Upcoming Courses

Upcoming Events

Below please find a list of upcoming training events held at IMB for members of the International PhD Programme (IPP) on "Gene Regulation, Epigenetics and Genome Stability", the IMB Postdoc Programme (IPPro), the RTG GenEvo, the RTG 4R, the iRTG of the SFB1361 and the iRTG of the SFB1551. Courses are open also to other young scientists for a fee covering the costs of trainer and course organisation.

If there is no other information in the course description, all courses are taking place at IMB, Ackermannweg 4, 55128 Mainz (University Campus).
* Costs for members of the IPP, IPPro, SFB 1361, SFB1551, 4R and GenEvo are covered by the respective programmes.

To register, please fill in the course registration form (assoc. programmes) or email training(at)imb.de (externals).

Date	Event	Further information
29.08.2024	How to make your next job application a success - 29+30 August 2024	Trainer: Dr. Prateek Mahalwar Date and Time: 29 & 30 August 2024, 09:00-17:00 Venue: IMB Target group: Postdocs; senior PhD students Content: During the workshop the participants will have a chance to learn about the following topics: How to make a professional CV and cover letter How to identify potential fitting jobs Tailoring CV and cover letter to specific applications Individual feedback on CVs How to prepare for interviews outside academia Most common pitfalls at interviews How to answer standard and difficult interview questions Interview practice in small groups Please register by 26 July 2024 To receive information on course fees for external* participants, please email training@imb-mainz.de
24.09.2024	Critical Reasoning and Logic - 24 + 25 September 2024	Trainer: Kai Hüwelmeyer Date & time: 24 + 25 September 2024, 9:00-17:00 Venue: IMB Target group: PhD students, postdocs, junior scientists Content: 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 course introduces 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 course is to use these concepts as a toolbox which provides 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. Please register by 26 August 2024 To receive information on course fees for external* participants, please email training@imb-mainz.de

Date

Event

Further information

29.08.2024

How to make your next job application a success - 29+30 August 2024

Trainer: Dr. Prateek Mahalwar
Date and Time: 29 & 30 August 2024, 09:00-17:00
Venue: IMB
Target group: Postdocs; senior PhD students
Content:
During the workshop the participants will have a chance to learn about the following topics:

How to make a professional CV and cover letter
How to identify potential fitting jobs
Tailoring CV and cover letter to specific applications
Individual feedback on CVs
How to prepare for interviews outside academia
Most common pitfalls at interviews
How to answer standard and difficult interview questions
Interview practice in small groups

Please register by 26 July 2024
To receive information on course fees for external* participants, please email training@imb-mainz.de

24.09.2024

Critical Reasoning and Logic - 24 + 25 September 2024

Trainer: Kai Hüwelmeyer
Date & time: 24 + 25 September 2024, 9:00-17:00
Venue: IMB
Target group: PhD students, postdocs, junior scientists
Content:
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 course introduces 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 course is to use these concepts as a toolbox which provides 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.

Please register by 26 August 2024
To receive information on course fees for external* participants, please email training@imb-mainz.de