Date Topic

2024

Seminar on Wednesday, October 2nd 2024 from 04:00 to 5:00 pm 

We are pleased to invite you to the SFB1129 PhD/PostDoc Seminar featuring Dr. Neeraja Sankaran, Scientific Historian & Writer at the Ahmedabad University.

The seminar will take place in the seminar room (CIID, 3rd floor). Neeraja will share her remarkable career trajectory, from microbiologist to science historian, editor, and successful author.

We look forward to your participation and the engaging discussions that will follow.

Virtual seminar on Monday, September 23rd 2024 from 09:00 to 10:00 am 

For this seminar our guest will be Lyras Ekaterini, Senior Scientific Editor at Nature Communications. Lyras will share her valuable insights on transitioning from academia to her role as an editor at Nature Communications, as well as discuss her responsibilities in this position.

The seminar will take place on Monday, 23rd September 2024, from 09:00 to 10:00 AM. For the zoom details for the session “A career in a science research journal” please contact the SFB Office (sfb.1129@med.uni-heidelberg.de).

We look forward to your participation and the engaging discussions that will follow.

July 10th 2024 at 10 pm in CIID, INF 344, third-floor seminar room

For this seminar our guest will be Charlotte Kaplan who will be sharing insights from her diverse career journey, including her experiences as a postdoc in the US, working for AbbVie, and her current role as a super-resolution microscopy specialist at the image core facility in BioQuant. Her talk will also touch upon her transition from academia to data scientist, and her responsibilities within the image core facility.

We look forward to your attendance and engaging discussions at the seminar.

2023

May 16th 2023 at 12 pm in CIID, INF 344, second-floor seminar room

For this Think & Drink” session our guest will be Dr. Céline Carret, who works as a trainer at EMBO solutions. She went to being a PI to working as a senior editor for EMBO Molecular Medicine, and she now trains young scientists here in Heidelberg.

March 23rd 2023 at 12 pm in CIID, INF 344, second-floor seminar room

For this Think & Drink” session we have invited Dr. Frauke Mücksch who will share a bit of her experience as a post doc in the US as well as her more recent experience as a junior group leader in the CIID.

2022

September 21st 2022 from 12 to 1 pm
in CIID, INF 344, second-floor seminar room

We will start the Think & Drink” events again in the frame of the SFB1129. For the first meeting,
Dr. Charlotta Funaya,
one of the project leaders of Z2, will give us some insights on her academic background and describe her duties as Electron Microscopy Core Facility head.

March 30th 2022 at 12:00 am
– online –

online talk by CIID microscopy expert Dr. Sylvia Olberg who will be talking about her experience to leave and also return to academia in her talk “Changing perspective: Transition from academia to industry and back

Feb. 24th 2022 at 12:00 am
– online –

online talk and discussion with Prof. Dr. Alexis Maizel, Professor for Plant Cell and Developmental Biology, Heidelberg University
From animals to plants, from student to professor: what I learned along the way

2021

Dec. 7th 2021 at 12:00 am
– online –

online talk and discussion with Dr. Elliot Steeples, Associate Editor at Wiley Chemistry Journal Group
A career in a science research journal – what happens on the other side of the desk

July 27th 2021
directly following the virtual seminar with David Jacques from UNSW Sydney at 11:00 am
– online –

virtual students lunch with a postdoc from the Jacques group who will discuss her experiences doing science in Australia

June 1st 2021 at 12.00
– online –

online talk and discussion with Dr. Lena Steshenko, senior program officer at EMBO Young Investigator Network:
Science management: Impacting science without touching a pipette

April 13th 2021 at 12.00
– online –

online talk and discussion with Dr. Britta Nyboer:
How I switched sides, but still remained in academia

Feb 24th 2021 at 12.00
– online –

Lunch talk and discussion about career options and personal working experience with
Dr. Susann Kummer, Robert-Koch-Institut, Berlin:
Consider to fail – plan B happens to be plan A in most cases

