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The IMPRS-CBSCInternational Max Planck Research School

for Computational Biology and Scientific Computing

- a brief introduction -


„an initiative to promote junior scientists. These Schools offer especially gifted

students from Germany and abroad the possibility to work towards the Ph.D. exam in

a structured program providing excellent research conditions“

International Max Planck Research School

● The IMPRS is …

● currently 61 IMPRS in Germany


● Initiative between Freie Universität Berlin, MPI-MG and the PICB Shanghai

● Associated faculty members at> Charité> Robert Koch Institute> Humboldt University> Zuse Institute> University of Potsdam

● 17 faculty members> speakers: Martin Vingron and Knut Reinert

> coordinators: Kirsten Kelleher and Fabian Feutlinske

International Max Planck Research School


The Dahlem Research School

● Umbrella organisation for structured graduate programs at Freie Universität

> ensures quality standards (mentoring)> administrative support (Welcome Centre, soft

skills, application procedure)> German courses

● Currently 24 programs from humanities, social sciences, natural sciences


Research Campus Berlin-Dahlem

● „German Oxford“● Kaiser Wilhelm Society for the Advancement of Science

→ Max Planck Society, now 4 institutes in Dahlem● Freie Universität Berlin, since 1948

● Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum


Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics

● founded in 1964 with two directors● ~ 250 employees (administrative and scientific)● ~ 60 PhD students, 22 at the IMPRS-CBSC● Formerly 4 Departments:

Developmentalgenetics

Computationalmolecular biology

Vertebrategenomics

human moleculargenetics


The Future of the IMPRS at MPI-MG

● in 2017, the current IMPRS-CBSC shall be merged into a new, broader IMPRS uniting „wet“ and „dry“ lab

> unique focus covering genetics, genomics and computational biology

● new IMPRS will open up new possibilities for collaboration


PhD and Preparatory Programs

● Scientific courses

are provided by the curriculum of the master courses in Bioinformatics and Scientific Computing at the Freie Universität


Selection and Admission

● Since 2005 there has been an annual international call for applications> Interviews in May, new PhD students start in September (negotiable)> 2015: 89 applications from 32 countries

● 3-8 students per year, 2 students max. into preparatory program

OctoberFebruary March April May June – August September

Start PhD program

Admission assessment

Preparation of visa, temporary housing, FU registration

Application deadline

Advertise program Evaluate applications,

invite candidates


The IMPRS Students

Women Men0

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Gender


The IMPRS Students

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32

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PhD students' countries of origin

GermanyItalyMexicoChinaAustriaRomaniaRussiaEthiopiaCanadaCroatia


The IMPRS Students

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5

3

3

2

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Academic backgrounds of current PhD students

BioinformaticsComputer ScienceMathematics/StatisticsEngineeringPhysicsBiology


Graduation

● English thesis

> Thesis is submitted in English to the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the Freie Universität

● „Doctor of Natural Sciences”

> Successful candidates are awarded doctoral degree „Doctor of Natural Sciences“ (Dr. rer. nat.), equivalent to Ph.D.

● 35 graduates so far

> Academia: Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Humboldt University, ETH Zürich, EBI Cambridge, Dana Farber Cancer Institute...

> Business: Merck, Illumina, BASF...


Recently Completed Theses

“Reaction-diffusion dynamics in biological systems”

- Johannes Schöneberg

“Inferring proteolytic processes from mass spectrometry time series data”

- Stephan Aiche

“Statistical analysis of high-throughput sequencing count data”

- Michael Love

„Next-generation sequencing algorithms: From read mapping to variant detection”

- Anne-Katrin Emde

“Identification of potential drug targets in kinetic networks described by ordinary differential equations”

- Marvin Schulz

“Metabolic networks, thermodynamic constraints, and matroid theory”

- Arne Reimers

„Linear programming and integer linear programming in bioinformatics”

- Sandro Andreotti

„Prediction of transcription factor co-occurrence using rank based statistics“

- Alena van Bömmel


Duties of IMPRS Students

● 24 credit points

● plus IMPRS colloquium presentation

scientific agenda soft skills tutoring

12 ECTS 6 ECTS 6 ECTS

- lectures- summer school

- scientific writing- presentation- leadership- time management- grant writing

- bachelor/master thesis supervision- tutorial assistant


Privileges of IMPRS Students

● Funded PhD● Cooperations:

> Collaborations between MPI and university for courses and research

● Mobility:> Financial support for conference travel and research stays abroad

● Supervision guaranteed:> Regular meetings with your PhD committee consisting of advisor

and mentoring team

● Administrative support:> Help dealing with university administration> Help settling in Berlin


Proteomics

R. HerwigBioinformatics

P.N. RobinsonComputational

Biology

M. VingronGene Regulation

K. ReinertAlgorithmic

Bioinformatics

C. SchütteBiocomputing

F. NoeComp. Molecular

Biology

W. HuisingaComp. Physiology

A. BockmayrMathematics

in Life Sciences

H-R. ChungEpigenetics

H. SiebertDiscrete

Biomathematics

Sequence analysis

E. KlippTheoretical Systems

Biology

P. ArndtEvolut. Genomics

Stochasticprocesses

Biologicalnetworks

Moleculardynamics and

modelling

P. ImhofComp. Biophysics

A. MarsicoBioinformatics E. Schulz

RegulatoryNetworks

H. SiebertBiomathematics

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