Information on additional lectures and events:
The application portal of IMPRS for Molecular Life Sciences: From Biological Structures to Neural Circuits will be activated on September 01, 2020.
Deadline of application is November 15th, 2020.
For more information, please visit the application pages.
Date: Thursday 17th - Friday 18th September 2020
Location: online
Trainer: Daniel Mertens
Description:
Date: Thursday 24th - Friday 25th September 2020
Location: S30-31, IT training room, MPI of Biochemistry
Trainer: Andreas Binder
Description: This two-day workshop is „hands-on“, i.e. you will directly practice the course contents at the computer during the workshop. It will start from scratch and teach you the basics of vector graphics until you will be able to draw your own schematics and data figures. The trainer can flexibly adapt to your needs if you would like to have special topics covered. It can also include basics of Adobe Photoshop. By the end of the workshop, you will be able to apply your new skills to create and design advanced graphics and data representations for talks, posters, and your publications.
Date: Monday 28th - Wednesday 30th September 2020
Location: Large Conference Room, 1st floor, T-building, MPI of Biochemistry
Trainer: Rick Scavetta
Description: This workshop enables life scientists to effectively and rapidly analyse their data using the R software package.
Participants learn how to:
Speaker: Brenda Schulman | MPI of Biochemistry
Date: Thursday 1st October 2020 at 5 pm
Location: online event
Link to meeting: https://mpi-biochemistry.zoom.us/j/99259023225
Meeting-ID: 992 5902 3225
Password: 456947
The IMPRS-LS Lecture Series is open to the public. We are looking forward to welcoming all those who are interested in attending.
Program of the IMPRS Lecture Series
Date: Monday 5th - Tuesday 6th October 2020
Location: Large Conference Room, 1st floor, T-building, MPI of Biochemistry
Trainer: Andreas Kist
Description: Programming is a highly desirable and applicable skill in science. With the open source and universal programming language Python, you can acquire, analyze, and present your data easily without leaving one programming environment. In this introductory course, students will learn how to write small Python scripts using Jupyter notebooks. We will cover why Python is an ideal programming language to learn, the Python syntax, data types, conditional statements, loops and file I/O. We glance at scientific Python packages and version control.
Date: Monday 5th - Wednesday 7th October 2020
Location: Large Conference Room, 1st floor, T-building, MPI of Biochemistry
Trainer: Ruth Willmott
Description: Do you have data to publish, but keep putting off writing that paper because you don’t know where to begin?
How to get started and keep going as well as what goes where and in which tense will be the starting point of this workshop. We will also review key scientific sentence structures as well as strategies to keep your text concise and precise. Issues such as how to create flow and generate the correct level of emphasis will also be discussed. Together we will explore how to make scientific writing understandable and readable and begin the process of integrating these factors into your own scientific writing style. Finally, we will formulate a plan on how you can improve your scientific vocabulary and writing style for future writing tasks. The Scientific Writing Workshop is ideal for non-native English-speaking early-stage research scientists
Date: Monday 5th October - Friday 11th November 2020
Location: online
Trainer: Nadine Sinclair
Description: FastForward is the productivity system for researchers. It is helping early-stage researchers lead projects with more confidence, more focus and less stress in just 7 weeks. It includes seven modules:
Date: Wednesday 7th October 2020
Location: Large Conference Room, 1st floor, T-building, MPI of Biochemistry
Trainer: Andreas Kist
Description: Programming is a highly desirable and applicable skill in science. With the open source and universal programming language Python, you can acquire, analyze, and present your data easily without leaving one programming environment.
A lot of daily tasks are easy to reasonable difficult to automate or simplify. In this one-day workshop, students will learn how to batch process files, interact with CSV and Excel files easily and create paper quality plots with ease. Further, part of the course is dedicated to the needs of the students and we will work us through some issues course participants are faced with.
Course aim:
Learn to rename, read and process files dynamically, use the pandas and seaborn package for data mining, statistics and plotting.
