Universität zu Köln

October 10th, 2020. The RTG’s first science slam happened today! Our PhD Students took on an unusual challenge: explain their project to the newest addition to the coordination team. To keep it from being too easy, the talks could only go for three minutes and had to be understandable for someone without any background in science. One of the masterful results: neurotransmission explained with cats, dogs, leashes for both, and lots of treats.

July 17th, 2020. Today our students completed their Introductory Course. This is the view they shared for the last two weeks. Thank you all for participating! We hope that you enjoyed the course and took home some valuable ideas for your PhD projects.

July 3rd, 2020. We are excited to start our endeavor with 22 highly motivated PhD students! Next to the scientific “sunrise lectures” presented by our RTG PIs, our students will spend the first week learning about the principles of good scientific conduct and project management.

July 1st, 2020. We celebrate the official start of our RTG reloc and adapt to PhD life during Corona times with an unusual welcome gift!

May 28th, 2020. We enjoyed our first Science Cafe online with truly homemade coffees and exciting talks from Judith and Theresa.

April 15th, 2020. We are welcoming our first PhD students! Ebru, Friederike, Luisa and Theresa started their PhD project on April 15th. We wish you a great start!