Presentation Skills - 9+10 April 2026

Trainer: Alexander Britz
Date and Time: 9+10 April 2026 (9:00-17:00)
Target group: PhD students
Venue: IMB
Content:
During the workshop, the participants will gain essential skills to deliver impactful scientific presentations (for seminars, conferences, or a thesis defense). The emphasis will be on oral presentation skills.

The specific topics and learning objectives of the workshop are:
- Understand and apply fundamental laws of effective professional scientific communication, with a spotlight on oral presentation skills.
- Learn to create compelling narratives from scientific results using structured storytelling and pitching techniques.
- Acquire skills to use body language and voice effectively.
- Understand how to use technical aid and design appealing slides.
- Hands-on practice of short presentations in breakout sessions.
- Utilize structured feedback to refine your presentations.
Each participant will have to bring a 5-mins presentation or a poster for an active practice session.

Please register by 2 March 2026
To receive information on course fees for external* participants, please email training@imb-mainz.de

Biostatistics - Spring 2026

Trainer: Fridolin Kielisch in cooperation with IMB core facilities
Date & Time: 14 April - 19 May 2026, 9:15 - 10:45 (6 weekly units of 90 minutes each, always Tue)
Venue: hybrid (IMB + online)
Target group: 1st year PhD student + young researchers aiming at repetition
Content:
This module focuses on statistics as an important instrument of scientific work. Students will take a 'probabilistc point of view' on scientific experiments and familiarize themselfes with statistical tools like confidence intervals, hypothesis tests, ANOVA, etc. The course mainly uses the statistical computing framework R, but due to the general nature of the topics any statistical software can be used you are familiar with. 
The module consists of seven units. Between the sessions, the students will do small exercises at home. Tutors will be available for questions and answers.
Requirements: 
Participants must be familiar with a software allowing statistical analysis prior to the course. For beginners, we recommend and support a self-learning course in R.
https://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/training.html#rintro 

Please register by 16 March 2026
This course is currently not open to external* participants. For more information, please email training@imb-mainz.de

Ideation Workshop - dive into the world of creativity techniques - 23 April 2026

Trainer: Corinne Benzing (Life Science Center Mainz, LZM)
Date and Time: 23 April 2026, 13:30-16:30
Target group: PhD students, Postdocs
Venue: IMB
Content:
Get creative! Your path to brilliant ideas.
Want to start your own business, but still looking for the right idea? Thinking about turning your research into a business? Or just want to learn some techniques for coming up with ideas? Then you have come to the right place!
In this workshop, you will dive into the world of creativity techniques and learn methods that will help you discover new perspectives and develop innovative ideas. Together, we will try out different approaches and go through the entire process of idea generation and selection.

What can you expect?

- Learn about and try out creativity techniques
- Understand how ideas are born
- Exchange ideas with other aspiring entrepreneurs and creative minds
- Find inspiration for your own business idea

Who is the workshop suitable for?

For anyone who wants to start a business but is still looking for that spark of inspiration—whether you are just getting started or already have some initial ideas. Take the first step toward your own innovation and discover how much potential you have!

Please register by 26 March 2026
To receive information on course fees for external* participants, please email training@imb-mainz.de