PhD and Postdoc Community

23/12/2022

We wish everyone Merry Christmas 🎄🎁

Es weihnachtet am : Weihnachtswichtel haben sich heute auf den Weg gemacht, um ihr Geschenk bei unserer PhD and Postdoc Community abzugeben und wenig später ein anderes wieder abzuholen. Was wird wohl drin sein 🎁😊?

20/04/2020

Another way to learn more German! 🧐😉

“German for You”: easily learn German with exercises, apps, clips and mental exercises - alone, together or in the Goethe-Institut forum

14/04/2020

Getting bored in the quarantine? Why not use this time to brush up on your German language skills! 🧐🇩🇪

The Language Centre German as a Foreign Language (Lektorat DaF) at the University Göttingen is offering more than 40 German courses in summer term 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

You can join the course if you are an enrolled student or an employee/visiting scientist at the Uni or its affiliated institutes e.g. MPIs, DPZ, DLRZ.

The courses are in a virtual teaching format. So now you can learn the German in the comfort of your house with your pajamas on! 😉

All German courses start on 20th April respectively 21st April 2020 ONLINE.

The form of teaching online will be different: asynchronous, synchronous, with and without recording. Your teacher will inform you after registration via StudIP.

Interested? You can find the courses and current information here: http://www.unigoettingen.de/en/114195.html

We hope that the current situation becomes better sooner than later. Until then, please stay at home, stay hygienic and stay strong! 💪

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03/03/2020

In the last few days, the number of Covid-19 infection cases in Germany has increased significantly. 😷

Since the Covid 19 virus is currently classified as more dangerous than the flu pathogen, we should be extra careful. Here are some helpful tips! 💡 🤓

𝟭. 𝗛𝘆𝗴𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗺𝘀
- avoid shaking hands 🤝🙅
- wash your hands with soap for at least 20 seconds 🧼⏲️
- cough and sneeze in the crook of your arm or use disposable handkerchiefs once, keep a distance
- keep a distance to people who show flu-like symptoms 🤒
- keep your hands away from your face

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱-𝟭𝟵?
The first signs are flu-like symptoms such as dry cough, fever, fatigue, sometimes also a cold and diarrhoea. In severe cases breathing problems or pneumonia may occur.

𝟮. 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘀
Business trips to officially listed risk areas cannot be approved. At present, these are China (Hubei Province, Wuhan), Iran (Ghom Province, Tehran), Italy (Emilia-Romagna and Lombardy regions as well as the city of Vo) and South Korea (Gyeongsangbuk-do Province).

In general, please check critically which business trips are absolutely necessary and whether they can be replaced by a video conference. 🛫🧳

𝟯. 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀
If you return from one of the officially listed risk areas, please stay at home for the time being and contact our company physician Dr. Birgit Fischer (e-mail: [email protected]; phone 1346) and your supervisor. Please inform them of your whereabouts, contact persons, and state of health. In this case, use the home office option.

𝟰. 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗹𝗹
If you or your relatives feel ill, please stay at home, inform your supervisor, and consult a doctor if you have reasonable suspicion. Please also inform us if there are any suspected cases in your private neighborhood.

𝟱. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀, 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗮, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀
Larger events at the institute, where a significant number of external visitors is expected, will be canceled until Easter. Internal lecture series will be held as announced. 👩‍🏫

𝟲. 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘅 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗸 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗣𝗜-𝗕𝗣𝗖
In the meantime, the Max Planck Society has established a decentralized crisis team. Yesterday, our institute also set up a crisis team to work out further. 💁

You can now send your questions and hints concerning Covid-19 to the following e-mail address: [email protected] — or call the GD Office (Helena Miletic, phone 2010, Ulrich Nauber, phone 1590).

Please find answers to frequent questions on Covid-19 on the following web pages: https://www.infektionsschutz.de/coronavirus-sars-cov-2.html (in German) or https://www.rki.de/EN/Home/homepage_node.html

22/11/2019

Today is the day of bring your colleagues and friends!

We meet at 6 PM at the Large Seminar room MPI-bpc admin building

Late autumn once again brings an exclusive screening to the MPI-bpc.

We are once again delighted to invite all the science and climbing enthusiasts to this exclusive happening on November 22 at 6 PM! We will be at the MPI administrative building large seminar room.

Bring your friends, bring your colleagues and let us all revel in the joy of hobbies.

21/11/2019

It is happening tomorrow! Let your weekend begin with the most exclusive cinema event of the Goettingen season

Meet us at the administrative building, large seminar room 6 PM.

The REEL ROCK Film Tour, one of climbing's greatest celebrations, returns this fall with a new collection of world premiere films. In "The High Road," the po...

19/11/2019

Gentle reminder that we at the PhD/Postdoc community are hosting the most exclusive cinema event of the season >> screening; info below. Come and join us this Friday, you know you want to.

18/11/2019

This Friday, will be on screen at the MPI-bpc at 6 PM. Bring your friends, bring yourself, byob

The REEL ROCK Film Tour, one of climbing's greatest celebrations, returns this fall with a new collection of world premiere films. In "The High Road," the po...