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"Berlin is looking for the Sciencefluencer 2023 starting today! Students, PhD students, postdocs and professors can now apply for this training program. Over a period of six months (start: October 2023), participants will learn all the tricks and tools to build a successful professional social media presence and become visible in the scientific community.

The program is intended for anyone studying, researching, or teaching at the institutions of the Berlin University Alliance (HU, FU, TU, Charité). It is designed so that it can be completed alongside study or work obligations, regardless of location (remote first). In addition to the qualification as a social media professional and exclusive invitations to exciting events of the Berlin science community, prize money totaling 6,000 euros awaits you!"

Zur Bewerbung: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf2Zhx2D2XMXd1fjs6LA9tFxanTksmQ2XZRgqxbREXY3iAgOA/viewform?usp=sf_link

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We offer you a professional training to become a Sciencefluencer.
Become a social media professional in 6 months, build a community, get invitations to exclusive events in Berlin's research landscape and win prize money of up to 3,000 euros.

WHEN

The continuing education program starts in October 2023 and runs until May 31, 2024.
It is designed to be completed while working/studying. (see below for more information).

WHY APPLY?

You get visibility in your scientific community.

Comments, questions, and recommendations from your peers will help you advance professionally.

The proof of experience in science communication and knowledge exchange is increasingly an important criterion for the funding probability of research projects up to appointment procedures.

The exchange with an interested public increases your self-reflection and broadens your horizon.

You gain a professional perspective on your activities

You will acquire skills and insights that will polish your CV in the field of digital competencies.

You can use the acquired skills everywhere, maybe you have other interests that would also benefit from your new social media competence.

HOW ELABORATE IS THE PROGRAM?

Starting in October 2023, 8 mornings (approx. 4 hours) will take place as group sessions over the course of half a year.
In addition, participants will receive two hours of individual coaching. This adds up to approximately 6 hours/month.

In addition to these appointments, you will need to schedule enough time to write at least two posts each week during the program. Depending on your prior knowledge and channel, this may take different amounts of time. Over time, this will become easier and take less time. You'll also interact with your followers, answering questions, liking comments, commenting on others' posts, etc.

We will also invite you to exciting events of the Berlin science community and would be happy if you can participate in at least three events. And of course you should be present at the award ceremony!

As you can see, setting up your social media channel professionally is not an easy task. But it can change your life forever :-) And it is a lot of fun!

PRIZES

Berlin sucht den Sciencefluencer is (also) a competition. The most successful participant will receive 3.000,- Euro prize money,
2nd and 3rd place will receive 2.000,- and 1.000,- Euro prize money respectively.

Apply here:

until the 01.10.2023*:

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"The Berlin PostDoc Day 2023 (#PDD23) is an annual event organized by a team of Berlin-based postdocs with heterogenous affiliations (MDC, FMP, FHI, Charité and BAM). This year, the event will be held on November 2nd and 3rd as part of the Berlin Science Week and it is open to all postdocs and last-year PhD students working on all disciplines in the Berlin area. It will be held in person."
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*** NOW A TWO DAY EVENT ***
Registration is OPEN - You can participate in the PDD as a non-contributor, present a poster, and/or opt for a talk. We encourage you to contribute and show us your research at PDD!!

T is an annual event organized by a team of Berlin-based PostDocs with heterogenous affiliations (MDC, FMP, FHI, Charité, and BAM). This year, the event will be held on November 2nd and 3rd as part and it is

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The Berlin Postdoc Day 2023 will be held at the Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin

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The Berlin PostDoc Day 2023 will be held at the Humboldt Graduate School Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin

Preliminary Program

Day 1: 2nd of November

9:00 - 9:30: Welcoming Remarks by MDC Director and BUA Project Leader

9:30-10:30: Selected Pitch Talks (6 talks from selected Postdocs - format 8+2 min Q&A )

11:00 - 12:00: Selected Pitch Talks (6 talks from selected Postdocs - format 8+2 min Q&A )

Lunch Break provided by (Authentic Syrian cuisine in Berlin with flexible, family-style service, and a social mission too)

DZHK junior research group leader at the

Inventor | co-Founder | Managing Director at

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Scientific Communicator -, Journalism trainee at the

1 min pitch talk from the best 6 posters and final voting session for "Best Poster Presentation"

17.30 - 18.00: Award ceremony & closing remarks

18.00 to ...: Pizza & socialize!! (Refreshments and pizza provided)

Day 2: 3rd of November

9:00 - 12:00: Workshops on Work-Life balance, Mental Health, Conflict Management, Privilege and Ethics in Data and much more!

Lunch Break provided by

Prizes

Talk prizes

The top 3 talks voted by PDD23 attendees will receive 300€.

Poster prizes

The top 3 posters voted by PDD23 attendees will receive 150€.

*** MORE INFORMATION FOLLOWING SOON ***

Workshops will be held on the 3rd of November at the Humboldt Graduate School Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin.

In this Workshop, Dr. Pamela Geldmacher invites you to set out together on the path towards more resilience and strengthening resources, instead of constantly chasing after the "here and now" . This is a practical workshop in which tools from the areas of personality development, stress management and mental coaching are used, as well as breathwork, mindful movement and meditation exercises. (sponsored by)

In this 2.5-hour- workshop, you will:

become aware of your own physical and psychological situation, to outline the current state of resources and to make self - determined adjustments in order to move forward more resilient, motivated and powerful.

Dr. Pamela Geldmacher holds a doctorate in media and cultural studies. She is a trained saleswoman for audio visual media, a certified yoga teacher, a mental coach and a moderator. Thanks to her 13 years of experience as a research assistant at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Pamela has coupled new research and teaching concepts with everyday university life. She integrates topics such as mindfulness, silence, feedback culture, resilience and motivation into her workshops. With the help of tools like Breathwork, Personal Development, Mental Coaching, Mindful Movement Body and Energy Work, she now accompanies people through a journey into alternative methods to live a resilient, motivated and powerful (work)life.

A lot of the stress researchers experience is inherent in the academic system: short-term contracts, pressure to finish the doctoral thesis and to publish, competing with many other talented people, constant (self-)evaluation and (self-)crit icism, high dependency on your supervisor (for better or worse), struggling with low salaries, dealing with visa restrictions, you name it, and you already know it. But SOME of the stress is inherent in our thinking and ways of interacting with co-workers. What if there was a way for you to use THIS portion of the stress as a superpower? A door to your s and your team me mbers' needs? What if you learned to understand needs as something beautiful that points you in the direction of better mental health, more caring relationships, and a healthier academic system? What if you could retrain your thinking so that you can also in a way that makes it more likely that you and everyone else gets what they need to make their life more wonderful? (sponsored by ) communicate

In this 3-hour-workshop, you will:

Dr. Ulrike Schneeberg is a certified trainer and coach (International Coaching Federation) with a focus on improving collaboration and leadership practices by cultivating a more caring and clearer way of communication. She w orks with researchers across different levels of hierarchy. Her academic "heritage" in literature, culture and languages is influenced by six years of international experience in Paris, Cambridge (UK) and Montreal. She lives in Berlin with her loved ones.

The workshop "Introduction to Podcasting for Researchers" aims to provide you with the basics of podcasting and assist you in presenting your research results in this format. The workshop is specially designed for researchers and offers individual support in small groups with max six persons. (sponsored by )

In this 3-hour-workshop, you will:

l earn how to transform your research into an engaging podcast and present scientific content in an understandable way.

understand how to choos e the right format, creat e a concept, record techniques, editing, and publishing. Successful examples of podcast production are also shared, using the example of the " " podcast. Wirkstoffradio

Bernd Rupp was born in 1972 in

Data-driven products are becoming more and more ubiquitous. Humans build data-driven products. Humans are intrinsically biased. This bias goes into the data-driven products, confirming and amplifying the original bias. (sponsored by )

In this 1.5-hour-workshop, you will:

learn how to identify your own -often unperceived- biases and reflect on.

discuss the consequences of unchecked biases in Data Products.

is an experienced data practitioner and career coach, leading a coaching team and teaching data science at neue fische. She is a co-organizer of the Hamburg group and is part of the Python Software Foundation Code of Conduct and Diversity & Inclusion working groups. She has been awarded the Python Software Foundation 2021 Q1 community service award. She is also part of the DISC Steering Committee team and an Ambassador for Observable.

had been involved with the R and PyData communities for some time, with a focus on community building and DEI. They are a NumFOCUS member of the Board of Directors and DISC committee, PyLadies Organizer, and chaired the PyData Berlin 2022 conference. In addition, they are a Lead Data Science Coach at neue fische, contributing to pandas, and are currently developing the Contributor Experience Community and Handbook with Inessa Pawson and Melissa Mendonça.

Ignite your innovative potential. Reflect your skillset as an Innovator and discover what you already bring to the table! Practise your entrepreneurial mindset while exchanging great ideas with your fellow PhDs or postdocs. (sponsored by )

In this 3-hour-workshop, you will:

Get to know the different aspects of an innovator's skill set.

Reflect about your personal skill set as researcher, innovator, and entrepreneur.

Understand how those skills contribute to a team.

