UNIVERSITÄT ZU KÖLN

"Mitochondria in the Nervous System: Fueling the Brain Through Metabolic Diversity"

by Dr. Elisa Motori, Project A11

Date & time: 11.12.2024 at 12 pm
Venue: CECAD Research Center, Lecture Hall, ground floor

"Crosstalk between Cell Cycle and Mitochondria"

by Dr. Valentina Piano, Project A13

Date & time: 15.01.2025 at 12 pm
Venue: CECAD Research Center, Lecture Hall, ground floor

~~~~~ Further events will be announced in due time ~~~~~

Past lectures

"Mitochondrial Structure and Sub-Compartments:
Spotlight on Proteins and Lipids"

by Mafalda Escobar-Henriques, Project A03

Date & time: 04.05.2022 at 12 pm
Venue: COMB, Zülpicher Str. 47a lecture hall 4.30, 4^th floor

"Insights to Mitochondrial Metabolism"

by Günter Schwarz, Project B08

NEW Date & time: 25.05.2022 at 12 pm
Venue: COMB, Zülpicher Str. 47a lecture hall 4.30, 4^th floor

"The Complex Molecular Machines
  of Oxidative Phosphorylation"

by Ulrich Brandt, Project A10

Date & time: 29.06.2022 at 12 pm
Venue: COMB, Zülpicher Str. 47a lecture hall 0.40, ground floor

"Mitochondrial Biogenesis Regulation"

by Elena Rugarli, Project A05

Date & time: 12.10.2023 at 4 pm
Venue: CECAD, Lecture Hall, ground floor

"Metabolic Control of Immunity"

by Mauro Corrado, Project B12

Date & time: 25.10.2023 at 12 pm
Venue: CECAD, Lecture Hall, ground floor

"Gene Expression in Mitochondria"

by Aleksandra Trifunovic, Project B01

Date & time: 22.11.2023 at 11 am
Venue: CECAD, Lecture Hall, ground floor

"Mitochondria and innate imune signalling"

by Thomas Langer, Project A01

Date & time: 07.02.2024 at 12 pm
Venue: Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Auditorium

"Protein Homeostasis During Mitochondrial Import"

by Thomas Becker, Project B11

Date & time: 21.02.2024 at 12 pm
Venue: CECAD Lecture Hall

"Mitochondrial Stress Responses"

by Prof. Dr. Thorsten Hoppe, Project B03

Date & time: 20.11.2024 at 12 pm
Venue: CECAD Research Center, Lecture Hall, ground floor

In this internal seminar series by DCs and Postdocs, members of the mito-RTG discuss current findings of their projects, project aims as well as techniques employed for their research.

30.09.2020         Michaela Höhne, Project B02
                           Laboratory of Jan Riemer

28.10.2020         Ira Buntenbroich, Project A03
                           Laboratory of Mafalda Escobar-Henriques

26.11.2020         Sebastian Willenborg, Project B10
                           Laboratory of Sabine Eming

20.01.2021         Fiona Mayer, Project A01
                           Laboratory of Thomas Langer

17.02.2021         Sonia Ravanelli, Project B03
                           Laboratory of Thorsten Hoppe

17.03.2021         Anastasia Rumyantseva, Project B01
                           Laboratory of Aleksandra Trifunovic

08.04.2021         Matthijs Hermeling, Project B01
                           Laboratory of AleksandraTrifunovic

07.07.2021         Chrysanthi Moschandrea, Project B05
                           Laboratory of Manolis Pasparakis

26.01.2022         Hector Flores Romero, Project A09
                           Laboratory of Ana García-Saéz

23.02.2022         Vincent Anton, Project A03
                           Laboratory of Mafalda Escobar-Henriques

Seminar Series “PhD Career Perspective Event”

The 8^th event titled
“Career Tracks in Pharma Industry - (Drug) Safety Manage"
will take place on
Thursday, 18^th January 2024 at 5 p.m via zoom.

