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Curriculum overview The curriculum includes mandatory and elective modules. Students should accumulate at least 30 credit points (CP). Students should fulfill the majority of the requirements in the first two years. Lectures (10 CP) "The Art of Reading a Paper": Students learn general scientific principles based on publications from various research fields. In this course, students analyze two publications and later discuss methodology, scientific background, experiment results and conclusions of the publications with faculty members. This event is part of the "Student's Day". "Scientific Thinking": Students present their work year-round to each other. The presentations are 20 minutes long and include the background of the scientific field, the ongoing work (including what went wrong), and the ideas for the future (for the next days, the next weeks, the next year). The students in the audience follow the project in detail and hold a lively discussion. This event is part of the "Student's Day". Please find schedule and details here . Colloquia: The Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology (MPI IB) and the Center of Infection Biology and Immunity (ZIBI) hold a weekly colloquium with international guest speakers on topics of infection biology, immunology and other general topics of life science, the Berlin Life Science Colloquium. Students are strongly encouraged to invite guest speakers to this series. Please find the current schedule here . Lecture Series "Infection Biology" (winter term) and "Immunology" (summer term): Both lecture series are offered by the ZIBI faculty and communicate current research results. Please find the current schedule here . Lectures, others: There are various lectures and seminars on infection biology and immunology offered by the Humboldt University, the Free University, the Charite nd others. The Center of Infection Biology and Immunity (ZIBI) always offers a current update of these offers. There are many practical courses offered to our students to learn methods and techniques used in different research groups as well as the research topic itself and the scientific approach of these groups. For an overview please look here. Additionally, there is the possibility to attend international courses such as those offered by EMBO, Cold Spring Harbor etc.. The student can also visit a particular lab for at least one week ("lab visit"). We offer a variety of lectures that support our students to pursue their career on subjects like scientific writing or giving presentations. We have a close collaboration on this with the Humboldt Graduate School . Scientific communication (4 CP) Our students are an active part of the scientific community, e.g. by inviting guest speakers, organizing meetings and colloquia, communicating their research in grant applications and to the public. Advanced students are encouraged to conduct lectures and courses themselves.
Meetings (8 CP) International meeting / conference: Each student is encouraged to attend an international meeting at least once and present a poster or a talk. Retreat: Each year a retreat for all students and faculty members of our program is organized. Students present their work and discuss it with other students and faculty members. For the upcoming retreat please find information here Thesis committee meeting: Each student has a thesis committee which advises the PhD research project and supervises the personal development of the students. The thesis committee should meet at least once a year. Please download detailed Guidelines [pdf] here. |