The workshop will be held by and who share a background in international and cultural business studies. They a coaches for innovation and user-centric methods at Young Entrepreneurs in Science, a professional coaching programme for doctoral candidates and postdocs of all disciplines at German universities and research institutions encouraging them to discover their entrepreneurial potential.

Every stage of a researcher's career is built on foundations of writing and other forms of communication, yet this topic is rarely taken seriously in European schools and universities. Students who don't master the basic skills will struggle with every paper, crucial applications for jobs and funding, and routine requirements of their jobs. The ability to clearly and effectively communicate science is somehow connected to the quality of a scientist's thinking and research - but why should that be true? And what are the implications? Communication problems have an underlying logic that can be captured in a general model to explain what goes wrong and how they can be fixed. The model has very clear implications for how we teach communication and how we ought to be teaching science. It suggests a way of thinking about writing and giving talks that not only make these tasks a lot easier, but can ultimately improve your research. (sponsored by ). Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine

In this 3-hour-workshop, you will:

get an overview of the theoretical introduction using examples to expose problems and giving you a new way to think about communication tasks.

learn tools and strategies to apply to your writing and presentations.

Besides being a diplomat trying to negotiate new boundaries between science, humor, and art, is one of Europe's most respected science communicators and teachers. In 1997 he was plucked from a peaceful existence as a writer and musician to launch the Office of Information and Public Affairs at EMBL. He helped shape it into one of the most respected centers of public outreach for molecular biology in the world. He currently works as science writer and communications trainer at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in Berlin. He has written thousands of articles, dozens of book-length journalistic reports for institutes across Europe and the US, and published 9 books on science. He is a co-author on 11 original scientific papers, has written highly successful international grants, and most recently written and illustrated a children's book on evolution. Alongside humorous pieces on his blog, he is carrying out important work on the theory, practice and didactics of science communication. Some of his work can be found , as well as for his artwork which can be seen .

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Venue sponsored by

Supporting institutions

Program

9:00 - 9:30: Welcoming Remarks from Prof. Dr. Christopher Schneider, Vice-President of Research at the Humboldt University; Prof. Dr. Sabine Hunke, director of the Humboldt Graduate School; Dr. Jean-Yves Tano Scientific Coordinator - ASPIRE at Max Delbrück Center (MDC)

9:30: Alexander Friedrich, Postdoc - "The AIFRI Project - Artificial Intelligence For Rail Inspection", Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)

9:40: Arunima Murgai, Postdoc - " Hijacking the Cancer Cell - Are We One Step Closer to the Cure?", Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

09:50: Clara Patricia Marshall, Postdoc - "", Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (FHI)

10:00: Alessandro Santuz, Postdoc - "Proprioceptive information must reach the brain to ensure robust locomotion", Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC)

10:10: Nils Köbis, Postdoc, "How Artificial Intelligence influences human ethical behavior", Max Planck Institute for Human Development

10:20: Delwen Franzen & Maia Salholz-Hillel, Postdoc & Final-year PhD student - "Improving clinical trial transparency with tailored report cards: a pilot intervention at the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin", QUEST Center for Responsible Research

11:00: Charlie Vanaret , Postdoc - "Unifying nonlinear optimization - a cake metaphor", Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik Berlin (ZIB)

11:10: Vince Arafiles, Postdoc - "Crossing borders: direct cytosolic delivery of proteins using cell-penetrating peptide additives ", Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP)

11:20: Kornelia Johann, Postdoc - "Taking a shot at obesity - Development of a novel CRISPR-based gene therapy to combat metabolic disease", German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Germany

11:30: Chris Liedl, Final-year PhD Student - "From flashing fireflies to quantum choirs: Spontaneous synchronization in superradiance", Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU)

11:40: David Wegner, Postdoc - "Luminescent Quantum dots - the next-generation nano light bulbs", Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)

11:50: Sofia Elizarova, Postdoc - "A fluorescent nanosensor paint detects dopamine release at axonal varicosities", Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP)

Anna Maria Elert, QI Digital Manager at BAM

Fabrizio Larcher, Analyst at the Directorate-General for Energy, European Commission

Marianna Prokopi-Demetriades, co-founder of Theramir Ltd, Promed Bioscience, and RSL Revolutionary Labs Ltd

Prizes

Talk prizes

The top 3 talks voted by PDD22 attendees will receive 300€.

Poster prizes

The top 3 posters voted by PDD22 attendees will receive 150€.

Schedule

08:00 - 09:00 Registration

09:00 - 09:15 Opening

09:15 - 10:15 Scientific communication workshop -

10:15 - 10:25 Coffee break

10:25 - 10:30 Introduction of Young Entrepreneurs in Science - Sebastian Al-halabi from

Talk #5: 10:30 - 12:00 Postdoc Talks - Chair: Pablo Suárez-Cortés, MPIIB.

Talk #1 Technology and Innovative Business Modes for or against sustainability? Holistic Analyses in Crisis-Affected Contexts.
Lubna Rashid. Technische Universität Berlin (TU); Alexander von Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft.

Talk #2 The role of online ratings and reviews in digital discrimination.
Judith Kas. Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB).

Talk #3 Obesity suppresses anti-tumour immunity.
Lydia Dyck. Trinity College Dublin; Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine.

Talk #4 The sixth sense: Intraspinal sensory neurons control quadrupedal movement
Katrin Gerstmann. Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine.

CANCELLED Optogenetic perturbations of RNA expression in tissue space.
Ivano Legnini. MDC Mitte (BIMSB).

Talk #6 Modeling and Forecasting the Dynamics of the Natural Gas Transmission Network in Germany with the Demand and Supply Balance Constraint.
Nazgul Zakiyeva. Zuse Institute Berlin.

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break

13:00 - 14:00 Poster Session

14:00 - 15:00 Postdoc Talks - Chair: Giovanna D. Ielacqua, MDC

Talk #7 Physical mechanisms of chromosome spatial organization.
Simona Bianco. Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin (MDC)

Talk #8 Applications of Video Game Development in Biomedical Research.
Adam Streck. MDC Mitte (BIMSB)

Talk #9 Association Plots: in the search of cluster-specific genes in single-cell transcriptome data.
Elzbieta Gralinska. Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics.

Talk #10 Single-photon turnstile.
Martin Cordier. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU).

15:00 - 15:15 Sponsor talk - from

15:15 - 15:30 Coffee break

15:30 - 16:30 Keynote speaker -

16:30 - 17:00 Poster Pitches

17:00 - 18:00 Prizes & Conclusion & Socialize

18:00 - ... Socialize & Pizza!

Prizes

Talk prizes

The top 3 talks voted by PDD21 attendees will receive 300, 200 & 100€, respectively.

Winners

1. Single-photon turnstile. Martin Cordier. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU).

2. Obesity suppresses anti-tumour immunity. Lydia Dyck. Trinity College Dublin; Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine.

3. The role of online ratings and reviews in digital discrimination. Judith Kas. Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB).

Poster prizes

The top 3 posters voted by PDD21 attendees will receive 150, 100 & 50€, respectively.

Winners

1. A role for the hearing gene Cib2 in somatosensory system. Dimitra Mazaraki. Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin (MDC)

2. A Single-photon turnstile - or how to interfere photon statistics. Maximilian Schemmer. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

3. Molecular mechanisms of presynaptic biogenesis in human neurons. Filiz Sila Rizalar.
Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP)

Schedule

Check the Hopin event page for latest updates and changes to the program

Friday, November 13th on Hopin

09:00 - 09:15 Introduction

09:15 - 10:15 Keynote speaker - Prof. Emanuelle Charpentier, MPUSP Berlin

10:15 - 10:30 Coffee break

10:30 - 12:00 Postdoc Talks

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break

13:00 - 14:00 Poster Session

14:00 - 15:00 Chalk Talk Workshop with Matteo Cassese

15:00 - 15:15 Coffee break

15:15 - 15:30 Sponsor speaker from Bayer

15:30 - 16:30 Postdoc Talks

16:30 - 17:00 Poster Session

17:00 - 18:00 Prizes & Conclusion & Socialize

Prizes

The best talks and posters will be chosen by participants' vote on the day.

