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The HIDA Trainee Network is back for a second time in 2021. The exchange program promotes interdisciplinary networking between young scientists at Helmholtz and helps them learn from one another

On September 23 data scientists can find out more about career opportunities in applied data sciences at a virtual career fair. The “Helmholtz Virtual Data Science Career Day“ with several virtual keynotes and over 20 exhibitors is free of charge for participants.

More than 60 percent of researchers are willing to travel to conferences less often. Before the coronavirus struck, Verena Haage from the MDC conducted a survey on the travel behavior of researchers and their willingness to change it. This crisis now gives a glimpse of what the future of conferences could look like.

Professor Udo Heinemann serves alongside Jens Reich as Ombudsperson for Good Scientific Practice. He was elected by the Scientific Council in September 2019. We spoke with him about rules and misconduct in research and how he perceives his role as an adviser in conflict situations.

In the coming years, three Einstein BIH Visiting Fellows will collaborate closely with researchers at the Max Delbrück Center. Funding for the groups led by David Gutmann and Mario Nicodemi has been extended. New on board is Chris Sander from Harvard Medical School.

The brand new MDC-made ORION Open Science podcast explores the issues behind the Open Science movement through interviews and conversations. The first full episode on ‘Open Science and postgraduate careers’ launches January 31st.

Supporting, organizing and carrying out research are the main tasks of scientific funding bodies and institutions. ORION, a Europe-wide collaborative project in the life sciences and biomedicine, aims to make these processes more transparent to the public. The MDC joins eight other partners in the project, which kicks off in Barcelona this week.

The MDC together with the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH ) has now created a stem cell core facility to offer expertise to derive and manipulate iPSC lines for groups from the institute or projects associated with the BIH.

The first round of the Helmholtz DKB Apprenticeship Award has started. IT apprentice René Kuschke...