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A workshop series traveling around the world

My first encounter with the workshop series “Antigen Processing and Presentation” (APP) is quite a long time ago. It started more or less by accident. While I was looking around on the EMBO homepage for some financial support for the next conference participation, I found an immunological workshop named “Antigen Processing and Presentation” which was exactly what my research is about. This workshop series had … Continue reading A workshop series traveling around the world »

Of viruses and lipids – SphingoFOR 2123 Workshop Würzburg

Würzburg and Franconia are most commonly known for beautiful castles and superb wine. However, the University of Würzburg is better known for the 14 Nobel Laureates who have researched and taught there, including Harald zur Hausen, who received the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2008 for his discovery that human papillomaviruses can cause cervical cancer. Prof zur Hausen spent his post-doc years from 1969 to … Continue reading Of viruses and lipids – SphingoFOR 2123 Workshop Würzburg »

“Successfully pass your PhD” – Retrospection on a MeTra workshop

How to recruit women to top positions is commonly discussed these days, as the government has just decided to implement a quota for women in the directorates of Germany´s 100 biggest market-listed companies. Starting in 2016, about 30% of the positions in the governing bodies of Volkswagen, Daimler and Co. have to be filled by women. When it comes to work, the principle of equal … Continue reading “Successfully pass your PhD” – Retrospection on a MeTra workshop »

The statistical literacy course by Dr Rick Scavetta

Based on the observation of twelve PhD students, the likelihood for the spontaneous appearance of beads of sweat while coming across a capital sigma (Σ) followed by square roots and indices is actually rather high – biologists are not terribly famous for their affinity to maths and statistics.   But wait – was the sample size of twelve highly motivated ImmunoSentation IITB PhD students attending … Continue reading The statistical literacy course by Dr Rick Scavetta »

ENII Summer School of Immunology in Sardinia

`Come on, you just want to attend the Summer School because it takes place in Sardinia and it’s sunny, right?` This might be in fact what your PI will say when you ask to attend the Summer School of the European Network of Immunology Institutes (ENII) in Sardinia. This annual meeting for experienced PhD students and young PostDocs in the field of immunology took place … Continue reading ENII Summer School of Immunology in Sardinia »

The presentation skills course by Dr Rick Scavetta

Communicating one’s own research to other scientists and to the public constitutes an essential part of a researcher’s work. Apart from peer-reviewed papers and poster presentations, oral presentations in combination with visualisation programmes such as Microsoft PowerPoint or OpenOffice Impress have become standard for that purpose. So, everyone knows how to use PowerPoint, right? You probably also gave more talks in the past than you … Continue reading The presentation skills course by Dr Rick Scavetta »