Schedule
Date: Thursday 6th of June 2019
08:30 Registration and poster set up

09:00 Opening and welcome - Marie Walde, MDC

09:15 Keynote lecture: "Visualising the invisible", Prof. Nenad Ban, ETH Zürich

10:15 Session 1 - Chair: Miguel Arbesu, FMP

10:15-10:35 "Differential dynamic behavior of histone tails with in-vitro reconstituted nucleosomal arrays", Stamatios Liokatis, Principal investigator, FMP

10:35 - 10:55 "Structural studies of mutants of the NaK channel", Sonja Minniberger, PhD student, FMP

11:00 Parallel sessions:

"Success through communication: how to communicate and network impactfully through social media", Amani Said, Beyond the labs

"Visual communications principles for scientific posters and presentations", Philip Jordan

Sabine Oertelt-Prigione, TBA

CV check - Sandra Krull, Uwe Lohmeier, Stefanie Scharf, MDC Postdoc Office

12:00 Session 2 - Chair: Ying Chow, FMP

12:00 - 12:20 "Deep neural networks for interpreting RNA binding protein target preferences", Mahsa Ghanbari, Postdoc, MDC/HU

12:20 -12:40 "A landscape of circadian and ultradian alternative splicing events in mammalian tissues", Rukeia El-Athman, PhD sudent, Charité/FU/HU

12:40 - 14:00 Lunch & Poster Session

14:00 Session 3 - Chair: Guus Heynen, MDC

14:00 - 14:20 "Gene expression cartography", Nikos Karaiskos, Postdoc, MDC

14:20 - 14:40 "Compartmentalisation insulates gene expression during embryogenesis", Michael Robson, Postdoc, MPImg

14:40 - 15:00 "The translational landscape of the human heart", Sebastiaan van Heesch, Postdoc, MDC

15:00 Coffee Break

15:30 Session 4 - Chair: Jean-Yves Tano , MDC

15:30 - 15:50 "Quantifying the Immunopeptidome with PLAtEAU", Eliot Morrison, Postdoc, FU

15:50 - 16:10 "Image global, detect local", Marie Walde, Postdoc, MDC

16:10 - 16:30 "Aquatic ecosystem effects of replacing large herbivorous wildlife with livestock in savanna landscapes", Frank Masese, Postdoc, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)

16:30 Closing summary - Jean-Yves Tano, MDC

17:00 Evening reception & Awards

Prizes

The best talks and posters will be chosen by participants' vote on the day.
Monetary prizes for best talks (750€, 500€, 250€).
4x travel grants (500€) for best posters.

Deadlines

Early bird registration: 01 April 2019.
Deadline for registration (abstract submission): 20 April 2019

Schedule
Date: Friday 1 June 2018
08:30 Registration and poster setup

09:00 Opening and welcome by Lisa Wagner

09:15 Keynote by Michela Matteoli introduced by Tania López Hernández
"A long journey with the synapse: from the SNARE function to the immune-synaptopathies concept"

10:15 Structure Biology/Development/Physiology session chaired by Antoine Wallabregue

10:15 Daniel Stöppler (FMP, FU)
"Insight into small molecule binding to the neonatal Fc receptor by X-ray crystallography and 100kHz magic-angle-spinning NMR"

10:30 Jesse Veenvliet (MPIMG)
"tGastruloids: a 3D culture system to model mid-gestational development in a dish"

10:45 Ian Orozco (MDC, FMP)
"A gain of function mutation in the ClC-2 chloride channel causes hyperaldosteronism"

11:00 Career Development parallel sessions and Networking (coffee provided)
- CV check by Sandra Krull, Konstantina Diamantara, Hanna Singer, Stefanie Scharf
- Scientific visualisation by Philipp Jordan
- Grant writing workshop by Ioannis Legouras
- Meet the keynote speaker
12:00 Imaging session chaired by Lisa Wagner

12:00 Min-Chi Ku (MDC)
"A heart/hard condition: Imaging the progression of hypertrophic cardiomyopath y"

12:15 Baptiste Coxam (MDC, BIH)
"Interplay of Notch signaling and haemodynamics controls arteriovenous remodeling in the zebrafish trunk"

12:30 Lunch

13:00 Posters

14:30 Systems Biology session chaired by Sebastiaan van Heesch

14:30 Katharina Baum (MDC and LIH (Luxembourg Institute of Health))
"Gene expression at the interface of single cell and population dynamics - a quantitative approach to infer mRNA and protein dynamics from omics data"

14:45 Emanuel Wyler (BIMSB; MDC)
"Dissecting the expression dynamics of signaling genes in HSV-1 infection using single-cell RNA-sequencing"

15:00 Katrina Meyer (MDC)
"Mutations in disordered regions cause disease by creating dileucine motifs"

15:15 Frederick Rehfeld (Charité)
"The novel RNA-binding protein ARPP21 controls dendritic branching by functionally opposing the miRNA it hosts"

15:30 Coffee with (optional) fitness session sponsored by Campus Vital

16:00 Neurobiology session chaired by Sarah Ashley

16:00 Zohreh Farsi (MDC)
"Functional mapping of spontaneous and evoked neurotransmission reveals intersynaptic heterogeneity"

16:15 Maria Jäpel (FMP)
"Clearance of SNARE Complexes by the scaffold protein intersectin"

16:30 Marion Rivalan (Charité, HU)
"Spontaneous differences in serotonin levels and associated behavioural symptoms in healthy rat individuals"

16:45 Tolga Soykan (FMP)
"Towards a mechanistic model of formin-dependent synaptic vesicle endocytosi s"

17:00 Closing summary, Beer hour starts

17:15 Awards

Prizes

The best talks and poster will be chosen by participants' vote on the day.

The postdoc/final year PhD student giving the overall best talk will be awarded a full travel grant to a conference/training course of their choice. The maximum cost covered will be 2000 EUR.

The postdocs/final year PhD students giving the runner-up talks (3) will be awarded a half travel grant to a conference/training course of their choice. The maximum cost covered will be 1000 EUR.
The best poster will be awarded a Nikon camera.

Deadlines

Deadline for submitting abstracts for talks and posters is 1 May 2018.

Abstracts selected for a talk will be notified by 10 May 2018, at the latest.

Registration, for attendance only, is possible up till 25 May 2018.

Schedule

08:30 Registration

09:00 Opening and welcome by Prof. Dr. Dorothea Fiedler (Director FMP Berlin)

09:30-10:30 Keynote speaker 1 (UNIL, Lausanne, CH)
Acidocalcisomes - active players in metabolism rather than simple storage organelles?
Introduction by Dr. Martin Lehmann (FMP)

10:30-11:00 Session 1: Mammalian Metabolism chaired by Dr. Elena Cano-Rincón (MDC)

Talk 1: Dr. Bharath Ananthasubramaniam (Charité, HU) - Synchrony and entrainment: The yin and yang of the mammalian circadian clock
Talk 2: Dr. Jane Reznick (MDC) - Fructose driven glycolysis supports anoxia resistance in the naked mole rat
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-12:30 Session 2: Neurobiology chaired by Dr. Tolga Soykan (FMP)

Talk 3: Dr. Marta Maglione (FMP, Charité) - Spermidine protects from age-dependent structural and functional changes at hippocampal synapses
Talk 4: Dr. Mathias Böhme (FMP) - A modular active zone design supports presynaptic plasticity
Talk 5: Dr. Luis R. Hernandez-Miranda (MDC) - Identification of an essential brain centre for vocalisation
Talk 6: Dr. Tania López-Hernández (FMP) - Homeostatic control of brain function: Role of astroglia in neuroprotection
12:30-14:00 Lunch and Poster session
12:30-13:15 Posters odd numbers
13:15-14:00 Posters even numbers

Preventing and Fighting Infectious Diseases: Carbohydrate Vaccines and Flow Chemistry 14:00-15:00 Keynote speaker 2 (MPI Colloids & Surfaces, Potsdam, DE)
Introduction by Dr. Javier Moreno (FMP)

15:00-15:30 Session 3: Systems Biology & Genetics chaired by Dr. Sebastiaan van Heesch (MDC)

Talk 7: Sascha Willuweit (Charité) - For the greater good - Combining Y-chromosome, NGS and bioinformatics in forensics
Talk 8: Dr. Jordi Solana (MDC) - Cell type atlas and lineage tree reconstruction of whole adult planarians by single cell sequencing
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-16:30 Session 4: Cardiovascular and cancer chaired by Dr. Claudia Matthäus (MDC)

Talk 9: Dr. Andre Rosa (MDC) - Blood vessels on the move: Deciphering and targeting actin dynamics driving cell migration in vascular formation
Talk 10: Samantha Exner (Charité) - Identification and validation of the angiotensin II receptor type 1 as a possible anti-cancer target in neuroendocrine tumours

16:30-17:30 Keynote speaker 3 (UCL London, UK)
Inositol phosphates: metabolism, signalling and evolution
Introduction by Dr. Wing Ying Chow (FMP)
17:30-end Award ceremony and get together at the Beer Hour
Prizes

We had some pretty great prizes for you in 2017:

1x iPhone 6S with with Optics by ZEISS Wide-Angle Lens (kindly provided by Zeiss); 3x Travel grants for a conference or meeting of choice (kindly provided by the MDC, FMP and BIH) and 1x Nikon 3D camera (kindly provided by Nikon). Also, we'll give away 3×60 euro vouchers for Campus Vital to keep all of you (or, at least three of you) fit and happy!

If you have any more questions, please don't hesitate andcontact us

The Berlin PostDoc Day aims at showcasing the work of PostDocs in Berlin, establishing synergies among institutes, and supporting Postdoc career.

The event attracts ~150 postdocs from all research fields and it reaches all of the scientific institutions and universities located in the Berlin area, one of the biggest science agglomerate in Europe.

We believe that this would be a highly valuable event for industry partners to connect with brilliant postdoctoral fellows, who often represent key players in scientific discovery and an untapped source of innovation and research progress.

We offer different sponsoring packages and we are available to offer personalized solutions for you.