Speaker: Mark Hübener | MPI of Neurobiology
Date: Thursday 8th October 2020 at 5 pm
Location: online event
Link to meeting: https://mpi-biochemistry.zoom.us/j/99259023225
Meeting-ID: 992 5902 3225
Password: 456947
The IMPRS-LS Lecture Series is open to the public. We are looking forward to welcoming all those who are interested in attending.
Program of the IMPRS Lecture Series
Date: Thursday 8th - Friday 9th October 2020
Location: Large Conference Room, 1st floor, T-building, MPI of Biochemistry
Trainer: Andreas Kist
Description: Programming is a highly desirable and applicable skill in science. With the open source and universal programming language Python, you can acquire, analyze, and present your data easily without leaving one programming environment.
This workshop focuses on scientific image processing using Python. We discuss different file formats and origins, how to open different file formats and deal with metadata. We cover basic image processing principles such as histogram equalization, (local) thresholding, alignment and segmentation. For each topic, we will use real data to showcase the applicability of the learned functions. On the second day, we will further emphasize functions that fit the students’ needs and invite one to two speakers that show briefly where they use Python in image processing. The course also highlights strategies how to tackle an image processing pipeline.
This course will be adjusted according to the participants’ background.
Course aim:
Use the skimage and OpenCV package to process imaging data.
Speaker: F.-Ulrich Hartl | MPI of Biochemistry
Date: Thursday 15th October 2020 at 5 pm
Location: online event
Link to meeting: https://mpi-biochemistry.zoom.us/j/99259023225
Meeting-ID: 992 5902 3225
Password: 456947
The IMPRS-LS Lecture Series is open to the public. We are looking forward to welcoming all those who are interested in attending.
Program of the IMPRS Lecture Series
Date: Thursday 15th - Friday 16th October 2020
Location: Large Conference Room, 1st floor, T-building, MPI of Biochemistry
Trainer: Rick Scavetta
Description: This two-day workshop enables life scientists to effectively create figures based on quantitative data that add impact to their publications. The workshop is divided into two one-day modules: Principles and Applications.
Participants learn how to:
Date: Thursday 22nd - Friday 23rd October 2020
Location: Large Conference Room, 1st floor, T-building, MPI of Biochemistry
Trainer: Marco Masia
Description:
The workshop will focus on core concepts in entrepreneurial capacity building, using the approach pioneered by the Harvard Business School, that is currently used by leading Business Schools worldwide. In addition to its core components, the workshop will tailor specific elements to the customer expertise, research programme, and needs. This workshop is structured to teach researchers how to navigate an entrepreneurial journey from idea generation to starting a business.
Working in teams, Researchers will be trained to identify an entrepreneurial idea, make it profitable, improve on it, start a business, and deliver a successful product. Key learning objectives are:
The trainer, Dr. Marco Masia, is a scientist and entrepreneur. With a MSc in Chemistry and a PhD in Physics, he has worked as a Professor of Theoretical Chemistry for ten years at the University of Sassari. He has published many high impact papers (in Science, and other highly ranked journals), participated in European projects, and collaborated with diverse research teams across the world. With a Masters of Business Administration from the Frankfurt School of Business, he has founded and managed a start-up, has managed a large non-profit organization, and currently advises start-ups and SMEs. The training syllabus draws from his unique experience in research, business and entrepreneurship, and management, and is tailored specifically to researchers.
Speaker: Peter Becker | LMU-Biomedical Center
Date: Thursday 22nd October 2020 at 5 pm
Location: online event
Link to meeting: https://mpi-biochemistry.zoom.us/j/99259023225
Meeting-ID: 992 5902 3225
Password: 456947
The IMPRS-LS Lecture Series is open to the public. We are looking forward to welcoming all those who are interested in attending.
