Courses
Workshops offered at all four CEPLAS partner institutions are open to CEPLAS doctoral and postdoctoral researchers (subject to space availability). For a complete list of courses available at CEPLAS partner institutions, please check the official websites (e.g. iGRAD, HeRA, GSfBS, AMC, UoC Postdoc Career Program). Please see as well our course archive, as several of the courses will be offered annually.
Below are examples of upcoming courses. These are allocated to core competencies expected of graduate researchers and postdocs, based on definitions from the National Postdoctoral Association (NPA). You are encouraged to learn more about the core competencies and explore related resources.
Courses are divided into the following categories:
2. Research Skill Development
Gentechnische Arbeiten in gentechnischen Anlagen
Individual statistical consultation
Individual statistical consultation: If you are facing statistical or bioinformatic problems you can always contact the Center for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics (CBiBs) for individual consultation. Please write an E-Mail to CBiBs and ask for a consultation date. CEPLAS will cover the costs that might be charged.
3. Communication Skills
Get into Teaching
Videos in Science: Writing, shooting and editing
Videos in Science: Writing, shooting and editing
Adam Polczyk, apofilm Produktion and Presse und Kommunikation, Uni Köln, organized in collaboration with CEPLAS
1 day workshop, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Building 22.07 (ZSL), U1, Room 25
Date: January 23, 9am to 5pm
- basic rules of image composition and visual storytelling
- what I need: overview and selection of technical equipment
- practical exercises: filming video on a smartphone
- practical exercises: cutting and adding sound
- enhancing awareness of key criteria
Presenting (in) Science - How to own the stage on (international) conferences
Interdisciplinary Communication and Collaboration
Writing Papers and Theses in the Life Sciences
Negotiation Training
Preparing for Potential Conflicts
Science Communication – the Basics
Self-Marketing and Networking in Science
Optimizing Writing Strategies
Assertiveness training for female researchers
Language courses: German and English
JUNO Language Tandem Program
Digital e-learning platform for postdocs
German Language Courses
Hochschuldidaktik (in German)
Angebote der Hochschuldidaktik der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Angebote des Zentrums für Hochschuldidaktik der Universität zu Köln
4. Professionalism
AMC Career Compass: academic versus non-academic application processes
Prospects: Online Talk Series on DFG Funding Opportunities for Research Careers
Navigating the German and European research funding landscape
Good to Know: Online info series for international researchers
AMC Career Compass: How to find my next career step, what to expect from job portals and social media
Basics of the law on fixed-term contracts at universities, the „Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz" (WissZeitVG)
DFG Funding Opportunities for Postdocs
Career-Orientation for researchers: The academic career path or are there other options?
Emmy Noether Programme
Taking the next steps: a career toolkit for researchers at the beginning of their postdoc phase
Agile Methods Sprint
AMC Career Compass: Tailor made application documents for non-academic careers
DFG-Förderangebote für wissenschaftliche Karrieren (in German)
Apply successfully, for academics with non-academic ambitions
From an idea to a project - the DFG Sachbeihilfe
Professor wanted! Planning and optimizing your academic career
AMC Career Compass: How to pass a non-academic job interview successfully
Digital e-learning platform for postdocs
5. Leadership and Management Skills
Project management in Science
IPR Protection 2025
IPR Protection
PROvendis, Mülheim a. d. Ruhr, organized in collaboration with CEPLAS
1,5 day workshop (on site at HHU, Düsseldorf)
Date: February 12-13, 2025
Topics Day 1 (9 am - 4:30 pm):
- Introduction to Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)
- Patents
- Special aspects of IP-protection in life sciences
- The other IPRs
- Employee Inventions Act / rights to other IPR
- Common technology transfer agreements
Topics Day 2 (9-12 am)
- Patent Searches
Please follow the link to register for the workshop:
https://qualtricsxmqq2t924h3.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3rahJJDPQsitgcm
For any questions regarding the content of the course, pleease contact Günter Strittmatter (g.strittmatter[at]ibr-consulting.eu). For any questions regarding the general organisation please contact the CEPLAS Office (office[at]ceplas.de).