If you are interested in sponsoring the Berlin PostDoc Day 2023, please contact

Current Sponsors

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Affiliations of the organisational team

The event will take place at the Humboldt Graduate School, Luisenstr. 56, 10117 - Berlin

This event is part of the Berlin Science Week 2023

*** NOW A TWO DAY EVENT ***
Registration is OPEN - You can participate in the PDD as a non-contributor, present a poster, and/or opt for a talk. We encourage you to contribute and show us your research at PDD!!

T is an annual event organized by a team of Berlin-based PostDocs with heterogenous affiliations (MDC, FMP, FHI, Charité, and BAM). This year, the event will be held on November 2nd and 3rd as part and it is

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During the past years the

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Venue

The Berlin Postdoc Day 2023 will be held at the Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin

A glimpse into the beautiful building

A peek into last year´s event

The Berlin PostDoc Day 2023 will be held at the Humboldt Graduate School Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin

Preliminary Program

Day 1: 2nd of November

9:00 - 9:30: Welcoming Remarks by MDC Director and BUA Project Leader

9:30-10:30: Selected Pitch Talks (6 talks from selected Postdocs - format 8+2 min Q&A )

11:00 - 12:00: Selected Pitch Talks (6 talks from selected Postdocs - format 8+2 min Q&A )

Lunch Break provided by (Authentic Syrian cuisine in Berlin with flexible, family-style service, and a social mission too)

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Inventor | co-Founder | Managing Director at

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Scientific Communicator -, Journalism trainee at the

1 min pitch talk from the best 6 posters and final voting session for "Best Poster Presentation"

17.30 - 18.00: Award ceremony & closing remarks

18.00 to ...: Pizza & socialize!! (Refreshments and pizza provided)

Day 2: 3rd of November

9:00 - 12:00: Workshops on Work-Life balance, Mental Health, Conflict Management, Privilege and Ethics in Data and much more!

Lunch Break provided by

Prizes

Talk prizes

The top 3 talks voted by PDD23 attendees will receive 300€.

Poster prizes

The top 3 posters voted by PDD23 attendees will receive 150€.

*** MORE INFORMATION FOLLOWING SOON ***

Workshops will be held on the 3rd of November at the Humboldt Graduate School Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin.

In this Workshop, Dr. Pamela Geldmacher invites you to set out together on the path towards more resilience and strengthening resources, instead of constantly chasing after the "here and now" . This is a practical workshop in which tools from the areas of personality development, stress management and mental coaching are used, as well as breathwork, mindful movement and meditation exercises. (sponsored by)

In this 2.5-hour- workshop, you will:

become aware of your own physical and psychological situation, to outline the current state of resources and to make self - determined adjustments in order to move forward more resilient, motivated and powerful.

Dr. Pamela Geldmacher holds a doctorate in media and cultural studies. She is a trained saleswoman for audio visual media, a certified yoga teacher, a mental coach and a moderator. Thanks to her 13 years of experience as a research assistant at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Pamela has coupled new research and teaching concepts with everyday university life. She integrates topics such as mindfulness, silence, feedback culture, resilience and motivation into her workshops. With the help of tools like Breathwork, Personal Development, Mental Coaching, Mindful Movement Body and Energy Work, she now accompanies people through a journey into alternative methods to live a resilient, motivated and powerful (work)life.

A lot of the stress researchers experience is inherent in the academic system: short-term contracts, pressure to finish the doctoral thesis and to publish, competing with many other talented people, constant (self-)evaluation and (self-)crit icism, high dependency on your supervisor (for better or worse), struggling with low salaries, dealing with visa restrictions, you name it, and you already know it. But SOME of the stress is inherent in our thinking and ways of interacting with co-workers. What if there was a way for you to use THIS portion of the stress as a superpower? A door to your s and your team me mbers' needs? What if you learned to understand needs as something beautiful that points you in the direction of better mental health, more caring relationships, and a healthier academic system? What if you could retrain your thinking so that you can also in a way that makes it more likely that you and everyone else gets what they need to make their life more wonderful? (sponsored by ) communicate

In this 3-hour-workshop, you will:

Dr. Ulrike Schneeberg is a certified trainer and coach (International Coaching Federation) with a focus on improving collaboration and leadership practices by cultivating a more caring and clearer way of communication. She w orks with researchers across different levels of hierarchy. Her academic "heritage" in literature, culture and languages is influenced by six years of international experience in Paris, Cambridge (UK) and Montreal. She lives in Berlin with her loved ones.

The workshop "Introduction to Podcasting for Researchers" aims to provide you with the basics of podcasting and assist you in presenting your research results in this format. The workshop is specially designed for researchers and offers individual support in small groups with max six persons. (sponsored by )

In this 3-hour-workshop, you will:

l earn how to transform your research into an engaging podcast and present scientific content in an understandable way.

understand how to choos e the right format, creat e a concept, record techniques, editing, and publishing. Successful examples of podcast production are also shared, using the example of the " " podcast. Wirkstoffradio

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Data-driven products are becoming more and more ubiquitous. Humans build data-driven products. Humans are intrinsically biased. This bias goes into the data-driven products, confirming and amplifying the original bias. (sponsored by )

In this 1.5-hour-workshop, you will:

learn how to identify your own -often unperceived- biases and reflect on.

discuss the consequences of unchecked biases in Data Products.

is an experienced data practitioner and career coach, leading a coaching team and teaching data science at neue fische. She is a co-organizer of the Hamburg group and is part of the Python Software Foundation Code of Conduct and Diversity & Inclusion working groups. She has been awarded the Python Software Foundation 2021 Q1 community service award. She is also part of the DISC Steering Committee team and an Ambassador for Observable.

had been involved with the R and PyData communities for some time, with a focus on community building and DEI. They are a NumFOCUS member of the Board of Directors and DISC committee, PyLadies Organizer, and chaired the PyData Berlin 2022 conference. In addition, they are a Lead Data Science Coach at neue fische, contributing to pandas, and are currently developing the Contributor Experience Community and Handbook with Inessa Pawson and Melissa Mendonça.

Ignite your innovative potential. Reflect your skillset as an Innovator and discover what you already bring to the table! Practise your entrepreneurial mindset while exchanging great ideas with your fellow PhDs or postdocs. (sponsored by )

In this 3-hour-workshop, you will:

Get to know the different aspects of an innovator's skill set.

Reflect about your personal skill set as researcher, innovator, and entrepreneur.

Understand how those skills contribute to a team.

The workshop will be held by and who share a background in international and cultural business studies. They a coaches for innovation and user-centric methods at Young Entrepreneurs in Science, a professional coaching programme for doctoral candidates and postdocs of all disciplines at German universities and research institutions encouraging them to discover their entrepreneurial potential.

Every stage of a researcher's career is built on foundations of writing and other forms of communication, yet this topic is rarely taken seriously in European schools and universities. Students who don't master the basic skills will struggle with every paper, crucial applications for jobs and funding, and routine requirements of their jobs. The ability to clearly and effectively communicate science is somehow connected to the quality of a scientist's thinking and research - but why should that be true? And what are the implications? Communication problems have an underlying logic that can be captured in a general model to explain what goes wrong and how they can be fixed. The model has very clear implications for how we teach communication and how we ought to be teaching science. It suggests a way of thinking about writing and giving talks that not only make these tasks a lot easier, but can ultimately improve your research. (sponsored by ). Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine

In this 3-hour-workshop, you will:

get an overview of the theoretical introduction using examples to expose problems and giving you a new way to think about communication tasks.

learn tools and strategies to apply to your writing and presentations.

Besides being a diplomat trying to negotiate new boundaries between science, humor, and art, is one of Europe's most respected science communicators and teachers. In 1997 he was plucked from a peaceful existence as a writer and musician to launch the Office of Information and Public Affairs at EMBL. He helped shape it into one of the most respected centers of public outreach for molecular biology in the world. He currently works as science writer and communications trainer at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in Berlin. He has written thousands of articles, dozens of book-length journalistic reports for institutes across Europe and the US, and published 9 books on science. He is a co-author on 11 original scientific papers, has written highly successful international grants, and most recently written and illustrated a children's book on evolution. Alongside humorous pieces on his blog, he is carrying out important work on the theory, practice and didactics of science communication. Some of his work can be found , as well as for his artwork which can be seen .

