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International Max Planck Research School The IMPRS-CBSC for Computational Biology and Scientific Computing - a brief introduction - International Max Planck Research School for Computational Biology and Scientific Computing | page 1

International Max Planck Research School ● The IMPRS is … „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“ ● currently 61 IMPRS in Germany International Max Planck Research School for Computational Biology and Scientific Computing | page 2

International Max Planck Research School 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 for Computational Biology and Scientific Computing | page 3

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 International Max Planck Research School for Computational Biology and Scientific Computing | page 4

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 International Max Planck Research School for Computational Biology and Scientific Computing | page 5

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 International Max Planck Research School for Computational Biology and Scientific Computing | page 6

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: Developmental Computational Vertebrate human molecular genetics molecular biology genomics genetics International Max Planck Research School for Computational Biology and Scientific Computing | page 7

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 International Max Planck Research School for Computational Biology and Scientific Computing | page 8

PhD and Preparatory Programs ● Scientific courses are provided by the curriculum of the master courses in Bioinformatics and Scientific Computing at the Freie Universität International Max Planck Research School for Computational Biology and Scientific Computing | page 9

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 Application Admission deadline assessment Advertise Preparation of visa, Start PhD program program Evaluate applications, temporary housing, invite candidates FU registration June – August February March April May September October ● 3-8 students per year, 2 students max. into preparatory program International Max Planck Research School for Computational Biology and Scientific Computing | page 10

The IMPRS Students Gender 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Women Men International Max Planck Research School for Computational Biology and Scientific Computing | page 11

The IMPRS Students PhD students' countries of origin 1 1 1 Germany Italy 7 1 Mexico China Austria 1 Romania Russia Ethiopia 1 Canada Croatia 2 3 2 International Max Planck Research School for Computational Biology and Scientific Computing | page 12

The IMPRS Students Academic backgrounds of current PhD students 1 2 8 Bioinformatics Computer Science 3 Mathematics/Statistics Engineering Physics Biology 3 5 International Max Planck Research School for Computational Biology and Scientific Computing | page 13

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... International Max Planck Research School for Computational Biology and Scientific Computing | page 14

Recently Completed Theses “Reaction-diffusion “Inferring proteolytic “Statistical analysis of dynamics in biological processes from mass high-throughput systems” spectrometry time series sequencing count data” data” - Johannes Schöneberg - Stephan Aiche - Michael Love „Next-generation sequencing “Identification of potential drug targets in algorithms: From read mapping to kinetic networks described by ordinary variant detection” differential equations” - Anne-Katrin Emde - Marvin Schulz „ Prediction of transcription “Metabolic networks, „Linear programming and factor co-occurrence thermodynamic integer linear using rank based constraints, and matroid programming in statistics“ theory” bioinformatics” - Arne Reimers - Sandro Andreotti - Alena van Bömmel International Max Planck Research School for Computational Biology and Scientific Computing | page 15

Duties of IMPRS Students 24 credit points ● scientific agenda soft skills tutoring 12 ECTS 6 ECTS 6 ECTS - lectures - scientific writing - bachelor/master - summer school - presentation thesis supervision - leadership - tutorial assistant - time management - grant writing plus IMPRS colloquium presentation ● International Max Planck Research School for Computational Biology and Scientific Computing | page 16

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 > International Max Planck Research School for Computational Biology and Scientific Computing | page 17

MPI-MG FUB K. Reinert M. Vingron Algorithmic Gene Regulation Bioinformatics A. Bockmayr P. Arndt Mathematics Evolut. Genomics in Life Sciences H. Siebert Proteomics E. Klipp Sequence Discrete Theoretical Systems Molecular analysis Biomathematics Biology dynamics and modelling W. Huisinga R. Herwig Comp. Physiology Bioinformatics P.N. Robinson C. Schütte Computational Biocomputing Biology Stochastic F. Noe Biological H-R. Chung processes Comp. Molecular networks Biology Epigenetics P. Imhof A. Marsico E. Schulz Comp. Biophysics H. Siebert Bioinformatics Regulatory Biomathematics Networks International Max Planck Research School for Computational Biology and Scientific Computing | page 18