PhD Programme

English (winter), in persona and online

K. Jung and staff

Wed 19.02.25 - Fri 21.02.25, 9:00 - 16:00

- Introduction to R programming; data structures and data processing in R
- Statistical methods for the analysis of scientific experiments (statistical testing, regression, analysis of variance, correlation analysis)
- Basics of bioinformatics (sequence alignment, phylogenetics, analysis of molecular high-throughput data from microarray and NGS experiments, normalization, visualization multiple testing, gene-set enrichment machine learning, artificial intelligence).

obligatory for 1st year, will take place in summer term 2025

Becker, A. Bleich, Hiebl, Kästner, Pröhl, Rautenschlein, Seeger, von Köckritz-Blickwede

To be announced

Interdisciplinary basic science lecture series, that cover important topics of veterinary research and animal biology and includes
- Alternative methods to animal testing I + II
- Pathogen-host-interaction I (bacteria) + II (viruses) + III (parasites)
- Infection immunology I + II
- Current methods in cellular and molecular biology I + II
- Studies in animal behaviour
- Animal testing
- Animal genetics
- Principles of drug action I + II
Students in the first year are assigned to topics selected by the faculty for further study to be reported on. At
the beginning of the 90 min lecture, the professor gives a 45 min introductory talk followed by a 30 min
presentation of one student. The lecture will end up with a 15 min discussion open to the auditorium.

obligatory for 1st year students PhD Programme Focus Reproduction

Bajcsy, Brehm, Garrels, Klein, Kues, Lepenies, Oldenhof, Pfarrer, Schuberth, Sieme, Waberski, Wolkers

Mon 27.01.25 - Thu 30.01.25, 08:30 - 16:00

Basic and recent developments in reproductive biology, assisted reproduction techniques, and breeding strategies are discussed. Students in the first year Focus Programme Reproduction choose a topic to do an own seminar. At the beginning of the 90 min lecture, the professor gives a 45 min introductory talk followed by a 30 min presentation of one student. The lecture will end up with a 15 min discussion open to the auditorium.

Individual lab course

Lecturers of the HGNI

To be announced

This course aims to provide hands-on learning in labs with focus on specific state-of-the-art techniques that are relevant or of individual interest for the PhD student. Experienced lecturers and scientists provide the benefits of live, in-person training. Extensive training is provided by the labs.
This course thereby also stimulates cooperations among scientists between different HGNI-institutions or cooperating labs.


The students gain experience on specific state-of-the-art techniques, which are relevant for infection research. The course includes
? background knowledge about the principles of the technique
? practical hands-on-training including trouble shooting
? user examples on scientific application of the respective technique

K. Jung and Research Staff

Wed 09.10.24 - Wed 22.01.25, 13:00 - 14:00

Presentation and discussions on the following topics:
* analysis pipelines for NGS data
* analysis pipelines for high-dimensional expression data
* machine learning approaches
* software presentations
* status reports of PhD projects
* presentation of new literature

Library Prep (Part I) and sequencing & data analysis (Part II)

Metzger

Fri 25.10.24 - Fri 01.11.24, 14:00 - 15:30

In this seminar we provide basic knowledge on transcriptomics. We discuss sample preparation, quality control and library preparation (part I) as well as how to sequence your libraries.
In addition, we talk about tools and methods to perform differental gene expression analyses and more.

? be spoilt for choice

Metzger

Fri 18.10.24, 14:00 - 15:30

In this seminar we will give an overview on sequencing technologies and instruments, which are available on the market. As the choice of the instrument can have a big impact on the outcome of a study be want to offer some basic knowlegde on the different options you might have.

IBS (Infektionsbiologisches Seminar)

Volz (Organisation)

Tue 10.09.24 - Tue 25.03.25, 11:30 - 13:00

Invited speakers present results of their current research on infectious agents.