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Supporting institutions

Program

9:00 - 9:30: Welcoming Remarks from Prof. Dr. Christopher Schneider, Vice-President of Research at the Humboldt University; Prof. Dr. Sabine Hunke, director of the Humboldt Graduate School; Dr. Jean-Yves Tano Scientific Coordinator - ASPIRE at Max Delbrück Center (MDC)

9:30: Alexander Friedrich, Postdoc - "The AIFRI Project - Artificial Intelligence For Rail Inspection", Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)

9:40: Arunima Murgai, Postdoc - " Hijacking the Cancer Cell - Are We One Step Closer to the Cure?", Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

09:50: Clara Patricia Marshall, Postdoc - "", Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (FHI)

10:00: Alessandro Santuz, Postdoc - "Proprioceptive information must reach the brain to ensure robust locomotion", Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC)

10:10: Nils Köbis, Postdoc, "How Artificial Intelligence influences human ethical behavior", Max Planck Institute for Human Development

10:20: Delwen Franzen & Maia Salholz-Hillel, Postdoc & Final-year PhD student - "Improving clinical trial transparency with tailored report cards: a pilot intervention at the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin", QUEST Center for Responsible Research

11:00: Charlie Vanaret , Postdoc - "Unifying nonlinear optimization - a cake metaphor", Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik Berlin (ZIB)

11:10: Vince Arafiles, Postdoc - "Crossing borders: direct cytosolic delivery of proteins using cell-penetrating peptide additives ", Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP)

11:20: Kornelia Johann, Postdoc - "Taking a shot at obesity - Development of a novel CRISPR-based gene therapy to combat metabolic disease", German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Germany

11:30: Chris Liedl, Final-year PhD Student - "From flashing fireflies to quantum choirs: Spontaneous synchronization in superradiance", Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU)

11:40: David Wegner, Postdoc - "Luminescent Quantum dots - the next-generation nano light bulbs", Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)

11:50: Sofia Elizarova, Postdoc - "A fluorescent nanosensor paint detects dopamine release at axonal varicosities", Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP)

Anna Maria Elert, QI Digital Manager at BAM

Fabrizio Larcher, Analyst at the Directorate-General for Energy, European Commission

Marianna Prokopi-Demetriades, co-founder of Theramir Ltd, Promed Bioscience, and RSL Revolutionary Labs Ltd

Prizes

Talk prizes

The top 3 talks voted by PDD22 attendees will receive 300€.

Poster prizes

The top 3 posters voted by PDD22 attendees will receive 150€.

Schedule

08:00 - 09:00 Registration

09:00 - 09:15 Opening

09:15 - 10:15 Scientific communication workshop -

10:15 - 10:25 Coffee break

10:25 - 10:30 Introduction of Young Entrepreneurs in Science - Sebastian Al-halabi from

Talk #5: 10:30 - 12:00 Postdoc Talks - Chair: Pablo Suárez-Cortés, MPIIB.

Talk #1 Technology and Innovative Business Modes for or against sustainability? Holistic Analyses in Crisis-Affected Contexts.
Lubna Rashid. Technische Universität Berlin (TU); Alexander von Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft.

Talk #2 The role of online ratings and reviews in digital discrimination.
Judith Kas. Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB).

Talk #3 Obesity suppresses anti-tumour immunity.
Lydia Dyck. Trinity College Dublin; Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine.

Talk #4 The sixth sense: Intraspinal sensory neurons control quadrupedal movement
Katrin Gerstmann. Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine.

CANCELLED Optogenetic perturbations of RNA expression in tissue space.
Ivano Legnini. MDC Mitte (BIMSB).

Talk #6 Modeling and Forecasting the Dynamics of the Natural Gas Transmission Network in Germany with the Demand and Supply Balance Constraint.
Nazgul Zakiyeva. Zuse Institute Berlin.

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break

13:00 - 14:00 Poster Session

14:00 - 15:00 Postdoc Talks - Chair: Giovanna D. Ielacqua, MDC

Talk #7 Physical mechanisms of chromosome spatial organization.
Simona Bianco. Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin (MDC)

Talk #8 Applications of Video Game Development in Biomedical Research.
Adam Streck. MDC Mitte (BIMSB)

Talk #9 Association Plots: in the search of cluster-specific genes in single-cell transcriptome data.
Elzbieta Gralinska. Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics.

Talk #10 Single-photon turnstile.
Martin Cordier. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU).

15:00 - 15:15 Sponsor talk - from

15:15 - 15:30 Coffee break

15:30 - 16:30 Keynote speaker -

16:30 - 17:00 Poster Pitches

17:00 - 18:00 Prizes & Conclusion & Socialize

18:00 - ... Socialize & Pizza!

Prizes

Talk prizes

The top 3 talks voted by PDD21 attendees will receive 300, 200 & 100€, respectively.

Winners

1. Single-photon turnstile. Martin Cordier. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU).

2. Obesity suppresses anti-tumour immunity. Lydia Dyck. Trinity College Dublin; Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine.

3. The role of online ratings and reviews in digital discrimination. Judith Kas. Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB).

Poster prizes

The top 3 posters voted by PDD21 attendees will receive 150, 100 & 50€, respectively.

Winners

1. A role for the hearing gene Cib2 in somatosensory system. Dimitra Mazaraki. Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin (MDC)

2. A Single-photon turnstile - or how to interfere photon statistics. Maximilian Schemmer. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

3. Molecular mechanisms of presynaptic biogenesis in human neurons. Filiz Sila Rizalar.
Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP)

Schedule

Check the Hopin event page for latest updates and changes to the program

Friday, November 13th on

09:00 - 09:15 Introduction

09:15 - 10:15 Keynote speaker - Prof. Emanuelle Charpentier, MPUSP Berlin

10:15 - 10:30 Coffee break

10:30 - 12:00 Postdoc Talks

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break

13:00 - 14:00 Poster Session

14:00 - 15:00 Chalk Talk Workshop with Matteo Cassese

15:00 - 15:15 Coffee break

15:15 - 15:30 Sponsor speaker from Bayer

15:30 - 16:30 Postdoc Talks

16:30 - 17:00 Poster Session

17:00 - 18:00 Prizes & Conclusion & Socialize

Prizes

The best talks and posters will be chosen by participants' vote on the day.

Schedule
Date: Thursday 6th of June 2019
08:30 Registration and poster set up

09:00 Opening and welcome - Marie Walde, MDC

09:15 Keynote lecture: "Visualising the invisible", Prof. Nenad Ban, ETH Zürich

10:15 Session 1 - Chair: Miguel Arbesu, FMP

10:15-10:35 "Differential dynamic behavior of histone tails with in-vitro reconstituted nucleosomal arrays", Stamatios Liokatis, Principal investigator, FMP

10:35 - 10:55 "Structural studies of mutants of the NaK channel", Sonja Minniberger, PhD student, FMP

11:00 Parallel sessions:

"Success through communication: how to communicate and network impactfully through social media", Amani Said, Beyond the labs

"Visual communications principles for scientific posters and presentations", Philip Jordan

Sabine Oertelt-Prigione, TBA

CV check - Sandra Krull, Uwe Lohmeier, Stefanie Scharf, MDC Postdoc Office

12:00 Session 2 - Chair: Ying Chow, FMP

12:00 - 12:20 "Deep neural networks for interpreting RNA binding protein target preferences", Mahsa Ghanbari, Postdoc, MDC/HU

12:20 -12:40 "A landscape of circadian and ultradian alternative splicing events in mammalian tissues", Rukeia El-Athman, PhD sudent, Charité/FU/HU

12:40 - 14:00 Lunch & Poster Session

14:00 Session 3 - Chair: Guus Heynen, MDC

14:00 - 14:20 "Gene expression cartography", Nikos Karaiskos, Postdoc, MDC

14:20 - 14:40 "Compartmentalisation insulates gene expression during embryogenesis", Michael Robson, Postdoc, MPImg

14:40 - 15:00 "The translational landscape of the human heart", Sebastiaan van Heesch, Postdoc, MDC

15:00 Coffee Break

15:30 Session 4 - Chair: Jean-Yves Tano , MDC

15:30 - 15:50 "Quantifying the Immunopeptidome with PLAtEAU", Eliot Morrison, Postdoc, FU

15:50 - 16:10 "Image global, detect local", Marie Walde, Postdoc, MDC

16:10 - 16:30 "Aquatic ecosystem effects of replacing large herbivorous wildlife with livestock in savanna landscapes", Frank Masese, Postdoc, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)

16:30 Closing summary - Jean-Yves Tano, MDC

17:00 Evening reception & Awards

Prizes

The best talks and posters will be chosen by participants' vote on the day.
Monetary prizes for best talks (750€, 500€, 250€).
4x travel grants (500€) for best posters.

Deadlines

Early bird registration: 01 April 2019.
Deadline for registration (abstract submission): 20 April 2019

Schedule
Date: Friday 1 June 2018
08:30 Registration and poster setup

09:00 Opening and welcome by Lisa Wagner

09:15 Keynote by introduced by Tania López Hernández
"A long journey with the synapse: from the SNARE function to the immune-synaptopathies concept"

10:15 Structure Biology/Development/Physiology session chaired by Antoine Wallabregue

10:15 Daniel Stöppler (FMP, FU)
"Insight into small molecule binding to the neonatal Fc receptor by X-ray crystallography and 100kHz magic-angle-spinning NMR"

10:30 Jesse Veenvliet (MPIMG)
"tGastruloids: a 3D culture system to model mid-gestational development in a dish"

10:45 Ian Orozco (MDC, FMP)
"A gain of function mutation in the ClC-2 chloride channel causes hyperaldosteronism"

11:00 Career Development parallel sessions and Networking (coffee provided)
- CV check by Sandra Krull, Konstantina Diamantara, Hanna Singer, Stefanie Scharf
- Scientific visualisation by Philipp Jordan
- Grant writing workshop by Ioannis Legouras
- Meet the keynote speaker
12:00 Imaging session chaired by Lisa Wagner

12:00 Min-Chi Ku (MDC)
"A heart/hard condition: Imaging the progression of hypertrophic cardiomyopath y"

