Courses strongly recommended by the VDS PhaNuSpo
Table of contents
- PhaNuSpo Scientific Lecture Series "Meet the Experts"
- Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)
- Research Ethics for PhD Students
- Annual PhaNuSpo Retreat
- Your Peer-Reviewed Publication: process and product
- Effective Visual Communication of Science
- Department Meeting (former lecture series 'Pharma and Food')
- Research Data Management (RDM)
PhaNuSpo Scientific Lecture Series "Meet the Expert"
The VDS PhaNuSpo supports its doctoral students in strengthening interdisciplinary exchange and networking by organising and promoting lectures with invited international researchers from academia and industry. Each lecture in the series consists of a 'Meet the Expert roundtable', where students have the opportunity to meet and discuss topics beyond their own research (e.g. career development) with experts in the fields of pharmaceutical, nutritional and sport sciences. Following the roundtabel, the invited guest speakers will give a talk on their area of research. The 'Meet the Expert roundtables' are reserved for PhaNuSpo doctoral students, but the talks are also open to PhD students from other doctoral schools and Masters students.
Credits: 1.00 ECTS | Language: English | Contact: Ina Bergheim | Registration 2024SW in u:space until 25.09.2024
Format: One online introductory session and six on-site lectures per semester. The "Meet the Expert" roundtables take place from 15:30-16:15, followed by a lecture from 16:45-17:45.
Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)
We ask all students whose doctoral studies started on/after 1 March 2024 to register for this workshop series. Open to all PhaNuSpo PhD students.
The workshop series consists of 4 half-day modules (with preparatory materials) within 3 years. On completion of all four modules you will receive 1 ECTS and a course certificate. The four modules are entitled as following
- Responsible Conduct of Research: strategies to deal with issues and dilemmas that occur in life science research; identify breach of RCR by other researchers,
- Integrity in academic publication: authorship and peer review,
- Responsible research through supervision, mentoring and working together,
- RCR for the next career path.
- Click here for more details.
Research Ethics for PhD students
Update: We regret that this course will not be available in 2024S. We strongly recommend that you attend the RCR course.
The aim of this seminar is to give a practically oriented overview about important ethical issues in research covering topics relevant to good scientific practice such as: 1) human research (study design, ethics approval, data analysis, conflicts of interest, ...) 2) publication (authorship, redundant publication, plagiarism, ...) 3) animal research.
Credits: 1.00 ECTS | Frequency: every summer term | Language: English |
Annual retreat
The PhaNuSpo annual retreat will take place at a venue outside the University of Vienna. You can expect a two-day schedule filled with captivating scientific talks and poster presentations by our PIs, PhD students and keynote speaker(s) in order to highlight the diversity of research conducted at the VDS PhaNuSpo. In addition, a series of transferable skills workshops will be offered. It is a perfect opportunity to network, learn and to have fun!
The next annual retreat will take place on 16-17 September 2024.
Peer-Reviewed Publication: process and product
Workshop on effective scientific writing by Dr. Katherine Tiede. This online workshop gives you tools to craft peer-reviewed publications that meet the needs and the expectations of your readers. We consider (1) the product: how to meet the requirements of clarity, coherence, concision, and persuasion at the English word, sentence, sentence to sentence, paragraph and discourse levels, and (2) the process: how to move from data to story, to motivate yourself to write, and to draft and revise to create clarity and flow in your writing.
- When: 4 afternoon sessions on: Mo 30 Sep. 2024, Tue 01 Oct. 2024, Mo 07 Oct. 2024, Fr 18 Oct. 2024 (13:00-17:00 CET), plus some homework prior and in between the sessions.-
- This course is fully booked. If you would like to be placed on a waiting list, please email isolde.prommer@univie.ac.at.
Effective Visual Communication of Science
Training by Dr. Jernej Zupanc
You will learn to visually communicate your complex research ideas and results so your messages are effortlessly understood by any specific audience (scientists or non-scientists). We will not focus on aesthetics but on how knowledge on human visual perception can help you create effective scientific images, slides, and posters.
You will design a graphical abstract of your research, discuss it with peer scientists in a group exercise, and get actionable advice and feedback on your own images and slides. It is an immersive workshop, comprehensive, structured, memorable, easy to follow, useful and fun.
Department Meeting (Lecture Series Pharma and Food) (580009 SE))
- In this winter term, W2024/25, the Department Meeting lectures are offering a selection of exciting talks given by international and local experts in pharmaceutical and the nutritional sciences and related fields.
- All sessions will take place on site in the lecture hall 6 (HS 6) of the UZA2, Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2, 1090 Vienna) on Thursdays at 11.30 a.m.
- For a tabular overview of all lectures, please click here.
- Credits: 1 ECTS | Language: German/English | Contact: Johannes Kirchmair and Nina Schützenmeister | Register here.
Next workshop
- 23 and 24 October 2024, 9am -12pm
- Register here
Research Data Management (RDM)
The workshop provides a comprehensive overview of essential principles and practices of research data management. You'll learn about data organization, documentation, data management plans, metadata, data sharing, data security, data archiving, legal and ethical issues. We'll also cover FAIR principles and open science. A combination of an online self-study course and two interactive half-day workshops will teach you how to effectively manage research data throughout the entire research lifecycle.
Sources at UNIVIE, support and contact
- Has your data developed and oppositional identity? Do you need help coaxing your data into submission? Then email the Faculty of Life Sciences Data Steward, Emily Kate.
- University of Vienna Research Data Management Resources.