2010 June
newsletter No 3
Do you remember Eyjafjallajökull?
Editorial
Dear GSLS members and friends,
In this newsletter we are happy to announce a number of social events. +++ Both Graduate Schools warmly invite all doctoral students, PIs and friends to their first Graduate Schools Day on 29 July. +++ On this occasion the GSLS will also celebrate their first Graduation Ceremony and Welcome Party with a river boat trip. Please find further details on the program prior to the event on the GSLS website "<link life_sciences home external-link-new-window external link in new>news". +++ Furthermore, doctoral students of both Graduate Schools may embark on the first study trip to Brussels in October, and experience "applied leadership" at a top level. +++ And last but not least the new MENTORING life sciences program for female doctoral students has now started.
With kind regards,
your GSLS team
1. Featured Paper
The awardee of the 3rd round from the featured paper contest has been chosen. The GSLS board wishes to congratulate Anne Dwertmann (Theodor-Boveri-Institute, University of Würzburg). Appraisal Read more. She is awarded a prize of 250 euros for a conference participation or external research stay. Congratulations! More awardees of featured papers will be announced in the fall newsletter. All GSLS doctoral students may
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2. Doctoral Students´ Affairs
- Meet the people of the DSC: <link life_sciences doctoral_students_council external link in new><link life_sciences doctoral_students_council external link in new>Doctoral Students´ Council
For your messages
- News & notices, dates & facts. Are you looking for new friends to play cards with? Do you want to share your research findings with somebody from another section? You may post any message here.
FAQ of the month
- When I register for the study trip to Brussels in October - does this count as business travel or do I have to apply for leave? <link life_sciences faqs general_questions external link in new>Read more
3. GSLS Newsdesk
People
The GSLS welcomes new PIs!
- Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter; Zoology III
- Dieter Mahsberg, Zoology III
Graduate Schools Day
Thursday 29 July: Graduation Ceremony and Welcome Party with river boat trip - doctoral students from all Graduate Schools are welcome to participate! Further details on the program please find on the GSLS website "<link life_sciences home external-link-new-window external link in new>news" some time prior to the event.
New Funding sources at the UWGS for your international activities
- A. Research stays in India
- from 1-11 months, commencing Oct 2010 until June 2012
- immediate application possible
- selected Indian Universities (Life Sciences: U. of Hyderabad and Jawaharlal Nehru U.New Delhi)
- for German doctoral students only
B. Research stays or training (workshops, courses) anywhere in the world
- from 5 days to 6 months, starting July 2010 until the end of the year
- grant approval expected in June, expressions of interest already possible
- for German doctoral students only
In both cases please contact schroeder-koehne if you want to know more.
MENTORING life sciences for female doctoral students
- The program is starting now. Please get in touch for late application and <link life_sciences mentoring_life_sciences external link in new>read more
Transferable Skills Workshops
- June: Fundamentals in Leadership - July: Business Etiquette. Read more:<link life_sciences training_activities transferable_skills_workshops workshop_schedule external link in new> Schedule 2010
Study Trip to Brussels
The first GSLS study trip - focusing on leadership - goes to Brussels on Sunday 3 October returning Wednesday 6 October 2010. Register NOW and <link life_sciences training_activities study_trips external-link-new-window external link in new>read more
4. University News
People
- Physicists Alfred Forchel and Jan Misiewicz (Wrocław) were jointly awarded the Copernicus Award 2010 for German-Polish Cooperation in Physics of the DFG and the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP). Read more
- Nina Simon, member of Gabriele Pradel's Malaria group, Center of Infectious Diseases, was awarded with the Zonta Award by the Zonta Club in cooperation with the Women Office, University of Würzburg. Zonta is an international service organization with the mission of advancing the status of women. Read more
Physics
- Physicists of this university have been the first to verify the spin Hall effect with purley electronic measurements which could be an important step in the quest for novel electronic sources. Read more (in German)