12:15 Baptiste Coxam (MDC, BIH)
"Interplay of Notch signaling and haemodynamics controls arteriovenous remodeling in the zebrafish trunk"

12:30 Lunch

13:00 Posters

14:30 Systems Biology session chaired by Sebastiaan van Heesch

14:30 Katharina Baum (MDC and LIH (Luxembourg Institute of Health))
"Gene expression at the interface of single cell and population dynamics - a quantitative approach to infer mRNA and protein dynamics from omics data"

14:45 Emanuel Wyler (BIMSB; MDC)
"Dissecting the expression dynamics of signaling genes in HSV-1 infection using single-cell RNA-sequencing"

15:00 Katrina Meyer (MDC)
"Mutations in disordered regions cause disease by creating dileucine motifs"

15:15 Frederick Rehfeld (Charité)
"The novel RNA-binding protein ARPP21 controls dendritic branching by functionally opposing the miRNA it hosts"

15:30 Coffee with (optional) fitness session sponsored by

16:00 Neurobiology session chaired by Sarah Ashley

16:00 Zohreh Farsi (MDC)
"Functional mapping of spontaneous and evoked neurotransmission reveals intersynaptic heterogeneity"

16:15 Maria Jäpel (FMP)
"Clearance of SNARE Complexes by the scaffold protein intersectin"

16:30 Marion Rivalan (Charité, HU)
"Spontaneous differences in serotonin levels and associated behavioural symptoms in healthy rat individuals"

16:45 Tolga Soykan (FMP)
"Towards a mechanistic model of formin-dependent synaptic vesicle endocytosi s"

17:00 Closing summary, Beer hour starts

17:15 Awards

Prizes

The best talks and poster will be chosen by participants' vote on the day.

The postdoc/final year PhD student giving the overall best talk will be awarded a full travel grant to a conference/training course of their choice. The maximum cost covered will be 2000 EUR.

The postdocs/final year PhD students giving the runner-up talks (3) will be awarded a half travel grant to a conference/training course of their choice. The maximum cost covered will be 1000 EUR.
The best poster will be awarded a Nikon camera.

Deadlines

Deadline for submitting abstracts for talks and posters is 1 May 2018.

Abstracts selected for a talk will be notified by 10 May 2018, at the latest.

Registration, for attendance only, is possible up till 25 May 2018.

Schedule

08:30 Registration

09:00 Opening and welcome by Prof. Dr. Dorothea Fiedler (Director FMP Berlin)

09:30-10:30 Keynote speaker 1 (UNIL, Lausanne, CH)
Acidocalcisomes - active players in metabolism rather than simple storage organelles?
Introduction by Dr. Martin Lehmann (FMP)

10:30-11:00 Session 1: Mammalian Metabolism chaired by Dr. Elena Cano-Rincón (MDC)

Talk 1: Dr. Bharath Ananthasubramaniam (Charité, HU) - Synchrony and entrainment: The yin and yang of the mammalian circadian clock
Talk 2: Dr. Jane Reznick (MDC) - Fructose driven glycolysis supports anoxia resistance in the naked mole rat
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-12:30 Session 2: Neurobiology chaired by Dr. Tolga Soykan (FMP)

Talk 3: Dr. Marta Maglione (FMP, Charité) - Spermidine protects from age-dependent structural and functional changes at hippocampal synapses
Talk 4: Dr. Mathias Böhme (FMP) - A modular active zone design supports presynaptic plasticity
Talk 5: Dr. Luis R. Hernandez-Miranda (MDC) - Identification of an essential brain centre for vocalisation
Talk 6: Dr. Tania López-Hernández (FMP) - Homeostatic control of brain function: Role of astroglia in neuroprotection
12:30-14:00 Lunch and Poster session
12:30-13:15 Posters odd numbers
13:15-14:00 Posters even numbers

Preventing and Fighting Infectious Diseases: Carbohydrate Vaccines and Flow Chemistry 14:00-15:00 Keynote speaker 2 (MPI Colloids & Surfaces, Potsdam, DE)
Introduction by Dr. Javier Moreno (FMP)

15:00-15:30 Session 3: Systems Biology & Genetics chaired by Dr. Sebastiaan van Heesch (MDC)

Talk 7: Sascha Willuweit (Charité) - For the greater good - Combining Y-chromosome, NGS and bioinformatics in forensics
Talk 8: Dr. Jordi Solana (MDC) - Cell type atlas and lineage tree reconstruction of whole adult planarians by single cell sequencing
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-16:30 Session 4: Cardiovascular and cancer chaired by Dr. Claudia Matthäus (MDC)

Talk 9: Dr. Andre Rosa (MDC) - Blood vessels on the move: Deciphering and targeting actin dynamics driving cell migration in vascular formation
Talk 10: Samantha Exner (Charité) - Identification and validation of the angiotensin II receptor type 1 as a possible anti-cancer target in neuroendocrine tumours

16:30-17:30 Keynote speaker 3 (UCL London, UK)
Inositol phosphates: metabolism, signalling and evolution
Introduction by Dr. Wing Ying Chow (FMP)
17:30-end Award ceremony and get together at the Beer Hour
Prizes

We had some pretty great prizes for you in 2017:

1x iPhone 6S with with Optics by ZEISS Wide-Angle Lens (kindly provided by Zeiss); 3x Travel grants for a conference or meeting of choice (kindly provided by the MDC, FMP and BIH) and 1x Nikon 3D camera (kindly provided by Nikon). Also, we'll give away 3×60 euro vouchers for Campus Vital to keep all of you (or, at least three of you) fit and happy!

If you have any more questions, please don't hesitate and

The Berlin PostDoc Day aims at showcasing the work of PostDocs in Berlin, establishing synergies among institutes, and supporting Postdoc career.

The event attracts ~150 postdocs from all research fields and it reaches all of the scientific institutions and universities located in the Berlin area, one of the biggest science agglomerate in Europe.

We believe that this would be a highly valuable event for industry partners to connect with brilliant postdoctoral fellows, who often represent key players in scientific discovery and an untapped source of innovation and research progress.

We offer different sponsoring packages and we are available to offer personalized solutions for you.

If you are interested in sponsoring the Berlin PostDoc Day 2023, please contact

Current Sponsors

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Affiliations of the organisational team

The event will take place at the Humboldt Graduate School, Luisenstr. 56, 10117 - Berlin

This event is part of the Berlin Science Week 2023

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Open Research Area for the Social Sciences Eighth Call for Proposals 2023

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"In order to strengthen international cooperation in the field of social sciences, the Open Research Area (ORA) partners are launching the eighth ORA call for proposals. The aim is to fund the best joint research projects in the social sciences. The scheme will provide funding for integrated projects by researchers coming from at least three of the four subscribing countries (France, Germany, Canada and the United Kingdom). Proposals may be submitted in any area of the social sciences. The deadline for the submission of proposals is 14 November. For advice please contact the Research Service Centre's Division Research Funding at Humboldt-Universität."

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In order to strengthen international co-operation in the field of social sciences, wishing to fund high quality scientific research within their own countries, and aware that some of the best research can be delivered by working with the best researchers internationally, ANR, DFG, ESRC, and SSHRC are launching an eighth ORA call for proposals in order to fund the best joint research projects in the social sciences. The scheme will provide funding for integrated projects by researchers coming from at least three of the four subscribing countries - in any combination of three or more countries.

Proposals may be submitted in any area of the social sciences. However, the disciplinary coverage varies according to the involvement of the national agencies. Applicants who are uncertain of whether their proposal would be eligible should contact the relevant national agencies for clarification.

There is a possibility for cooperation partners in Japan (if applicable) to obtain a special funding from a Japanese funding agency. The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) will provide an independent funding opportunity on application basis to support the cooperation partners in Japan involved in the successful proposals.

ORA 8 will use the same format as ORA 7: the call will follow a one-stage, one-application procedure consisting of a full proposal to be submitted on November 14, 2023 at the latest. Funding will be distributed among the national agencies according to the affiliation of the researchers, and according to the funding rules of each agency.

How to Apply

SSHRC is the coordinating agency for this round. All proposals for this call will be submitted through the SSHRC Convergence Portal. For detailed guidance on how to submit proposals, please refer to the ORA 8 Convergence Guidance for Applicants (See below).

Deadline for the submission of proposals is Tuesday, 14 November 2023, 17:00 Eastern (23:00 Central European Time). Proposals submitted after the deadline will not be accepted.