Program of the IMPRS Lecture Series
Speaker: Fabiana Perocchi | Helmholtz Zentrum
Date: Thursday 29th October 2020 at 5 pm
Location: online event
Link to meeting: https://mpi-biochemistry.zoom.us/j/99259023225
Meeting-ID: 992 5902 3225
Password: 456947
The IMPRS-LS Lecture Series is open to the public. We are looking forward to welcoming all those who are interested in attending.
Program of the IMPRS Lecture Series
Speaker: Alexander Borst | MPI of Neurobiology
Date: Thursday 5th November 2020 at 5 pm
Location: online event
Link to meeting: https://mpi-biochemistry.zoom.us/j/99259023225
Meeting-ID: 992 5902 3225
Password: 456947
The IMPRS-LS Lecture Series is open to the public. We are looking forward to welcoming all those who are interested in attending.
Program of the IMPRS Lecture Series
Date: Thursday 5th - Friday 6th November 2020
Location: Small Conference Room, 1st floor, T-building, MPI of Biochemistry
Trainer: Ruth Willmott
Description: Knowing how to design a well-structured, visually attractive poster is a must for every researcher. However, due to insufficient know-how and inexperience, you may fail to get your message across and also not present your poster optimally.
To overcome these problems, the Designing and Presenting Posters Workshop focuses on the key dos and don’ts of strong poster design using your own poster as material. In addition, you will be coached on how to effectively make your key points and convey your message as well as on how to make the best impression on interested parties. This workshop will, therefore, enable you not only to design and present a poster competently but also to represent yourself and your Institute more professionally.
The Designing and Presenting Posters Workshop is ideal for early-stage research scientists with no or little poster designing and presenting experience.
Date: Saturday 7th November 2020
Location: Small Conference Room, 1st floor, T-building, MPI of Biochemistry
Trainer: Ruth Willmott
Description: The Career Orientation: Shaping and Steering your Career Path workshop is aimed at providing you with (1) professional advice on what your career options are and (2) hands-on mentoring on how to make it on your chosen career path whether in academia or on the wider market or both. Such an approach will allow you to make informed strategic choices on how best to shape and steer your career path.
Speaker: Elena Conti | MPI of Biochemistry
Date: Thursday 12th November 2020 at 5 pm
Location: online event
Link to meeting: https://mpi-biochemistry.zoom.us/j/99259023225
Meeting-ID: 992 5902 3225
Password: 456947
The IMPRS-LS Lecture Series is open to the public. We are looking forward to welcoming all those who are interested in attending.
Program of the IMPRS Lecture Series
Speaker: Peter Murray | MPI of Biochemistry
Date: Thursday 19th November 2020 at 5 pm
Location: online event
Link to meeting: https://mpi-biochemistry.zoom.us/j/99259023225
Meeting-ID: 992 5902 3225
Password: 456947
The IMPRS-LS Lecture Series is open to the public. We are looking forward to welcoming all those who are interested in attending.
Program of the IMPRS Lecture Series
Speaker: Sigurd Braun | LMU-Biomedical Center
Date: Thursday 26th November 2020 at 5 pm
Location: online event
Link to meeting: https://mpi-biochemistry.zoom.us/j/99259023225
Meeting-ID: 992 5902 3225
Password: 456947
The IMPRS-LS Lecture Series is open to the public. We are looking forward to welcoming all those who are interested in attending.
Program of the IMPRS Lecture Series
Date: Thursday 26th - Friday 27th November 2020
Location: Large Conference Room, 1st floor, T-building, MPI of Biochemistry
Trainer: Kristina Popova
Description: This 2-day workshop will cover the essential aspects of journalism for scientists, with a focus on two main types of articles – news and features. Students will learn about different stages of preparing an article – from drafting the first outline to conducting interviews, writing and editing. We will also explore some of the latest trends such as online vs print journalism, real-time reporting, and blogging.
By the end of the workshop, we will discuss career options for science writers and everyone will leave with at least one written sample which can be used in job applications.
Speaker: Christoph Turck | MPI of Psychiatry
Date: Thursday 3rd December 2020 at 5 pm
Location: online event
Link to meeting: https://mpi-biochemistry.zoom.us/j/99259023225
Meeting-ID: 992 5902 3225
Password: 456947
The IMPRS-LS Lecture Series is open to the public. We are looking forward to welcoming all those who are interested in attending.
Program of the IMPRS Lecture Series
Date: Thursday 3rd December 2020
Location: online? | closed event, open only for IMPRS-LS students
The IMPRS-LS Seminar is a great opportunity for our students to showcase their innovative research to their peers in a friendly environment. IMPRS-LS students will have the chance to present their projects in either talk or poster format.
Our poster sessions provide the perfect opportunity for IMPRS-LS students to network with colleagues and discuss their most recent findings. Students additionally have the chance to vote for their favorite talk and poster, with the winners from each category being announced at the end of the seminar.
Date: Monday 7th - Wednesday 9th December 2020
Location: Large Conference Room, 1st floor, T-building, MPI of Biochemistry
Trainer: Ruth Willmott
Description: Do you have data to publish, but keep putting off writing that paper because you don’t know where to begin?
How to get started and keep going as well as what goes where and in which tense will be the starting point of this workshop. We will also review key scientific sentence structures as well as strategies to keep your text concise and precise. Issues such as how to create flow and generate the correct level of emphasis will also be discussed. Together we will explore how to make scientific writing understandable and readable and begin the process of integrating these factors into your own scientific writing style. Finally, we will formulate a plan on how you can improve your scientific vocabulary and writing style for future writing tasks. The Scientific Writing Workshop is ideal for non-native English-speaking early stage research scientists
Date: Thursday 10th - Friday 11th December 2020
Location: Large Conference Room, 1st floor, T-building, MPI of Biochemistry (link is external)
Trainer: Sabine Walter & Greta Wonneberger
Description: Quite commonly it is not the person who works hard or has exceptional grades who gets ahead professionally; rather, it is the person who markets themselves the best. This is not only a frustrating situation for the deserving employee, but is also detrimental to the company and the organization as top talent is overlooked.
At the end of this workshop, you will know your strengths and talents and consider them resources. You will be able to clearly communicate your goals. You will stand by what you say and will be able to convey your goals and opinions convincingly. You will have a clearer plan for your professional future and understand how to use networking to further your goals.
Speaker: Franz Herzog | LMU-Gene Center
Date: Thursday 10th December 2020 at 5 pm
Location: online event
Link to meeting: https://mpi-biochemistry.zoom.us/j/99259023225
Meeting-ID: 992 5902 3225
Password: 456947
The IMPRS-LS Lecture Series is open to the public. We are looking forward to welcoming all those who are interested in attending.
Program of the IMPRS Lecture Series
Speaker: Stefan Lichtenthaler | TUM-DZNE
Date: Thursday 14th January 2021 at 5 pm
Location: online event
Link to meeting: https://mpi-biochemistry.zoom.us/j/99259023225
Meeting-ID: 992 5902 3225
Password: 456947
The IMPRS-LS Lecture Series is open to the public. We are looking forward to welcoming all those who are interested in attending.
Program of the IMPRS Lecture Series
Speaker: Marc Schmidt-Supprian | TUM
Date: Thursday 21st January 2021 at 5 pm
Location: online event
Link to meeting: https://mpi-biochemistry.zoom.us/j/99259023225
Meeting-ID: 992 5902 3225
Password: 456947
The IMPRS-LS Lecture Series is open to the public. We are looking forward to welcoming all those who are interested in attending.
Program of the IMPRS Lecture Series
Speaker: Hannes Mutschler | MPI of Biochemistry
Date: Thursday 28th January 2021 at 5 pm
Location: online event
Link to meeting: https://mpi-biochemistry.zoom.us/j/99259023225
Meeting-ID: 992 5902 3225
Password: 456947
The IMPRS-LS Lecture Series is open to the public. We are looking forward to welcoming all those who are interested in attending.
