Dear reader,

welcome to the June 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

GAUSS Office

Changes in the GAUSS Office

Dr. Jonas Barth left the GAUSS Office in June. We are happy to introduce Dr. Dirk Kamin as a new member in the office who will take over his responsibilities as Scientific Coordinator.

Call for course registrations – September 2019

The registration for methods and skills courses held in September 2019 will be open from 1 July. You can register for courses taking place in September from 1-20 July; the slots will be allocated on 25 July. Please check carefully for scheduling conflicts. Registration after the 20 July is not possible, please do not contact the course instructors. All communication regarding …

Don’t forget to re-registrate for winter semester 2019/2020

Don’t forget to re-register, if you want to continue your studies at Göttingen University.

Workshops and Events

Career workshop: organized by the “Biotechnologische Studenteninitiative e.V.” (2 July 2019)

From the organizers:

Dear Life Science Students, do you still consider which career path to choose and which position to take. Then this DISG-Workshop will help you to find your job profile and your personal strengths and weaknesses.

Only in German: Vortragsreihe GENDER MATTERS der Fakultät für Forstwissenschaften (2 & 9 Juli 2019)

Vortragende aus Wissenschaft, Polikikberatung und Praxis sprechen über aktuelle Herausforderungen für die Landnutzung, den Umgang mit Ressourcen, die Agrarwissenschaften und angrenzende Fachbereiche.

Only in German: Fördermittel für angewandte Forschung in der Medizin (4 Juli 2019)

Informationsveranstaltung zu Fördermittel für angewandte Forschung in der Medizin am 4. Juli 2019, organisiert durch die Stabsstelle Kooperation und Innovation, Gründungsförderung der Universität Göttingen

Neuer Schwung für gute Ideen: Fördermittel für angewandte Forschung und Fördermöglichkeiten für Translation

Only in German: Veranstaltung "Saubere Wissenschaft an der Universität Göttingen" (8 Juli 2019)

Eine Aufklärungsveranstaltung zu Fragen der guten wissenschaftlichen Praxis, um Regelverstöße zu verhindern. Hinzu kommt die Vorstellung des universitären Ombudssystems, speziell wie dieses mit wissenschaftlichem Fehlverhalten umgeht und involviert ist.

Only in German: Vortrag und Disskussion „Patentkämpfe um Stammzellen, Gene, Pflanzen und CRISPR/CAS“ (16 Juli 2019)

Der Patentanwalt Dr. Martin Grund wird in seinem Vortrag „Patentkämpfe um Stammzellen, Gene, Pflanzen und CRISPR/CAS“ folgende Themen genauer betrachten:

Wo liegen die Grenzen der Patentierbarkeit?
Was darf man nicht patentieren, weil es z.B.unethisch wäre?
Was sollte man dagegen patentieren?

Summer Schools in August: Cambridge Summer Institute at Magdalene College (University of Cambridge)

The Magdalene College at University of Cambridge (UK) is offering Summer Schools within the Cambridge Summer Institute. University students, graduate students, and working professionals are allowed to apply and have the option to enroll in a 2-week session or to the extended program for up to 8 weeks within a college of the University of Cambridge. Interesting topics with cutting …

Ribbon Synapse Symposium (2-3 September 2019) - Deadline 30 June!

The Ribbon Synapses Symposium (RSS) 2019 is a specialized international conference to bring together experts of the field of ribbon synapse research with the aim to highly incorporate young scientists by oral or poster presentations.

16th Horizons in Molecular Biology Symposium & 13th Career Fair (9-12 September 2019)

For the sixteenth time the PhD students of the MSc/PhD Molecular Biology Program - International Max Planck Research School at the University of Göttingen organize the International Symposium "Horizons in Molecular Biology" taking place at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry. The symposium is designed to foster a multidisciplinary exchange between top senior scientists and young researchers from a …

35th Klenk Symposium, Rare diseases: From mechanisms to therapy and beyond (15-17 September 2019)

With its 35th Symposium, the organizers of the Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC) - University of Cologne, will bring together an outstanding and diverse group of scientists at the forefront of rare diseases to share and discuss the latest advances in the following areas: State of the art in rare disease discovery Technologies to understand functional impact of human …

10th BSRT Symposium of the Berlin-Brandenburg School for Regenerative Therapies (3-6 December 2019)

Title: The Hitchhicker’s Guide to Regenerative Therapies - The answer is not 42.

PhD students from the Berlin-Brandenburg School of Regenerative Therapies (BSRT) organize a symposium on different aspects of space and time in Regenerative Medicine in Berlin. In its 10th anniversary, the symposium is aimed at finding significant key players of today’s trends in regenerative therapies for future treatments and …

Funding Opportunities and Prizes

Canon research Fellowship

Each year 15 Fellowships are given away by the Canon Foundation in Europe to highly qualified European and Japanese researchers. While European Fellows are expected to pursue a period of research in Japan, Japanese Fellows are expected to do their research in Europe.

CHRISTIANE NÜSSLEIN-VOLHARD-FOUNDATION for the promotion of talented young women with children

The Foundation for the promotion of science and research supports talented young women with children and aims to enable them to create the freedom and mobility required to go on with their scientific careers. The foundation targets specifically talented female graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the fields of …

Miscellaneous

Fraunhofer AHEAD Program with Life Science Track in Göttingen (apply by 5 July 2019)

Starting in autumn 2019, the Fraunhofer AHEAD Accelerator Program will take place in Göttingen in cooperation with the Life Science Factory, initiated by Sartorius. Within the Life Science Track, the program provides individual support and is aimed at life science start-up teams from universities and research institutes, e.g. from the fields of drug development, diagnostics, medical technology and life science …

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