Webinar for potential applicants

We will hold a webinar for potential applicants to this call on September 21, 2023 which we strongly encourage you to attend. The webinar will be open to participants from around the world and will provide information and guidance from the funders on the requirements of the call as well as an opportunity for questions and answers. To allow for different time zones we will be holding two identical webinars which will each last approximately one hour.
1st session

Thursday, September 21, 2023, 7:00 Eastern Daylight Time / 13:00 Central European Time Webinar

Externer LinkWebinar - password: SSHRC2023

2nd session

Thursday, September 21, 2023, 14:00 Eastern Daylight Time / 20:00 Central European Time Webinar

Externer LinkWebinar - password: SSHRC2023

Documents

Previous ORA Rounds:

Contact:

All queries relating to this call should be directed to the call Secretariat at

All queries relating to the SSHRC Convergence Portal should be directed to

All country-specific queries should be directed to:
Germany, DFG: Canada, SSHRC:
Note: Contact SSHRC well in advance of the application deadline if you wish to submit your ORA 8 application in French.
France, ANR: United Kingdom, ESRC: Japan:

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Open Research Area for the Social Sciences Eighth Call for Proposals 2023

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In order to strengthen international co-operation in the field of social sciences, wishing to fund high quality scientific research within their own countries, and conscious that some of the best res

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+++ Coming soon – Training Program for Public Engagement from the Berlin School of Public Engagement +++

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+++ Coming soon – Training Program for Public Engagement from the Berlin School of Public Engagement +++

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"The training program gives researchers the opportunity to make their research more relevant, effective and accessible using the approaches and methods of public engagement. The program contains three modules: The foundations of public engagement, creative engagement and evaluation. More details including registration to come in the next Postdoc Academy newsletter!"

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How to pursue an academic career in Germany – a talk on postdoc positions, professorships and alternatives

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How to pursue an academic career in Germany – a talk on postdoc positions, professorships and alternatives

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Wed, 20 Sep 2023, 10.00-12.00
https://tu-berlin.webex.com/tu-berlin/j.php?MTID=me8b87a874db44febfbf106800348dd45

"A life in academia abounds with opportunities and excitement -- and it is full of uncertainties and risks. It is, therefore, a good idea carefully to plan your next steps and to explore possible career paths in some detail. This talk underlines the relevant characteristics of the German academic labour market, sets out the ways in which you can find suitable positions and encourages you actively to develop ideas about your professional development. It also addresses the challenges involved in navigating the German labour market as an international candidate. There will be time for your questions and concerns."

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Meet virtually with Cisco Webex. Anytime, anywhere, on any device.

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Simple, modern video meetings for everyone on the world's most popular and trusted collaboration platform.

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"Registration will be open until September 30th."

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You can participate in the PDD as a non-contributor, present a poster, and/or opt for a talk. We encourage you to contribute and show us your research at PDD!

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Postdoc Academys’ World Café on legal framework for postdocs takes place September 19, 11am

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Postdoc Academys’ World Café on legal framework for postdocs takes place September 19, 11am

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https://www.berlin-university-alliance.de/en/commitments/promoting-talent/postdoc-academy/index.html

Legal challenges (WissZeitVG, BerlHG) bother postdocs nationwide. As part of this year's Postdoc Appreciation Week (PAW), we invite you to get in contact with experts from science and politics. After the experts have each given their input, you will have the opportunity to talk intensively with a speaker in three rounds, ask questions or exchange perspectives.

Your hosts will be:

Prof. Dr. Christoph Schneider, Member of the BUA Executive Board and Vicepresident of HU Berlin

Dr. Thorsten Wilhelmy, Managing Director Einstein Foundation Berlin

Dr. Jana Lüdtke, Member of the BUA Postdoc Academy Council and Member of the Academic Senate of FU Berlin as a representative for early- and mid-career researcher

Dr. Michael Wetzels, associated Postdoc at TU Berlin and co-department chair of the SPD-Wilhelmstadt

A representative from the Berlin Senate will also be present!

Register now!

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Would you like to have a unique opportunity to gain professional experience outside of your own work context? The Job Shadowing Program gives you that opportunity to get to know, in a realistic way, attractive job profiles and career paths in science, science management, and science-related environments.

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Research Grant:  Funding Programme Democracy (Gerda Henkel)

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Research Grant:  Funding Programme Democracy (Gerda Henkel)

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This funding scheme addresses already existing research groups.

More on it:

https://www.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/en/democracy

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"Fellowships will be provided to excellent researchers, undertaking international mobility either to or between EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries, as well as to non-associated Third Countries. Applications will be made jointly by the researcher and a beneficiary in the academic or non-academic sector."

EXP: 13.09.2023: Deadline for submitting proposals

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MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships enhance the creative and innovative potential of researchers holding a PhD and who wish to acquire new skills through advanced training, international, interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral mobility. MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships will be open to excellent researchers of any nationality.

The scheme also encourages researchers to work on research and innovation projects in the non-academic sector and is open to researchers wishing to reintegrate in Europe, to those who are displaced by conflict, as well as to researchers with high potential who are seeking to restart their careers in research.

Fellowships will be provided to excellent researchers, undertaking international mobility either to or between EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries, as well as to non-associated Third Countries. Applications will be made jointly by the researcher and a beneficiary in the academic or non-academic sector.

Postdoctoral Fellowships either can take place in Europe (i.e. in an EU Member State or a Horizon Europe Associated Country) or in a Third Country not associated to Horizon Europe:

European Postdoctoral Fellowships are open to researchers of any nationality who wish to engage in R&I projects by either coming to Europe from any country in the world or moving within Europe. The standard duration of these fellowships must be between 12 and 24 months.

Global Postdoctoral Fellowships are open to European nationals or long-term residents who wish to engage in R&I projects with organisations outside EU Member States and Horizon Europe Associated Countries. These fellowships require an outgoing phase of minimum 12 and maximum 24 months in a non-associated Third Country, and a mandatory 12-month return phase to a host organisation based in an EU Member State or a Horizon Europe Associated Country.

Specific eligibility conditions apply to MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships in the research areas covered by the Euratom Research and Training Programme 2021-2025.

Indicative timeline

12 April 2023: Launch of the call for proposals

13 September 2023: Deadline for submitting proposals

February 2024: Notification of call results to applicants (TBC)

April 2024: Grant agreement signature for successful projects (TBC)

April 2024: First EU-funded projects start (TBC)

Indicative budget

EUR 260.47 million

How to apply

Learn about the next steps to apply for funding under this call

Full call details

For full details of this call, visit the call page on the EU Funding & Tenders portal

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​​​​​​​Edith Saurer Research Grants 2024

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​​​​​​​Edith Saurer Research Grants 2024

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"The Edith Saurer Fund awards research grants to outstanding domestic and foreign postdoctoral scholars whose current work specifically addresses issues of social inequality from the perspectives of gender, class and culture."

EXP: Applications in German and English are probably possible from October 1 to December 31, 2023, online

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The Edith Saurer Fund awards research grants to outstanding domestic and foreign postdoctoral scholars whose current work specifically addresses issues of social inequality from the perspectives of gender, class and culture. Particular attention is paid to projects that deal with Europe from the early modern period to the 20th century and pursue comparative and transnational approaches.

ESF grants are one-off, project-based and are only awarded to projects that are not yet completed.

Exhibitions, events, travel costs (journeys, stays) and the like are not funded. By submitting a proposal, applicants commit themselves to completing their work within the deadline specified in the application. As a rule, this should not exceed two years, exceptions require a conclusive justification.

Applications in German and English are probably possible from October 1 to December 31, 2023, online at https://fonds.arbeiterkammer.at/esf

Further questions

Geschäftsstelle Edith Sauer Fonds
office@edithsaurerfonds.at
+43-1-50165-13778
AK-Wien, Prinz-Eugen-Str. 20-22, 1040 Vienna

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The Edith Saurer Fund awards research grants to outstanding domestic and foreign postdoctoral scholars whose current work specifically addresses issues of social inequality from the perspectives of gender, class and culture. Particular attention is paid to projects that deal with Europe from the early modern period to the 20th century and pursue comparative and transnational approaches.

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"This funding offer addresses researchers of different backgrounds (natural and life sciences, engineering sciences as well as humanities and social sciences) who develop research projects that produce transformational knowledge."

EXP: Pre-proposals are expected to be accepted again in the fall of 2023.

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In the Profile area "Societal Transformations", the Volkswagen Foundation supports research that addresses diverse aspects of transformation processes. It encourages cross-border and multi-perspective approaches and aims to open up new ways of contributing toward shaping societal transformations.

What is funded?

The Foundation wants to fund research ideas which offer new perspectives on already existing as well as (largely) underresearched and/or emerging societal transformation processes. In addition, also projects are funded that develop ideas or scenarios for transformation processes preparing societies to deal appropriately with future challenges. The Foundation encourages researchers to create transformational knowledge by integrating non-academic stakeholders. This cooperation should contribute to a better understanding of transformation processes and the role of science in these processes.

This funding offer addresses researchers of different backgrounds (natural and life sciences, engineering sciences as well as humanities and social sciences) who develop research projects that produce transformational knowledge.

The Foundation offers experimental spaces for new methods such as explorative learning, creative research, artistic research/artistic dialogues and experiments. Researchers with are invited to establish a dialogue with non-academic actors on societal transformation processes and related research questions. The Foundation encourages researchers to develop projects that are risky and 'surprising` with regard to its research questions and its research design. All applicants should identify the relevant actor groups for their project within and outside academia. Furthermore, all applicants are encouraged to reflect on their research methods and possible impact of their results on the constitution of transformation processes.

Please note: Pre-proposals received up to and including 23 March 2023 will be evaluated on the basis of the current call. The funding offer will then be evaluated. Pre-proposals will then only be accepted again on the basis of a revised call for proposals, probably from autumn 2023.

