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Seminars and workshops

The University of Cologne offers its researchers a series of seminars and workshops on the following overarching topics:

Doctoral students in the Interdisciplinary Program Health Sciences (IPHS) and Molecular Medicine (IPMM) as well as Clinician Scientists in the Cologne Clinician Scientist Program (CCSP) will find a selection of courses for their mandatory modules here.

Please refer to the respective provider's website for information on the conditions of participation, the language of the course and the specific target group.

The events listed here do not claim to be exhaustive. If you are missing something, please send us an e-mail.

Good scientific practice

Title (Lecturer) date Time Provider*

Workshop Good Scientific Practice

(Prof. Dr. Nicole Skoetz - Institute of Public Health)

Nov 19 - 20

09:15 - 11:15

IPHS

Workshop Good Scientific Practice

(Prof. Dr. Martin C. Michel - Institute for Pharmacology | University Mainz)

tba

tba

IPMM/ZMMK

Gute wissenschaftliche Praxis – Grundlagenwissen für Doktorand*innen (online)

(Dr. Julia Verse)

tba

tba

AMC

Good Scientific Practice – Basic principles for Doctoral Candidates (online)

(Dr. Julia Verse)

tba

tba

AMC

Scientific writing

Title (Lecturer) date Time Provider*

Workshop Advanced Scientific Writing

(Dr. Ruth Willmott(Bioscript, Vienna))

tba

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IPMM/ZMMK

Academic Writing in English for Doctoral Candidates in the Life and Natural Sciences

(Lesley-Anne Weiling)

Oct 1 - 2

9:00 - 15:30

AMC

Academic Writing in English for Doctoral Candidates in the Humanities and Social Sciences

(Lesley-Anne Weiling)

tba

9:00 - 15:30

AMC

Academic Writing for Postdocs

(Lesley-Anne Weiling)

tba

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AMC

Scientific presentation

Title (Lecturer) date Time Provider*

Workshop Poster Design and Presentation

(Dr. Ruth Willmott (Bioscript, Vienna))

tba

tba

IPMM/ZMMK

Confident performance - presentation skills for female researchers

(Dr. Saskia Schottelius)

tba

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AMC

Disputationstraining

(Thorsten Rother)

Oct 7 - 8

9:00 - 16:00

AMC

Science Communication - the Basics for First Stage and Recognized Researchers (R1/R2)

(Dr. Elisabeth Hoffmann)

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AMC

Wissenschaftliche Präsentation in der Promotionsphase – souverän vortragen und diskutieren

(Sabine Scheerer)

Nov 20 - 21

9:00 - 17:00

AMC

Statistics and bioinformatics

Title (Lecturer) date Time Provider*

Statistics with the Software "R"

(Prof. Dr. Achim Tresch - Institute for Medical Statistics and Bioinformatics)

each Thursday,

07.11.24 - 12.12.24

10:00 - 15:00

IPHS/IMSB

Grundlagen der medizinischen Statistik

(Prof. Dr. Martin Hellmich - Institute of Medical Statistics and Bioinformatics)

Block course:

17.-21.03.2025

9:15 - 13:00

IMSB

Ethics

Title (Lecturer) date Time Provider*

Research Ethics and Theory of Science

(Dr. Christian Hick - Institute for History and Ethics of Medicine)

tba

tba

IPHS

Project/data management

Title (Lecturer) date Time Provider*

Project Management

(Dr. Christine Kohistani)

tba

tba

PE

Forschungsdatenmanagement (FDM/RDM): Eine praxisbezogene Einführung

(Andreas Mühlichen and Denis Arnold)

Nov 27

09:00 - 16:00

C³RDM

Research Data Management (RDM/FDM): A Practice-Oriented Introduction

(Andreas Mühlichen and Denis Arnold)

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C³RDM

Aufbaukurs Forschungsdatenmanagement (FDM/RDM): Wie schreibe ich einen Datenmanagementplan (DMP)?