Program of the IMPRS Lecture Series
Speaker: Anneli Peters | LMU-Biomedical Cenetr
Date: Thursday 4th February 2021 at 5 pm
Location: online event
Link to meeting: https://mpi-biochemistry.zoom.us/j/99259023225
Meeting-ID: 992 5902 3225
Password: 456947
The IMPRS-LS Lecture Series is open to the public. We are looking forward to welcoming all those who are interested in attending.
Program of the IMPRS Lecture Series
Speaker: Matthias Mann | MPI of Biochemistry
Date: Thursday 11th February 2021 at 5 pm
Location: online event
Link to meeting: https://mpi-biochemistry.zoom.us/j/99259023225
Meeting-ID: 992 5902 3225
Password: 456947
The IMPRS-LS Lecture Series is open to the public. We are looking forward to welcoming all those who are interested in attending.
Program of the IMPRS Lecture Series
Speaker: Lucas Jae | LMU-Gene Center
Date: Thursday 18th February 2021 at 5 pm
Location: online event
Link to meeting: https://mpi-biochemistry.zoom.us/j/99259023225
Meeting-ID: 992 5902 3225
Password: 456947
The IMPRS-LS Lecture Series is open to the public. We are looking forward to welcoming all those who are interested in attending.
Program of the IMPRS Lecture Series
Speaker: Oliver Griesbeck | MPI of Neurobiology
Date: Thursday 25th February 2021 at 5 pm
Location: online event
Link to meeting: https://mpi-biochemistry.zoom.us/j/99259023225
Meeting-ID: 992 5902 3225
Password: 456947
The IMPRS-LS Lecture Series is open to the public. We are looking forward to welcoming all those who are interested in attending.
Program of the IMPRS Lecture Series
Speaker: Heinrich Leonhardt | LMU
Date: Thursday 4th March 2021 at 5 pm
Location: online event
Link to meeting: https://mpi-biochemistry.zoom.us/j/99259023225
Meeting-ID: 992 5902 3225
Password: 456947
The IMPRS-LS Lecture Series is open to the public. We are looking forward to welcoming all those who are interested in attending.
Program of the IMPRS Lecture Series
Speaker: Émilie Macé | MPI of Neurobiology
Date: Thursday 11th March 2021 at 5 pm
Location: online event
Link to meeting: https://mpi-biochemistry.zoom.us/j/99259023225
Meeting-ID: 992 5902 3225
Password: 456947
The IMPRS-LS Lecture Series is open to the public. We are looking forward to welcoming all those who are interested in attending.
Program of the IMPRS Lecture Series
Speaker: Rüdiger Klein | MPI of Neurobiology
Date: Thursday 18th March 2021 at 5 pm
Location: online event
Link to meeting: https://mpi-biochemistry.zoom.us/j/99259023225
Meeting-ID: 992 5902 3225
Password: 456947
The IMPRS-LS Lecture Series is open to the public. We are looking forward to welcoming all those who are interested in attending.
Program of the IMPRS Lecture Series
Speaker: Danny Nedialkova | MPI of Biochemistry
Date: Thursday 25th March 2021 at 5 pm
Location: online event
Link to meeting: https://mpi-biochemistry.zoom.us/j/99259023225
Meeting-ID: 992 5902 3225
Password: 456947
The IMPRS-LS Lecture Series is open to the public. We are looking forward to welcoming all those who are interested in attending.
Program of the IMPRS Lecture Series
Speaker: Miguel Angel Penalva-Soto | MCIB, Madrid, Spain
Date: Thursday 8th April 2021 at 5 pm
Location: online event
Link to meeting: https://mpi-biochemistry.zoom.us/j/99259023225
Meeting-ID: 992 5902 3225
Password: 456947
The IMPRS-LS Lecture Series is open to the public. We are looking forward to welcoming all those who are interested in attending.
Program of the IMPRS Lecture Series