This time we will have the pleasure to listen to:

• Dr. Vlad Averkov - Safety Manager at BioNTech SE

FLYER

Registration LINK

All interested scientists are welcome to paritipate.

The Organizing Committee

Seminar Series “PhD Career Perspective Event”

The 7^th event titled
“Career Tracks in Pharma Industry"
will take place on
Thursday, 21^st September 2023 at 5 p.m via zoom.

This time we will have the pleasure to listen to:

• Dr. Derk Pannen - Medical Strategy Lead UCB Pharma

FLYER

The Organizing Committee

Seminar Series “PhD Career Perspective Event”

The 6^th event titled
“Scientific Coordination of Graduate Programmes & More - Edition 1"
will take place on
Thursday, 29^th June 2023 at 5 p.m via zoom.

This time we will have the pleasure to listen to:

• Dr. Isabell Witt - Scientific Coordinator GSfBS, University of Cologne
• Dr. Emmi Wachsmuth - Managing Coordinator CRC 1403, University of Cologne

FLYER

After the talk, we invite you to participate in the Q&A session where you will have the opportunity to discuss any matter with them. Don´t miss it!

Please use the following link to register in advance: LINK

We are looking forward to a series of fantastic talks and we hope to see many of you there!

The Organizing Committee

Seminar Series “PhD Career Perspective Event”

The 5^th event titled “Scientific Publishing" will take place on
Thursday, 13^th April2023 at 5 p.m via zoom.

This time we will have the pleasure to listen to:

• Dr. Lucie Laurien - Editor at Cell Reports
• Dr. Sara Murru - Publishing and Development Specialist at Frontiers

FLYER

After the talk, we invite you to participate in the Q&A session where you will have the opportunity to discuss any matter with them. Don´t miss it!

Please use the following link to register in advance: LINK

We are looking forward to a series of fantastic talks and we hope to see many of you there!

The Organizing Committee

Seminar Series “PhD Career Perspective Event”

The 4^th event titled “Science Communication will take place on
Thursday, 9^th February 2023 at 5 p.m via zoom.

This time we will have the pleasure to listen to:

• Dr. Anna Euteneuer- Science Communication Officer, University of Cologne
• Dr. Mihaela Bozukova - Science Social Media Officer eLife Science Publications & Freelance Science Journalist, Science Communicator

FLYER

After the talk, we invite you to participate in the Q&A session where you will have the opportunity to discuss any matter with them. Don´t miss it!

Please use the following link to register in advance: LINK

We are looking forward to a series of fantastic talks and we hope to see many of you there!

The Organizing Committee

Seminar Series “PhD Career Perspective Event”

The next titled “PhD Career Perspective goes Gateway” will take place on
Thursday, 17^th November 2022 at 5 p.m via zoom.

You want to know more about possibilities to transfer your ideas or findings to application?
You want to know how people take their scientific ideas or findings to start-ups, patents or other kinds of use?
You want to know what it takes to found a start-up?
You want to know how the University and Gateway can support und accompany you in this process?

Then, the PhD Career Perspective Event goes Gateway seminar
is the right for you.

Dr. Isabelle Schiffer, transfer scout for
the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science and
Dr. Constanze Dume, transfer scout for
the Faculty of Medicine will explain

Register here for your individual zoom link to attend
PhD Career Perspective Event goes Gateway: LINK

After the talk, we invite you to participate in the Q&A session where you will have the opportunity to discuss any matter with them. Don´t miss it!

We are looking forward to a series of fantastic talks and we hope to see many of you there!

The Organizing Committee

Seminar Series “PhD Career Perspective Event”

The next titled “Transfer and Start-up” will take place on
Thursday, 10^th November 2022 at 5 p.m via zoom.

This time we will have the pleasure to listen to:

• Bernhard Röck
  PhD Candidate in the laboratory of Prof. García-Sáez,
  University of Cologne &
  winner of the "Startup your idea" Contest for "Cell ImAIging"
• Dr. Reza Esmaillie
  Postdoctoral Researcher in the Nephrolab,
  University Hospital Cologne &
  CEO of "Detechgene"

FLYER

After the talk, we invite you to participate in the Q&A session where you will have the opportunity to discuss any matter with them. Don´t miss it!

