Workshops and talks for scientists
Please explore our interactive workshops and talks: for scientists, by scientists.
Almost all topics can be offered in English, German, and Dutch.
Please look at our Online Academy for free previews of our courses.
For more in-depth one-on-one interactions, we also offer private coaching.
We also moderate events like conferences and panel discussions.
Goodbye academia?
So, you finally have a science degree- or will in the future. What to do with it? In our career development seminar for researchers, you´ll learn about: Introspection, career options, scoring a job, salary negotiations, networking.
Sleeping beauty, the prince doesn’t come! About self-marketing and networking
Playing a waiting game does not help career progress. Still, many scientists hope victory and fame come naturally by producing scientifically solid work. But success usually takes more.
Scientific posters: design and pitching
An effective poster presentation requires a cleverly designed poster, an appropriate use of language and special techniques in presenting. This course will give you the skills you need to create professional, attractive and high-impact posters.
Conflict management
Conflicts are the moment of truth of any (working) relationship: scarce goods are redistributed, interests are clarified, and people can act as good colleagues or egomaniac tinpot dictators.
Years not lost: How to stay attractive for industry while working in academia?
You do research at uni and love your work. However, you don´t want to run into a dead-end street, being kicked out of the ivory tower in your early forties. Can you prepare yourself for a possible exit strategy, increasing your market value while working in academic research?
How to start your own lab. Funding, Science and People
This workshop aims to show you all the tools you need to start your own academic research group.
The workshop is highly interactive, mostly based on discussions and interactive exercises. We aim to bring together the skills and experiences the trainers have gathered in academic and industrial settings.
Online or in-house? The right format for every type of learner
We often get questions like: “Shall I conduct this training as in-house training or online course?” or “Why should I book your online academy for this seminar, there are many free MOOCs online?” There is no clear answer, so let´s look at the merits of each course format.
Online courses and blended-learning activities for scientists.
We started developing online workshops in early 2019, fully one year before Corona hit Europe. We love the flexibility that these formats give to the coordinators and participants: we typically have one webinar (2-2.5 h) per day, each followed by self-paced work on our learning platform. After the webinar phase, the participants have three weeks to dive deeper into the course material of the class and receive individual feedback from the course instructors.
Private coaching
We can help you with:
Career transitions, e.g., from the PhD or postdoc into a non-academic job field: how do you find employers that fit your needs, how do you successfully convince the employer in your application documents and the job interview?
Grant applications. How do you present yourself and your science in front of an expert panel?
Moderations for your event
Do you need a light-hearted moderator for a conference, meeting, or social evening event?
Or are you looking for a moderator for a contentious discussion or a brainstorming session?
Please get in touch to discuss the possibilities.
Reference customers
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- Life Science Zurich Graduate School (Universität Zürich, ETH Zürich)
- Institut Curie, LIBRA Career Day, Paris
- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Graduate University
- University of Oslo
- Institut de Science des Matériaux de Mulhouse, CNRS, Université de Haute-Alsace (France)
- NWO: Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
- Amsterdam UMC University Medical Centers. Amsterdam institute for Infection and Immunity
- VIB, Belgium
- Doctoral schools Hasselt University
- University of Luxembourg, Doctoral Education, Transferable Skills Training
- SASPRO Programme, co-financed by the European Union and the Slovak Academy of Sciences
- Innovative Training Network Analytics for Biologics, A4B (H2020-MSCA)
- IEEE Signal Processing Society
- Academia Copernicana Interdisciplinary Doctoral School, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (Poland)
- Bayerns Grüner Gründerwettbewerb PlanB Biobasiert.Business.Bayern / Coaching
- Zielpuls GmbH, Munich
- Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V. – Generalverwaltung – Abteilung PE – Personalentwicklung & Chancen
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim
- Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, Mainz
- Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried
- Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Golm
- Max Planck School of Photonics
- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin
- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics – Summer School, Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
- MARUM – Zentrum für Marine Umweltwissenschaften, Universität Bremen
- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)
- Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft (Berlin)
- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institut für Energie- und Klimatechnik, IEK-1: Werkstoffsynthese und Herstellungsverfahren
- Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
- Center for NanoScience, LMU Munich
- bidt Graduate Center
- Leibniz Institute SAFE: Sustainable Archtecture for Finance in Europe
- SFB 986 Tailor-Made Multi-Scale Materials Systems (Technische Universität Hamburg)
- ABINEP – ESF-funded International Graduate school on Analysis, Imaging, and Modelling of Neuronal and Inflammatory Processes, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
- ABINEP – ESF-funded International Graduate school on Analysis, Imaging, and Modelling of Neuronal and Inflammatory Processes, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
- Ci3 Cluster Advanced Training Programme