2020

Dec. 2nd / 4th / 9th / 11th 2020
at 13.00-16.30    –  online –

online Career Development Course for Young Scientists (CaDYS)

Feb 12th 2020 at 16.30, CIID,
INF 344, SR 207, 2nd floor

Discussion Meeting: “THINK & DRINK” session
Volunteering and science: Far away and close to home

Feb 5th 2020 at 12.15, CIID,
INF 344, SR 03/04, ground floor

Lunch Seminar with Dr. Markus Elsner, Editor Nature Biotechnology:
“What editors do: Careers in science Publishing”

2019

Nov 13h 2019 at 12.15, CIID,
INF 344, SR 03/04, ground floor

Lunch Seminar with Dr. Antje Reuter, Study Manager Roche Diagnostics GmbH Mannheim:
Global Study Management at Roche Diagnostics

Oct 28th 2019 at 16.30, CIID,
INF 344, SR 207, 2nd floor

Discussion Meeting: “THINK & DRINK” (Video abstract: what is this about?)

Oct 18th/Nov 15th/Dec 6th 2019 at 12.30, CIID, INF 344, SR 207, 2nd floor

three afternoon sessions focused on “Leadership skills”, particularly for PostDocs and final year PhD students who want to follow an academic career.
For more information: Meetings and Workshops

Sept. 4th 2019 at 12.15, Heidelberg University, Biochemistry Center (BZH), INF 328, SR 25

Lunch Seminar with Dr. Ina-Karen Stoeck from Springer Heidelberg: “Academic book publishing”

June 5th 2019 at 12.00, INF 344, SR 207, 2nd floor

Lunch Seminar: Finding a mentor and guidance within the Heidelberg Research Alumni Network

April 9th 2019 at 12.00, INF 344, SR 207, 2nd floor

Lunch Seminar with Dr. Sabine Schwarz, Heidelberg: “Life as Publishing Editor at Springer – What is it all about?”

March 19th 2019 at 12.00, INF 344, SR 306, 3rd floor

Lunch Seminar with Dr. Dorothea Kaufmann, Heidelberg: “Academia beyond the bench: Teaching (What? Why How?)”

March 8th 2019 at 3 pm, INF 344, SR 03/04

Seminar with Speaker David Jara, Team of the Graduate Academy Heidelberg: “Improving your finances during your early career: Looking for stipends and Awards”

2018

July 11th 2018 at 12.15 pm, INF 328 SR 25

Guest Seminar of TRR 83, TRR 179 and SFB 1129:
PD Dr. Sabrina Schreiner, Munich: How to be(come) a Group Leader

April 17th 2018 at 12am, INF 344

Young Investigator Seminar with Dr. Boulant and Dr. Chlanda: “How do I start my own lab?”

February 27th 2018 at 12am, INF 344

Young Investigator Seminar with Dr. Lusic and Dr. Ganter: “Between Family and Career – How to combine them in Science”

2017

November 28th 2017 at 12am

Young Investigator Seminar with Dr. Lozach and Dr. Binder: „Should I stay or should I go? Mobility in academic science”

October 26th 2017

The next “THINK & DRINK” discussion meeting.

July 21th 2017 at 5,15 pm

„Kamingespräch“ with Prof. Andreas Hermann, Berlin

June 15th 2017

The next “THINK & DRINK” discussion meeting.

March 16th 2017

The next “THINK & DRINK” discussion meeting.

2016

Dec.15th 2016

The “THINK & DRINK” discussion meeting will take place in the Virology seminar room 404 (INF 324, 4th floor). It will be the final Think&Drink of the year, where drinks and snacks will be provided.

June 9th 2016

The “THINK & DRINK” discussion meeting will take place in the Virology seminar room 404 (INF 324, 4th floor).

April 14th 2016 

Our “THINK & DRINK” discussion meeting will take place in the Virology seminar room 404 (INF 324, 4th floor).