More information on the funding offer

How to submit your application

Terms and conditions

Please read the "Information for Applicants" carefully and familiarize yourself with the application conditions. Additional information can be found in the presentation "Online Q&A".

Prepare your application

Use the template "project outline" for your application.

Submit application

Submit your application in electronic form via the application system.

Check here for answers to general questions about our funding

FAQ for Applicants

Here you will find information on the eligibility to apply as well as the application process.

What type of projects are totally excluded from support?

The Foundation will not process applications falling under the following categories:

Supplements to travel costs or scholarships granted by third parties

Congresses

Printing costs not associated with projects supported by the Foundation

Acquisition, completion, or maintenance of collections or exhibitions

Construction and expansion of hospitals, retirement and nursing homes

Devices that serve therapy

Development and practical trials of research questions that have already been solved

Patent evaluation

Schools, preparatory courses and institutions of adult education, student residences

Start-up aid for scientific institutions with political, ideological or denominational ties

Across-the-board increases in base budgets or making up for budget shortfalls

Reimbursement of pre-financing granted elsewhere

For-profit purposes

Charitable purposes

Private individuals

What is eligible for funding?

The "information for applicants" of the respective call for proposals specifies what is eligible for funding. Universities and universities for applied sciences can apply for 10 % overheads in most of the calls. For more information on overheads, see "Information on lump sum for overheads", which is provided in our download-section.

The Volkswagen Foundation only allocates funds for clearly determined purposes. Funds must not be used to relieve the base budget of an institution and thereby the actual funding body of the institution in question, such as the state. The funds may not be used to cover budget shortfalls or cause other funders to reduce their grants accordingly. Nor does the Foundation make funds available to other research-funding institutions for their general funding activities.

What remuneration rates can I use when submitting an application?

The following average rates can be used as guidelines when submitting applications:
Personnel funds for non-academic staff (PDF, 18.59 KB)
Personnel funds for academic staff (PDF, 123.27 KB)
The above sources already include non-wage costs, such as employer's contributions to social security. Additional overhead costs are not covered. If the staffing for the requested position is known and the position is to receive higher remuneration owing to collective bargaining agreements, please indicate the correspondingly higher rates and make this clear in your justification of the cost projection.

FAQ about the selection process

FAQ for grantees

Here you will find information about funding guidelines, calling for funds, progress reports, use of the foundations' logo and more.

How do I receive the approved funds?

Together with the letter of approval, you will receive the calling for funds plan (RTF) to be completed and a corresponding appendix (RTF), which you must use to confirm in writing that you accept the Foundation's funding principles. The approved funds will be transferred in due time to the account of the funded scientific institution in accordance with the needs-based call for funds initiated by you.

Do I have to submit progress reports?

Progress reports must be submitted annually to show how the project is developing. The Notes on interim and final reports (PDF, 134.5 KB) will support you in writing the reports. All reports are uploaded to the Foundation's Application and Report System.

FAQ on statement of account and proof of utilisation

At the end of the funding period - and possibly earlier in the case of long-running projects - the Foundation expects accounts detailing the utilization of the funds.

How do I prove the proper use of funds and why is this required?

The statement of account is the accounting evidence that the funding has been spent by the grantees or the approved institutions in accordance with the grant.
The Proof of Utilization of awarded funding is required by the Statutes of the Volkswagen Foundation § 3 and § 9.

What has to be included in my statement of account?

In a statement of account, the project-related expenditure is accounted for, that:

When do I have to submit my statement of account?

Immediately upon termination of each funded project, the Foundation expects the grantees or the approved institutions to submit a final statement of account without being requested to do so.

Interim statements of account are only requested if necessary and do not have to be submitted annually.

In what form should the statement of account be submitted?

Please use the form "statement of account" and our Excel template for the overview of all individual expenditures and revenues (requested on page 3 of the form), which are to be arranged according to the approved cost items. You can download both templates here: Templates for statement of account and Excel list (ZIP folder). The form must be signed (analogue or digital) by:

1. the grantee and

2. a representative of the bursar's office/third-party funding office.

How do I have to submit the statement of account?

The statement of account is to be submitted by e-mail. Additional submission by post is not required!

How do I deal with remaining funds?

Allocated funds that are/were not used in the project must be repaid to the Foundation without delay.
Repayment shall be made to the following account of the Volkswagen Foundation, quoting the file number:
IBAN: DE98250500000101044006
SWIFT-BIC: NOLADE2H
Credit Institution: Norddeutsche Landesbank

Who are my contacts?

Visit our grants database and take a look at projects that we are already supporting with this funding offer.

Societal Transformations

This funding offer is part of our profile area Societal Transformations. Here you will find further information and the current funding offers.

Learn more

Grantees currently receiving funding from the Volkswagen Foundation can receive additional support forprojects aimed at communicating science. Deadline: January 11, 2023

Data Reuse - Additional Funding for the Preparation and Storage of Research Data

#Additional funding opportunities for grantees#Open Science

In the context of its Open Science Policy, the Volkswagen Foundation supports Open Data. The foundation provides its grantees with additional funding for the preparation of research data for data reuse and for making generated data available as Open Data. Apply anytime

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flexible travel funds for traveling to Eastern Europe and Central Asia

EXP: 29.09.2023

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DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst

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Förderprogramme finden - DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst

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Aktuell ausgeschriebene und bereits laufende DAAD-Programme der Projektförderung für deutsche Hochschulen. Die regulären Ausschreibungstermine sind Anfang April, Mitte Juni und Anfang Oktober.

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"In 2009, the Goethe-University of Frankfurt/Main and the German Research Foundation (DFG) have established the “Programme Point Sud” in order to fund Africa-related workshops and conferences in the humanities and social sciences at Point."

EXP: none

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German scholars and research foundations have long been successfully working beyond the Anglo- and Francophone research traditions established by the former leading colonial powers in Africa. Not only have they been successful in overcoming geographic and linguistic boundaries themselves, but they have also encouraged exchange and dialogue between these different research traditions. In this capacity, German academics are in a particularly favorable position to play an important role in promoting the establishment of a truly postcolonial academic community in Africa.

In 2009, the Goethe-University of Frankfurt/Main and the German Research Foundation (DFG) have established the "Programme Point Sud" in order to fund Africa-related workshops and conferences in the humanities and social sciences at Point. The general objectives of the programme include:

the establishment of a centre for interdisciplinary research and exchange between scholars and institutions from Germany, Europe, Africa and other parts of the world,

the networking of scholars and research institutions both on the north-south axis as well as within Africa and with researchers from South America and Asia (south-south axis),

the formation of young scholars,

the transition of language barriers and academic traditions.

The institutional foundation for the activities of the programme is based on the creation of a network. The members are:

African Centre for Research on the trade and slavery (CARTE) and University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal

Centre for Democratic Governance (CGD) and University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Centro de Estudos Africanos, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique, FB

Faculty of Humanities of Omar Bongo University Libreville, Gabon

Institute for African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

Institute for Research on Societies (INSS), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Laboratory for the Study and Research on Social Dynamics and Local Development (LASDEL) and University Abdou Moumouni, Niamey, Niger

Point Sud and University of Bamako, Mali

Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) and University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

Institut d'Etudes Avancées de Nantes, France

The programme is open to all researchers based in Germany working on Africa-related themes. Co-applicants from Africa, Europe and the rest of the world are welcome. The various individual activities hosted by the centre in any given year will be selected and coordinated by a programme committee (see "Organisation). For the purposes of applying for DFG support, individual funding applications for the specific activities will be bundled and submitted by the Goethe University of Frankfurt to the DFG as a single collective application, which will then be evaluated by the DFG. Financial support by the DFG will cover the costs of travel and accommodation for participants of activities that have been granted financial support. Requests for funding will be assessed according to the following general principles:

Types of activity eligible for funding are: Traditional formats such as conferences, seminars, workshops, graduate schools, summer schools and field schools of various scales. Furthermore, innovative activities such as project development workshops and forums to promote kickoff meetings for new research endeavors, themes and scientific networks will be given privileged consideration.

A particular concern of the programme is to establish long-term relations with scholars as well as scientific institutions and networks. In this sense, follow-up workshops by scientists who have already participated in the programme are especially welcomed. Furthermore, the programme offers the possibility for postdoctoral research networks and junior academic groups to apply for two consecutive workshops with the same group of participants.

Although the programme is primarily oriented towards the social sciences and humanities, initiatives that aim to promote interdisciplinary cooperation with the natural sciences and medicine are particularly welcome. There are no thematic requirements except that the initiative is relevant to Africa.

Proposals that include a south-south-dialogue with scientists from Anglophone, Francophone or Lusophone countries in Africa, Latin America or Asia are particularly welcome.

For further information please contact Dr Marko Scholze, scholze@em.uni-frankfurt.de, telephone +49 (0)69 798-33230 or +49 (0)1601035354

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Would you like to have a unique opportunity to gain professional experience outside of your own work context? The Job Shadowing Program gives you that opportunity to get to know, in a realistic way, attractive job profiles and career paths in science, science management, and science-related environments.