific Practice

The DFG release a New Codex of the DFG for Good Scientific Practice as of 1 August 2019. The codex „Leitlinien zur Sicherung guter wissenschaftlicher Praxis" is only available in German. …

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Winner of 3 Minute Thesis Competition in Krakow: student Claudia Schmidt

Congratulations to the overall winner Claudia Schmidt for winning the 3 Minute Thesis Competition – first in Göttingen, and then the deserved 1st place in Krakow at the Jagiellonian University. The 3 Minute Thesis Competion (3MT) was organized by the Coimbra Group of universities - a network of leading European Universities …

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 Dr. Dirk Kamin

Scientific Coordinator
Georg-August-University School of Science (GAUSS)
Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1 |  level B01, Room 126 (map) | 37077 Göttingen, Germany

Phone: +49 551 39-24094 | E-mail: office@gauss.uni-goettingen.de
Web: http://www.gauss.uni-goettingen.de