- Bonner Graduiertenzentrum der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
- GRADE – Goethe Research Academy for Early Career Researchers, Goethe Universität Frankfurt
- Ph.D. Medical Research – Epidemiology & Public Health, Munich Medical Research School, LMU Munich
- RWTH Aachen University – Center for Doctoral Studies (CDS)
- International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modelling (IMPRS-ESM), Hamburg
- Integrated Graduate School Solvation Science within the Cluster of Excellence RESOLV (Ruhr-Universität Bochum / Technische Universität Dortmund)
- IFGPZ | Interdisziplinäres Forschungs-, Graduiertenförderungs- und Personalentwicklungszentrum, Universität Koblenz
- Regensburg International Graduate School of Life Sciences (RIGeL), Universität Regensburg
- University of Cologne-CANTAR PhD/Postdoc Retreat 2024
- Junior Scientist and International Researcher Center (JUNO), Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
- Service Unit Gender Consulting/Gender Equality Office, TU Darmstadt
- Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm, Förderung von Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen
- Mentoring-Programm ARIADNEnat (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)
- Forschungsverbünde der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg zur Förderung der Gleichstellung
- TU-Nachwuchsring der TU Kaiserslautern
- International Office und Gleichstellungsreferat der Universität Ulm
- “kite-mentoring” Programm der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
- dynaMENT Mentoring for Women in Natural Sciences. dynaMENT is a joint venture of Universität Hamburg (MIN Faculty, cluster of excellence CUI, Collaborative Research Centre SFB 676 and SFB 925), DESY, MPSD and PIER Helmholtz Graduate School
- Women’s Career Day, a cooperation of the Collaborative Research Centers SFB 676 and SFB 925, the Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging CUI, the Max Planck Institute for the Stucture & Dynamics of Matter, MPSD, the PIER Helmholtz Graduate School, the MIN Faculty, and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory EMBL
- SPPEXA — German Priority Programme 1648, Software for Exascale Computing
- TUM Graduate School (TU Munich)
- Justus-Liebig Universität – Gießener Graduiertenzentrum für Lebenswissenschaften – Postdoc Program
- Institute of Cognitive Science, Osnabrück University
- Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg – Fakultät für Medizin und Gesundheitswissenschaften
- Geometric Methods in Mathematics, Technical University Dresden
- Graduate Center Weihenstephan
- Graduiertenakademie, Technische Universität Dresden
- Graduate School of Life Sciences (GSLS), Universität Würzburg
- Dahlem Research School (DRS), Freie Universität Berlin
- Talent Factory, TUM ForTe, Technische Universität München
- Cusanuswerk e.V.
- SFB 854 – Molekulare Organisation der zellulären Kommunikation im Immunsystem (Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg)
- Hochschule Osnabrück, Promotionskolleg
- Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Coburg
- SCIENTIA Karriereentwicklung für Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg)
- Freiburg Research Services, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
- International Research Training Group (IRTG 1904) “Processes and impacts of climate change in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Canadian Arctic – ArcTrain”, Universität Bremen
- GRK 2271, Universität Marburg
- SFB 1177 Molecular and Functional Characterization of Selective Autophagy (Institut für Biochemie 2, GU Frankfurt)
- SFB/TRR 127 Biologie der xenogenen Zell- und Organtransplantation- vom Labor in die Klinik (München, Dresden, Hannover, RKI, PEI)
- SFB TRR 102, Institut für Physik, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
- Integrierte Graduiertenschule des SFB/TRR 227, Ultrafast Spin Dynamics am Fachbereich Physik der Freien Universität Berlin
- TRR 174, Marburg/München
- SFB 815 Redox Regulation: Generatorsysteme und funktionelle Konsequenzen (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt)
- SFB 834 Endothelial Signalling and Vascular Repair (Klinikum der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt)
- SFB 914 Traficking of Immune Cells in Inflammation, Development and Disease (LMU Munich)
- SFB 987 Microbial Diversity in Environmental Signal Response (Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology/ Philipps- Universität Marburg)
- SFB 1032 Nanoagents for the spatiotemporal control of molecular and cellular reactions (LMU Munich, TU Munich, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Munich)
- IRTG-SFB 1064 Chromatin Dynamics (LMU Munich, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, Max Planck Institute or biochemistry)
- GRK 1620 Models of Gravity (Universities of Bremen, Oldenburg, Hannover, Bielefeld, Copenhagen, and Jacobs University Bremen)
- GRK 2099 Hallmarks of Skin Cancer (Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Medical Center Mannheim, Ruprecht-Karl-University of Heidelberg)
- GRK 2376 Confinement-controlled Chemistry (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Technische Universität Dortmund)
- TRR247 “Heterogenous Oxidation Catalysis in the Liquid Phase”, Universität Duisburg-Essen
- Cluster of Excellence “Precision Medicine in Chronic Inflammation” (PMI)
- FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, GRK 1910
- DFG-FOR 2136 Sociality and health in primates (Georg-August-University Göttingen, Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Robert Koch Institut)
- Universität Bayreuth
- Cardio-Pulmonary Institute (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt)
- Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde – IOW
- BioContact e.V., dkfz Heidelberg
- Fachforum Verbundpromotion, Bayerisches Wissenschaftsforum (BayWISS)
- Conference BE WISE (Diversity Management of the TU Dresden)
- PostDoc Community of the Max Planck Institute for terrestrial Microbiology
- JCF Konstanz, Frühjahrssymposium 2018, Universität Konstanz
- JCF Stuttgart, JungChemikerForum of the GDCh (German Society of Chemists)
- PhD Day, Centre for Structural Systems Biology, Hamburg
Society for Experimental Biology (SEB)