Project Details
Projekt
GSC 226: Göttingen Graduate School for Neurosciences and Molecular Biosciences (GGNB)
Subject Area
Basic Research in Biology and Medicine
Neurosciences
Neurosciences
Term
from 2007 to 2019
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 39092696
The Göttingen Graduate School for Neuro- and Molecular Biosciences (GGNB) offers structured curricular education for excellent students in neurosciences and molecular biosciences in order to better prepare them for their future career. Neurosciences and molecular biosciences in Göttingen have a long tradition of excellent research. In close cooperation between the university, three Max Planck Institutes, and the German Primate Center, new international M.Sc./Ph.D. programmes - International Max Planck Research Schools - have been created to improve the training of doctoral students and to recruit the best students worldwide for Göttingen. Since their implementation these programmes have received several awards and have served as role models for similar initiatives across Germany.
The graduate school unites twelve doctoral programmes under one roof. In addition to the international programmes these include two graduate programmes funded by the DFG and the EU, respectively, and eight newly founded doctoral programmes. Training in these programmes includes individual counselling by thesis committees, scientific lectures and seminars, method courses, courses in professional skills and other activities such as student-organised scientific meetings, industry excursions and intercultural events. Students are able to tailor their individual curriculum by choosing from a large number of courses and events.
Each student belongs to one of the doctoral programmes of the graduate school. These programmes assist in the selection of courses, assign thesis committees to each student, contribute to the GGNB training syllabus and organise progress reports, seminars and retreats. The GGNB organises all joint activities and provides administrative support to the doctoral programmes. Furthermore, the GGNB implements measures for quality control, assisted by an external advisory board of internationally leading scientists.
It is expected that the advanced and interdisciplinary training offered by the graduate school to its international community of doctoral candidates will be a major asset for Göttingen in the competition for the best students worldwide. Moreover, it is expected that the measures taken by the GGNB will increase the scientific quality of the thesis projects and improve the prospects of GGNB graduates on the job market in academia, industry or science administration.
The graduate school unites twelve doctoral programmes under one roof. In addition to the international programmes these include two graduate programmes funded by the DFG and the EU, respectively, and eight newly founded doctoral programmes. Training in these programmes includes individual counselling by thesis committees, scientific lectures and seminars, method courses, courses in professional skills and other activities such as student-organised scientific meetings, industry excursions and intercultural events. Students are able to tailor their individual curriculum by choosing from a large number of courses and events.
Each student belongs to one of the doctoral programmes of the graduate school. These programmes assist in the selection of courses, assign thesis committees to each student, contribute to the GGNB training syllabus and organise progress reports, seminars and retreats. The GGNB organises all joint activities and provides administrative support to the doctoral programmes. Furthermore, the GGNB implements measures for quality control, assisted by an external advisory board of internationally leading scientists.
It is expected that the advanced and interdisciplinary training offered by the graduate school to its international community of doctoral candidates will be a major asset for Göttingen in the competition for the best students worldwide. Moreover, it is expected that the measures taken by the GGNB will increase the scientific quality of the thesis projects and improve the prospects of GGNB graduates on the job market in academia, industry or science administration.
DFG Programme
Graduate Schools
Applicant Institution
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Participating Institution
Deutsches Primatenzentrum GmbH (DPZ)
Leibniz-Institut für Primatenforschung; Max-Planck-Institut für Dynamik und Selbstorganisation (MPIDS); Max-Planck-Institut für biophysikalische Chemie
(Karl-Friedrich-Bonhoeffer-Institut) (aufgelöst); Max-Planck-Institut für experimentelle Medizin (aufgelöst)
Leibniz-Institut für Primatenforschung; Max-Planck-Institut für Dynamik und Selbstorganisation (MPIDS); Max-Planck-Institut für biophysikalische Chemie
(Karl-Friedrich-Bonhoeffer-Institut) (aufgelöst); Max-Planck-Institut für experimentelle Medizin (aufgelöst)
Spokesperson
Professor Dr. Ralf Ficner
Participating Researchers
Professor Dr. Nils Brose; Professor Dr. Matthias Dobbelstein; Professor Dr. Jörg Enderlein; Professor Dr. Theo Geisel; Professor Dr. Christian Griesinger; Professor Dr. Helmut Grubmüller; Professor Dr. Dirk Görlich; Professor Stefan W. Hell; Professor Dr. Reinhard Jahn; Professorin Dr. Heike Krebber; Professor Dr. Reinhard Lührmann; Professor Dr. Tobias Moser; Professor Klaus-Armin Nave, Ph.D.; Professor Dr. Erwin Neher; Professor Dr. Peter Rehling; Professorin Dr. Marina V. Rodnina; Professor Dr. Detlev Schild; Professorin Dr. Blanche Schwappach-Pignataro; Professorin Dr. Claudia Steinem; Professor Dr. Jörg Stülke; Professor Dr. Stefan Treue; Professor Dr. Ernst Anton Wimmer; Professor Dr. Alec Michael Wodtke; Professorin Dr. Annette Zippelius
