2025
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
IMPRS-PM OOF-Lectures
by Prof. Dr. Frederik Graw
Chair of Haematology / Internal Oncology at FAU and Head of RG Modelling of Immune Processes at UKER
in the Leuchs-Russell-Auditorium at MPL
15:30-17:15 Lecture I & II
The diversity of the immune system (for physicists)
In this lecture, we will address some basic…
April
IMPRS-PM OOF-Lectures
by Dr. Stephanie Möllmert (Postdoc in Guck Division, MPZPM)
in the Leuchs-Russell-Auditorium at MPL
13:30-15:15 Lecture III & IV
Probing physical properties of cells to generate biologically relevant models: Brillouin microscopy (for (bio-)medical researchers)
Brillouin microscopy is an optical…
March
IMPRS-PM OOF-Lectures
by Prof. Dr.med. Beate Winner (Professor for Stem Cell Biology at FAU & Head of Department for Stem Cell Biology at UKER)
in the Leuchs-Russell-Auditorium at MPL
13:30-15:15 Lecture I & II Biology of stem cells (for physicists)
Prof Winner’s presentation provides a comprehensive exploration of…
February
IMPRS-PM OOF-Lectures
by Prof. Ben Fabry (Chair of Biophysics at FAU)
in the Leuchs-Russell-Auditorium at MPL
15:45-17:30 Lecture I & II Cell and tissue mechanics (for (bio-)medical researchers and physicists)
The first part of the lecture will very briefly revisit the fundamentals of continuum mechanics: Hooke’s law,…
January
2024
December
IMPRS-PM OOF-Lectures
by Dr. med. Markus Eckstein
in the Leuchs-Russell-Auditorium at MPL
15:45-17:30 Lecture III & IV Cancer Pathology (for physicists)
The lectures were meant to provide basic biological and medical insight to IMPRS-PM physics students. But also interested students and researchers from the Max Planck…
November
IMPRS-PM OOF-Lectures
by Prof. Kristian Franze, Prof. Marisa Karow and Dr. Sven Falk
in the Leuchs-Russell-Auditorium at MPL
Topic: Basics in Neurodevelopmental Biology (for physicists)
13:30 Lecture I: Brain cell types, extracellular matrices, action potential, synapses
(Prof. Kristian Franze, FAU / MPZPM)
14:30…
October
IMPRS-PM OOF-Lectures
by Dr. Jeffrey Harmon (Postdoc, Guck Division, MPZPM)
in the Leuchs-Russell-Auditorium at MPL
15:45-17:30 Lecture I & II Probing physical properties of cells to generate biologically relevant models: Microfluidics and organ on a chip (for physicists)
The lectures were meant to provide basic…
September
YES-course: Basic Imaging
by Dr. Philipp Tripal
The course took place from 24.09. to 26.06. at the Optical Imaging Competence Centre (OICE) at FAU.
During the workshop the students learned:
- Basic theory of fluorescence confocal imaging
- Basic sample preparation (three colours) on fixed and live cells
- Features and…
August
July
IMPRS talk: From MPL into Industry – Dr. Sarina Wunderlich from Zeiss SMT
Sarina Wunderlich completed her physics studies at the University of Erlangen from 2002 to 2007, working on lateral shearing interferometers under the supervision of Professor Lindlein for her diploma thesis. During her studies, she already gained practical experience through internships at Siemens…
June
YES-course: Theory and practice of statistical data analysis block course
by Prof. Vasily Zaburdaev
The course took place from 18.06. to 28.06. at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light with a followed tutorial.
The main goal of the course was to provide the basics of theoretical and practical skills to analyze and report data. Ideally, at the end of the…
May
YES-course: The bioinformatics analysis of bulk RNASeq data
by CUBiDA (Core Unit Bioinformatik, Datenintegration und Analyse) at the Universitätsklinikum Erlangen
The course took place from May 16-17, 2024 at the Universitätsklinikum Erlangen (UKER).
During the workshop the students received an overview of the biological and technical background of the…
April
March
February
IMPRS-PM OOF-Lectures
by Prof. Dr.med. Beate Winner and Prof. Frederik Graw
On February 15th, we offered another set of OOF (out-of-your-field) lectures at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light.
Prof. Dr.med. Beate Winner (University Hospital Erlangen) gave an introduction into the biology of stem cells…
January
2023
December
November
October
September
August
July
IMPRS-PM OOF-Lectures
by Prof. Vahid Sandoghdar, Prof. Vasily Zaburdaev, Dr.med. Markus Eckstein and Prof. Alexandra Schambony
On July 20th and 27th we had our first OOF-lectures at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL).
The “out-of-your-field” lectures were given by IMPRS-PM PIs who provided an…
June
May
April
March
February
January
2022
December
November
October
September
IMPRS Block Lectures
We had the pleasure of listening to two wonderful lectures from the pioneer in microscopy Colin Sheppard, who was visiting MPL this week. He told us everyhing about the history of microscopy and its development. Besides, he also gave us a thorough insight into his own research which proved to be…
August
July
June
May
Additional Skills Course
On May 30th-31st, 2022, IMPRS hosted a workshop at MPL on ‘Project and Time Management for Scientists’ with Dr. Alexander Britz. Day one focused on self- and time management strategies where participants learned about and practiced techniques like the Eisenhower matrix, the Pareto principle,…
April
March
February
January
before 2022
How to be confident and persuasive in academia!
... that was the topic of our first two-days soft skill course in 2021 given by Barty Warren-Kretzschmar from Golin Wissenschaftsmanagment.
Unfortunately we still had to do it in an online format but nonetheless it was an enjoyable experience. After a short discussion on the question “What is a…
Soft Skill Course: Job applications in & outside academia: Understanding standards – developing a personal approach
Career counsellor Jacqueline von Saldern from Golin Wissenschaftsmanagement, Berlin, will coach this workshop on June 9th and 10th, 2020. The course aims at improving students' awareness for opportunities within and beyond science and at helping them navigate the pitfalls of the application process.
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IMPRS course: Blender training
Organized by our student spokesperson Sona, we had a 2-day Blender Course from April 25th to 26th. The trainer Gottfried Hofmann did a very good job in showing how to use this interesting program to create 3D worlds and even animate them.
Soft skill course about "Project Management"
Once or twice a year, IMPRS-PL organizes soft skills courses. In 2018, Rüdiger Herbst (ChallengeLearning) gave a two-day course on "project management".
In previous years we have been taught by Justin Mullins and Mark Buchanan (writeaboutscience.com) how to write scientific papers and documents and…
Soft Skill Course: How to write scientific papers
In 2017, Justin Mullins and Mark Buchanan (writeaboutscience.com) taught us how to write scientific papers and documents in a 2-day seminar.
Soft Skill Course: Career building for scientists
Once or twice a year, IMPRS-PL organizes soft skills courses. In 2016, Dr Dennis Fink (from Mediomix) gave a full-day course on “Career building for scientists”, in which he discussed the different career options for post-docs.
