Integrated research training group (Z02 (MGK))

• Subject Area: Medicine
• Term: from 2011 to 2023
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 178316478

This project is responsible for the coordination of the Integrated Research Training Group, which has successfully been implemented in the first funding period. The Training Group currently involves 18 PhD students, 1 MD/PhD students and 20 medical doctoral students. The qualification program features lectures, seminars and courses on scientific topics of the SFB, workshops and seminars for training of additional skills and an annual retreat. Visiting scientists contribute to the lectures, seminars and journal clubs offered for the doctoral students. The complete course program has been formally approved by the deanery of the UKE for the awarding of the credits. The Training Group has been integrated with other structured graduate training groups, both within the Medical Faculty and across faculties.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 936: Multi-Site Communication in the Brain
• Applicant Institution: Universität Hamburg
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Andreas K. Engel; Professor Dr. Christian Gerloff