Past Courses / Events

Generation of transgenic zebra finches by the culture and genetic modification of germline stem cells

IMPRS: Doctoral defense by Ivana Lis Gessara
  • Date: Jun 25, 2021
  • Time: 01:00 PM - 03:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Ivana Lis Gessara
  • Location: Online oral examination
  • Room: Online
Doctorate under the guidance of Prof. Manfred Gahr at the MPI for Ornithology and Prof. Martin Wikelski, MPI of Animal Behavior [more]

Collective movement and social decision-making in the Vulturine Guineafowl (Acryllium vulturinum)

IMPRS: Doctoral defense by Danai Papageorgiou
  • Date: Jun 28, 2021
  • Time: 02:00 PM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Danai Papageorgiou
  • Location: Online oral examination
  • Room: Online
Doctorate under the guidance of Dr. Damien Farine, MPI of Animal Behavior [more]

Drought Effects on Soil Microorganisms and Ecosystem Services under Organic and Conventional Farming: A Field-Based Investigation with Rainout Shelters

IMPRS: Doctoral defense by Dominika Kundel
  • Date: Jul 2, 2021
  • Time: 10:30 AM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dominika Kundel
  • Location: Online oral examination
  • Room: Online
Doctorate under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Mark van Kleunen, University of Konstanz [more]

Deep representation learning and statistical physics in animal signal-receiver dynamics.

IMPRS: Doctoral defense by Ian Etheredge
  • Date: Jul 5, 2021
  • Time: 02:00 PM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Ian Etheredge
  • Location: Online oral examination
  • Room: Online
Doctorate under the guidance of Dr. Alex Jordan MPI of Animal Behavior [more]

Intercultural communications

IMPRS workshop
  • Start: Mar 24, 2022 09:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • End: Mar 25, 2022 05:00 PM
  • Speaker: Sabine Lerch
  • www.science.sabinelerch.de
Effective communication has an enormous impact on our success in private and professional live. How polite, clear, goal-oriented is our communication, with our partners, supervisors, colleagues, in our intercultural teams How do we lead a conversation? How can we give feedback to somebody without ... [more]

Value and application of Genome Sequencing in Ecology and Evolution

Doctoral defense by Ralf Müller
  • Date: Mar 29, 2022
  • Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Ralf Müller
  • Location: Online oral examination
  • Room: Online
Bioinformatics involves mining and processing the growing wealth of biological data and provides a crucial interface between sample collection and biological interpretation. In my dissertation, I present how bioinformatics and genome sequencing support basic research in ecology and evolution and ... [more]

Efficient computer vision and machine learning methods for automating large-scale analysis of collective animal behavior

Doctoral defense by Tristan Walter
  • Date: Apr 8, 2022
  • Time: 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Tristan Walter
  • Location: Online oral examination
  • Room: Online
Research into biological systems has, as many other fields of research have, greatly profited from an ever-increasing range of computational tools. This is important, not just because automation can make life easier, but because it enables researchers to increasingly address questions that were ... [more]

Improving academics performance

  • Date: Apr 21, 2022
  • Time: 11:45 AM - 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Location: University of Konstanz
  • Room: PZ1001
  • Host: IMPRS
  • Contact: imprs@uni-konstanz.de
Improving academics performance is a practical, experiential, and participatory class.Participants are expected to take part in three 90-minute session, once per week, practice at home, and share their experiences in the sessions. Phase I : Practicing attention and awarenessSession #1: Introduction ... [more]

Doctoral defense by Elena Horas

Doctoral defense by Elena Horas
  • Date: Apr 27, 2022
  • Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Elena Horas
  • Location: Online oral examination
  • Room: Online
The effects of symbiotic interactions on the ecology and evolution of the alga Chlorella variabilisOur planet’s biodiversity is made up of a wide array of species interactions that vary in strength and direction. Species interactions make up biological communities and ecosystems and they are crucial ... [more]

From the PhD-Odyssey to Project Management

IMPRS workshop
  • Start: Apr 28, 2022 09:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • End: Apr 29, 2022 12:30 PM
  • Speaker: Sabine Preusse
  • Host: IMPRS
  • Contact: imprs@uni-konstanz.de
This event is part I of the series. Part II will be on May 5 and May 6. Doing a PhD is very much related to a hero’s story. Starting highly motivated defining the research topic, PhD-students soon encounter the first obstacles. However, like heroes they will meet someone, a mentor, who will get ... [more]
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