We are looking forward to a series of fantastic talks and we hope to see many of you there!

The Organizing Committee

Seminar Series “PhD Career Perspective Event”

The 3^rd event titled “Researchin In dustry” will take place on
Thursday, 6^th October 2022 at 5 p.m via zoom.

This time we will have the pleasure to listen to:

• Dr. Anna Geueke Research Postdoc at Beiersdorf,
  Dermatological Skin Care
• Dr. Fiona C. Mayer Postdoc at Bayer Pharamceuticals, CRISPR/Cas9 and Genome Engineering

FLYER

After the talk, we invite you to participate in the Q&A session where you will have the opportunity to discuss any matter with them. Don´t miss it!

Please use the following link to register in advance: LINK

We are looking forward to a series of fantastic talks and we hope to see many of you there!

The Organizing Committee
Arushi Gupta, Carolina Montoro Gámez, Giada Mantellato, Hao Chen,
Leonie Müller, Lisa Wolff, Madhuri Puvvada, Michael Bell-Simons,
Mila Daoud, Nora Rautenberg, Sarah Buchholz

Seminar Series “PhD Career Perspective Event”

The 2^nd event titled “Management in Industry” will take place on
Thursday, 30^th June2022 at 5 p.m via zoom.

This time we will have the pleasure to listen to:

• Dr. Vipin Babu Medical Affairs Manager Oncology at Roche
• Dr. Diletta Edifizi Scientific Project Manager at Taconic Biosciences

After the talk, we invite you to participate in the Q&A session where you will have the opportunity to discuss any matter with them. Don´t miss it!

Event FLYER

We are looking forward to a series of fantastic talks and we hope to see many of you there!

The Organizing Committee
Arushi Gupta, Carolina Montoro Gámez, Giada Mantellato, Hao Chen,
Katharina Ried, Leonie Müller, Lisa Wolff, Madhuri Puvvada, Michael Bell,
Mila Daoud, Nora Rautenberg, Sarah Buchholz

Kick-off event on
“Advanced trainers and lecturers”

We’re excited to share the good news:
“PhD Career Perspective Event” is starting this spring!
In this series of events we will introduce you to fellow experts of different fields to provide first-hand insights into diverse positions inside and outside of academia after completion of your doctoral or postdoctoral phase.

Thursday, 10^th March 2022 at 5 p.m via zoom.

Invited speakers:

• Dr. Anja Neuber
  Lecturer at Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne
• Dr. Michaela Höhne
  Postdoctoral researcher and freelance trainer

Event FLYER

After the talk, we invite you to participate in the Q&A session where you will have the opportunity to discuss any matter with them. Don´t miss it!

We are looking forward to a series of fantastic talks and we hope to see many of you there!

The Organizing Committee
Arushi Gupta, Carolina Montoro Gámez, Giada Mantellato, Hao Chen,
Katharina Ried, Leonie Müller, Lisa Wolff, Madhuri Puvvada, Michael Bell,
Mila Daoud, Nora Rautenberg, Sarah Bachmann

Training Course - Online Workshop
on 08., 09. and 10.12.2021

This training unit was jointly organised by the
Cell-Death-RTG | CRC 1403 and mito-RTG | CRC 1218

“Getting Published:
Effectively Communicating your Research”

by Nature Research Academies

The workshop covered the modules :

• Effective Academic Writing
• Logical Manuscript Structure
• Maximizing Discoverability
• Publication Ethics
• Successful Submission Strategies
• Navigating Peer Review and Monitoring Impact After Publication

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Training Course - Online Workshop
on 23. and 30.11.2021

“Communication, collaboration
in science & academia”

by Dr. Ben Hartwig, Neuroblitz

The workshop covered the following aspects of communication – interaction:

• Self-presentation (confidence in presentation)
• Convincing others
• Differences in communication
• Handling difficult situations in communication
• Handling stress when speaking

mito-RTG Retreat
on 30.09. and 01.10.2021

Venue: CECAD Research Center - via Zoom with in-person elements

The meeting is fully organised by
Doctoral Candidates and Postdocs of the mito-CRC 1218

The two-day programme includes:

• Introductory Elevator Pitches
• Project Presentations
• Science Slam
• Chalk Talks
• Round Table Discussions
• Invited mito-RTG alumni providing insights in career perspectives
  Dr. Eduard Hofsetz (Clinical Research Associate, AstraZeneca)
  Dr. Joshua B. Kohl (Consultant, Bayer Strategy & Business Consulting)
• Rallye through the historical city center of Cologne
• Dinner

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online event on 12.03.2021

CRC 1218 | mito-RTG Z-Project Introduction

The features of individual services by the Z-projects were presented by the respective heads in 30-minutes insight talks.