(Jasmin Schenk and Andreas Mühlichen)

tba

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C³RDM

Advanced Course on Research Data Management (RDM/FDM): How to Write a Data Management Plan (DMP)

(Jasmin Schenk and Andreas Mühlichen)

tba

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C³RDM

Research funding

Title (Lecturer) date Time Provider*

Workshop: Funding Opportunities for Postdocs and Clinician Scientists

(Dr. Simona Walker (Research Funding Support Medicine))

on request

on request

Dean's Office

Individual funding advice for all scientists at the Faculty of Medicine

(Dr. Simona Walker (Research Funding Support Medicine))

on request

on request

Dean's Office

CATCH-UP DATE - DFG Research Units: Steps from pre-proposal to full proposal CATCH-UP DATE

(Dr. Daniela Kussberger & Dr. Claudia Meel (Dept. 72 Large Scale Projects))

Nov 14

12:00 - 13:00

D7

Workshop Getting funded: Writing an individual fellowship

(Dr. Ruth Willmott (Bioscript, Vienna))

tba

tba

IPMM/ZMMK

Didactics

Title (Lecturer) date Time Provider*

 12.01 Medizindidaktik: Curriculum Development

(Dr. Dino Carl Novak, Heike Zims)

Dec 13 - 14

Dec 13: 10:00 - 19:00
Dec 14: 10:00 - 14:00

UKK

12.02 Medizindidaktik: Plenardidaktik

(Jürgen-Christoph von Kleist-Retzow, Claus Reinhardt)

tba

tba

UKK

12.03 Medizindidaktik: Interaktiver Kleingruppenunterricht

(Priv.-Doz. Dr. Jan Matthes, Dr. Christoph Stosch)

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UKK

12.04 Medizindidaktik: Unterricht am Krankenbett

(Dr. Eva Schönefeld, Dr. Helmut Ahrens)

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UKK

12.05 Medizindidaktik: E-Learning

(Dr. Dino Carl Novak, Birger Reiß)

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UKK

12.06 Medizindidaktik: Richtig (?!) Prüfen

(Priv.-Doz. Dr. Jan Matthes, Dr. Christoph Stosch)

Oct 25 - 26

Oct 25: 10:00 - 19:00
Oct 26: 10:00 - 14:00

UKK

12.07 Medizindidaktik: Forschung und Medizinstudium

(Priv.-Doz. Dr. Jan Matthes, Dr. Sören Moritz, Dr. Christoph Stosch)

Nov 15 - 16

Nov 15: 10:00 - 19:00
Nov 16: 10:00 - 14:00

UKK

Career planning and orientation

Title (Lecturer) date Time Provider*

Workshop Career Mentoring and Management

(Dr. Ruth Willmott(Bioscript, Vienna)

tba

tba

IPMM/ZMMK

Workshop Career Orientation for Junior PhDs career development

(Dr. Ruth Willmott (Bioscript, Vienna)

tba

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IPMM/ZMMK

AMC Career Compass: lecture series about career development and applications

(various speakers)

Oct 30

12:00 - 13:30

AMC

Bewerbungstraining (außeruniversitär) für Berufseinsteigerinnen

(Diana Ochs)

tba

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AMC

Career perspectives after PhD in Natural and Life Science

(Dr. Gaby Schilling)

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AMC

Was hat meine Promotion mit meiner Herkunft zu tun?

(Dr. Ann-Kristin Kolwes)

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AMC

Wie finde ich heraus, was ich (beruflich) wirklich will? Potentialanalyse für Frauen

(Dr. Sarah Kersten)

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AMC

How to become a professor in Germany

(Katharina Lemke, Dr. Vanessa Adam)

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AMC

Professor wanted! Planning and optimizing your academic career

(Dr. Dieta Kuchenbrandt)

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AMC

Wissenschaftlerinnen auf dem Weg zur Professur

(RA Prof. Dr. Hubert Detmer, RA Dr. Ulrike Preißler, RA Dr. Wiltrud Christine Radau)

Oct 10

09:00 - 13:30

AMC

Seminar series

Scientific Career Day

Life Science Lectures

ZKS Akademie - Für klinische Forschung qualifizieren

Further offers

*Legend

AMC - Albertus Magnus Center

C³RDM - Cologne Competence Center for Research Data Management

D7 - Department 7 "Research Management" of the University of Cologne

IMSB - Institute for Medical Statistics and Bioinformatics

IPHS - Interdisciplinary Program Health Sciences

IPMM - Interdisciplinary Program Molecular Medicine

PE - Human Resources Development at the University of Cologne

UKK - University Hospital Cologne (Education Portal)

ZMMK - Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne