Upcoming Courses

Upcoming Events

Below please find a list of upcoming training events held at IMB for members of the International PhD Programme (IPP) on "Gene Regulation, Epigenetics and Genome Stability", the IMB Postdoc Programme (IPPro), the NextGen Training Programme (NexTPro), the RTG GenEvo, the RTG 4R, the iRTG of the SFB1361 and the iRTG of the SFB1551. Courses are open also to other young scientists for a fee covering the costs of trainer and course organisation.

If there is no other information in the course description, all courses are taking place at IMB, Ackermannweg 4, 55128 Mainz (University Campus).
* Costs for members of the IPP, IPPro, NextPro, SFB 1361, SFB1551, 4R and GenEvo are covered by the respective programmes.

To register, please fill in the course registration form (assoc. programmes) or email training(at)imb.de (externals).

Date	Event	Further information
02.11.2026	Presentation Skills - 2+3 November 2026	Trainer: Alexander Britz Date and Time: 2+3 November 2026 (9:00-17:00) Target group: PhD students Venue: IMB Content: During the workshop, the participants will gain essential skills to deliver impactful scientific presentations (for seminars, conferences, or a thesis defense). The emphasis will be on oral presentation skills. The specific topics and learning objectives of the workshop are: - Understand and apply fundamental laws of effective professional scientific communication, with a spotlight on oral presentation skills. - Learn to create compelling narratives from scientific results using structured storytelling and pitching techniques. - Acquire skills to use body language and voice effectively. - Understand how to use technical aid and design appealing slides. - Hands-on practice of short presentations in breakout sessions. - Utilize structured feedback to refine your presentations. Each participant will have to bring a 5-mins presentation or a poster for an active practice session. Please register by 25 September 2026 To receive information on course fees for external* participants, please email training@imb-mainz.de

Date

Event

Further information

02.11.2026

Presentation Skills - 2+3 November 2026

Trainer: Alexander Britz
Date and Time: 2+3 November 2026 (9:00-17:00)
Target group: PhD students
Venue: IMB
Content:
During the workshop, the participants will gain essential skills to deliver impactful scientific presentations (for seminars, conferences, or a thesis defense). The emphasis will be on oral presentation skills.

The specific topics and learning objectives of the workshop are:
- Understand and apply fundamental laws of effective professional scientific communication, with a spotlight on oral presentation skills.
- Learn to create compelling narratives from scientific results using structured storytelling and pitching techniques.
- Acquire skills to use body language and voice effectively.
- Understand how to use technical aid and design appealing slides.
- Hands-on practice of short presentations in breakout sessions.
- Utilize structured feedback to refine your presentations.
Each participant will have to bring a 5-mins presentation or a poster for an active practice session.

Please register by 25 September 2026
To receive information on course fees for external* participants, please email training@imb-mainz.de