Courses/Events

GGNB Info Meeting and Final Sprint Meetings

• GGNB Info Meeting and Final Sprint Meetings (monthly, via Zoom)

Scientific Methods Courses, Key Qualifications and Industry Excursions

• GGNB and GAUSS courses (link to GAUSS page)

Further Key Qualifications Courses

• Courses offered by the Department of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education/Hochschuldidaktik
• Key qualifications and language courses offered by the ZESS
• Key qualifications and language courses offered by the faculties of Göttingen University: Modulverzeichnis
Important: you can receive a confirmation of participation for successfully taking part in a (German) language course and passing the test at the end. This is not an official German language certificate as required, e.g., for residence permits. For a recognized German language certificate you need to take an official exam with an external provider.
• Events by the Career Service of Göttingen University

Thesis defenses

• All thesis defenses of GGNB doctoral students are announced on the GAUSS website.

Career Events

• Career events for postdocs and late-stage PhD students on the GAUSS Career Blog
• GAUSS Career Blog
  • Online workshop: “Dealing with Failure and Rejection in Academia – How to Stay Resilient” (10 June 2026) 10. June 2026
    

    We are happy to announce our upcoming GAUSS Career Service online workshop “Dealing with Failure and Rejection in Academia – How to Stay Resilient” by ...

  • GAUSS Career Impulse Session (12 June 2026, 11:30-13:00, in-person) with Dr. Marcin Barszczewski (Product Manager Automated Imaging at Leica Microsystems, Wetzlar): “‘Be not afeard. The isle is full of noises’ – some reflections on how geopolitics can influence lives and careers” 9. June 2026
    

    We’re happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Impulse Session, this time with Dr. Marcin Barszczewski, Product Manager Automated Imaging at Leica Micr ...

  • Online Workshop “How to plan and write a competitive research proposal”, 9 July 2026 8. June 2026
    

    We are happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Service online workshop on the topic “How to plan and write a competitive research proposal” by Dr. Tho ...

Student-Organized Symposia and Events

• Horizons in Molecular Biology, 8-11 September 2025, Göttingen
• Neurizons, 19-22 May 2026, Göttingen
• Hacky Hour, Göttingen (monthly event)

Equal Opportunities: Courses, Seminars, Events

Lectures / Colloquia

• Genome Science Lecture Series
• Lecture Series "Current Topics in Biophysics and Complex Systems" SoSe 2026 (pdf)
• GZMB Developmental Biology Colloquium
• GZMB Microbiology/Genetics Colloquium
• SFB 860 Colloquium
• SFB 889 Events

Göttingen International: Events

• International Events
• Excursions for International Students
• Discover Lower Saxony and Bremen (for questions and registration contact the International Office)

Symposia, Conferences and External Courses

• EMBO/EMBL symposia

Event Calendars

• Göttingen Campus Event Calendar
• Göttinger Zentrum für Molekulare Biowissenschaften (GZMB)
• Bernstein-Zentrum für Computational Neuroscience (BCCN)
• Leibniz ScienceCampus Primate Cognition
• Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

GGNB Times
GGNB Times, December 2022 (pdf)
GGNB Times, May 2021 (pdf)
GGNB Times, November 2019 (pdf)
GGNB Times, September 2018 (pdf)
GGNB Times, September 2017 (pdf)
GGNB Times, August 2016 (pdf)