Upcoming Events

Speaker: Andreas Ladurner  |  Biomedical Center, LMU

Location: Main Lecture Hall, T-building, MPI of Biochemistry

Date: Thursday 6th February 2020 at 5 pm

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 17th - Tuesday 18th February 2020

Location: Large Conference Room, 1st floor, T-building, MPI of Biochemistry

Trainer: Malte Engel

Description: Scientists have to give arguments in many different contexts: in their publications, in grant applications, in lab meetings and in conference presentations. Nevertheless, the bases for strong and correct arguments are not always fully clear to them. Logic provides extremely helpful tools for scientists to develop their arguments in a coherent, well-structured and convincing way. The seminar gives an introduction to the most important concepts of logic: premises and conclusions of arguments, validity and soundness of arguments, deductive vs. inductive reasoning, common types of inferences and fallacies.

The idea of the seminar is to use these concepts as a toolbox which provides very useful techniques for everyday scientific work. The participants learn how to reconstruct arguments from scientific texts, how to give well-structured and logically valid arguments, and how to avoid misunderstandings. There are two main sets of exercises: one for written argumentation and one for oral argumentation.

Contents:

• basic concepts of logic (validity and soundness of arguments etc.)

• inductive and deductive arguments

• common types of fallacies

• reconstructing arguments from texts

• tips and exercises for written argumentation

• tips and exercises for oral argumentation

Speaker: Jürgen Ruland  |  TUM

Location: Main Lecture Hall, T-building, MPI of Biochemistry

Date: Thursday 5th March 2020 at 5 pm

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

Location: Main Lecture Hall, T-building, MPI of Biochemistry

Date: Thursday 12th March 2020 at 5 pm

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

Location: Main Lecture Hall, T-building, MPI of Biochemistry

Date: Thursday 19th March 2020 at 5 pm

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: Tuesday 31th March - Wednesday 1st April 2020

Location: Large Conference Room, 1st floor, T-building, MPI of Biochemistry

Trainer: Markus Ackermann

Description: This workshop will be useful both for people looking into patenting their inventions, as well as those interested in the patent-related careers.

You can read a lot about patents and other industrial property rights. However, there are two fundamental problems for young professionals in life sciences trying to find out about a possible career in the field of industrial property. First, it has been extremely hard to get an idea of what a patent attorney’s daily work looks like. Second, there has been no training or workshop material specifically tailored for people with a background in life sciences.

This workshop offers the unique opportunity to explore a patent attorney’s daily work by means of a case study that is based on a real patent case. It is conceived in a way to mimic the training experience of a trainee in a patent attorney’s office. Thus, the workshop is hands-on training and you will have to jump in at the deep end. Moreover, you will work on a life-science case throughout the workshop and get insights into the various legal aspects (including case law) that a patent attorney must be knowledgeable about. Finally, you will learn to appreciate the similarities and differences between different jurisdictions (such as European, German, and U.S.).

Date: Monday 20th - Tuesday 21th April 2020

Location: L25/L26

Trainer: Karin Bodewits

Description: Do you find yourself at conferences drinking coffee alone or only with your own colleagues?

Do you seem to miss every chance to network?

Or do you have the feeling you can’t keep the conversation going or can’t even start it in the first place?

No matter if you answer one of those questions with a clear “yes” or you simply have the feeling that you could perfect your self-presentation skills, then this seminar might be just right for you!

From the first impression you leave, the conversation that follows to a successful or friendly follow-up… we will cover it during this workshop. This is an interactive course with role-playing, exercises and real-life examples. There is a special emphasis on communication, networking and body language and how to make your colleagues and superiors aware of your qualities.

 
Date: Wednesday 13th - Friday 15th May 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