- Furthermore physicists report on a new computer generation - ultrafast and powerful . Read more
- Moreover, physicists show that at sufficiently low temperatures, condensed-matter systems tend to develop order. A notable exception to this behaviour is the case of quantum spin liquids. Read more
Life Sciences
- Interdisciplinary research of Biophysists and Biochemists has shown how plants realize infections and how they resist to potential desease agents. Read more
- Anorganic Chemists managed to stabilize boron–oxygen triple bonds in the coordination sphere of platinum. Read more
- Biophysicists showed that calcium plays a similar significant role for plants as it does for humans when contracting muscles. Read more
- Better medical treatment for HIV patients. Patients in Africa need a different dosis than patients in Germany. This is due to a number of factors such as previous diseases, nutrition or the fact that in Africa it is mainly women who are being infected. With this approach therapy has become more efficient. Read more (in German)
- Interdisciplinarity between Medicine and Earth Sciences: Kapstadt is Würzburg´s new twin university. Read more (in German)
- Sperm cells swim to female gametes and fertilization might occur - at least with mammals. In contrast to animals and lower plant species, sperm cells of flowering plants are non-motile. But how do they manage to reach their goal? Researchers from Würzburg and Regensburg know the answer. Read more
- Cancer: no tumor without cooperation. Read more (in German)
Cooperation and Knowledge Transfer
- The University has been funded with 4.23 million euros by the European Union to build up two new technology centers and to enhance networking with business and industry in the north Bavarian region. Read more (in German)
Networking Research and Application
- The three universities in Unterfranken are networking with business at the "Zweite Hochschultag" on 8 July. Read more (in German)
Interdisciplinary Research
- Pain is aversive, but does the cessation of pain (‘relief’) have a reward-like effect? Read more
CHE ExcellenceRanking 2009
- The CHE ExcellenceRanking compares a selected group of European universities for each subject. Considered in this ranking are also the faculties of Biology and Philosophy II. Read more
5. Off Campus
Scientific Findings
- Analysis of the Neandertal genome indicates that - contrary to previous beliefs - humans and Neandertals interbred. Read more
- Biodiversity encompasses all levels of life—from the diversity of genes to that of species and of habitats. Réunion, the island in the Indian Ocean, is where biologists are studying biological diversity with the help of a very unremarkable creature: the nematode. Read more
- The fine structure of honeybee head and body yaw movements in a homing task. Read more
German Research Foundation (DFG)
- Clinical Research is to be fostered to encourage young researchers. Read more (in German)
Würzburg event calender
Kiliani-Volksfest: 2-18 July
Hoffest am Stein festival: 14-26 July
Hafensommer at Alter Hafen with concerts, cabarets, open-air-cinema: 23 July-15 August
Barbarossa-Spectaculum at the Schenkenturm, the Middle Ages with knight tournaments, historic market and concerts: 30 July-2 August
Klein Nizza city green belt party: 7-8-August
International Street music festival with more than 300 artists from 22 countries, street theater, jonglage, comedy: 11-12 September
Stadtfest: 17-18 September
Herbstfest at the Botanical Gardens: 19 September
Erlangen-Nürnberg
Islamic Theology is being offered at 240 Bavarian schools with their teachers mainly trained at the university Erlangen-Nürnberg. Read more (in German)
Germany
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The Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany (abbr.: Kultusministerkonferenz - KMK) that unites the ministers and senators of the Länder responsible for education, higher education and research as well as cultural affairs has agreed to spend 10% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for education and research. Read more (in German)
German-Brazilian Year of Science- with the slogan "sustainable:innovative" - aims to trigger new developments in science and research cooperation between Germany and Brazil. Read more
Europe
- The E.U. rescue package. Europe has put up 750 billion euros in an effort to stop speculation against the European common currency. Read more
- EU Summit in Brussels. European leaders meet to save money - and support Spain. Read more
Fellow Retreat June 2010
contact: liebert@gsls.uni-wuerzburg.de
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