 

The Z02 Bioanalytical Platform was presented by
Susanne Brodesser, Marcus Krüger and Aleksandra Trifunovic.
The Z03 Mitochondrial Structure and Dynamics
in Light and Electron Microscopy Platform was presented by
Astrid Schauss.

Schedule

Training Course

Workshop on writing
"Individual Research Grants" (DFG)

by: Sonja Kloppenburg and Patricia Hoff
      D7 "Research Management" of the UoC

In this workshop you will learn the most important basics of research funding, as well as which resources and prerequisites you need in order to be able to advance a research idea to a research project. You will be informed about the criteria you need to take into account and what you need to consider when writing a grant. The workshop will equip you with valuable information about budget planning (including planning of personnel costs) for your research endeavour as well as various dos & don'ts of the application letter. Furthermore you will be introduced to relevant procedures at the University of Cologne.

Day and Time: 28.11.2019) 9 am to 1 pm
Venue: Seminar room GATEWAY, Ägidiusstraße 14, 50937 Cologne

ATTENTION: The number of participants is limited.
                        Participation needs to be applied for.

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Scientific Symposium on Mitochondrial Biology

1^st mito-RTG organised MITOchats Symposium
in Cologne on July 10-12, 2019.

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Training Course

Introductory course for
FiJi (ImageJ) & CellProfiler software

by: Dr. Peter Zentis and Dr. Astrid Schauss (Z03),
      CECAD Imaging Facility

During the course participants will receive a basic introduction on the usage of FiJi and CellProfiler software. The training will specially focus on questions addressing mitochondrial research/analysis.

Day and Time: 27.05. to 29.05.2019 (whole day)
Venue: Seminar rooms ground floor, CECAD Research Center (building no. 69)

ATTENTION: The number of participants is limited.
                        Participation needs to be applied for.

1^st CoWorker Retreat of the mito-RTG
April 12^th-13^th, 2018

Venue: Hotel Am Weißen Turm
             Bad Neuenahr - Ahrweiler

The meeting is fully organised by
Doctoral Candidates and Postdocs of the mito-CRC 1218

The two-day programme includes:

• Fresh from the Press Presentations
• Round Table Discussions
• Methods Talks
• Chalk Talks
• Invited External Speakers providing Insights in Career Perspectives
  Dr. Andrea Holtkamp (Project Manager, Bayer AG)
  Dr. Catherine Ciglia (Product Manager Immunology, Janssen Cilag GmBH)
• Cellar Tour
• Dinner

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Training Course

Effective Debating in Research

by: Karsten Stölzgen, DebateConsult

Day and Time: Monday, 23.04.2018
Venue: Seminar room EG 0.01, Institute for Genetics, Zülpicher Str. 47a (Building 301)
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ATTENTION: The number of participants is limited. Participation needs to be applied for.

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Training Course

Workshop in Statistic Literacy

by: Dr. Rick Scavetta, scavetta academy

Day and Time: 14.11. to 16.11.2018
Venue: Seminar room EG 0.34 (computer pool), Institute for Genetics,
              Zülpicher Str. 47a (Building 301)

ATTENTION: The number of participants is limited. Participation needs to be applied for.