Perhaps you know the feeling of being overwhelmed by your daily tasks and project(s) - I know I am at times. Instead of finding excuses, today I will say that this is completely my own fault, and mine alone. Not because I am not working hard enough, but simply because I am naively attempting to ... [Read more]

2016 February. Having just completed my Masters defense, I felt my enthusiasm and confidence towards scientific research was not adequate to warrant tackling another minimum three years of PhD. Not seeing myself forging a research career, I decided to look for other scientific opportunities. ... [Read more]

Same time of year, different Helmholtz center! At the beginning of the year, in February, the Helmholtz Juniors annual meeting took place in the beautiful Heidelberg, where the old city and the state-of-the-art cancer research facilities of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) meet! Thirty-four ... [Read more]

When Matthew Gott first came to Dresden, he knew the city only from picturesque shots of historic buildings. 18 month later he spends many evening walking through those pictured streets. Every time Matthew Gott goes for an evening stroll, it feels to him like going back in time as well. No ... [Read more]

Today we have a second guest post by Tatyana Dubich, the Speaker of the Helmholtz Juniors Communication Group and a doctoral researcher at The Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI). Enjoy the interviews with the participants of the March for Science! "March for Science, not march of ... [Read more]

As a Finn in Germany Nina Huittinen always understood what people were saying but, initially, she could not answer because she did not speak the language. The resulting frustration became a great motivator to learn German – even though she thought she would never ever use it, when she was younger. When ... [Read more]

Today we host a post by Tatyana Dubich, Speaker of the Helmholtz Juniors Communication Group. Enjoy the reading!   Have you ever tried to explain your PhD project to your Grandma? Than you know already delivering complex ideas could be a real hassle! On the 30th of March nine young ... [Read more]

When Sara Deville and Treewut Rassamegevanon moved to Dresden, they just expected to find excellent conditions for their PhD projects. Eventually, they found much more – they found each other. “The laboratories are open at weekends.” To many people Sara Deville’s answer to the question ... [Read more]

DKFZ offers a one week PhD initial course three times a year for new graduate students. In this course, PhD students get to know the core facilities and divisions that exist at DKFZ which will be of help for the projects and departments which demonstrate possible opportunities in academia and ... [Read more]

By Katharina Hochmuth | A couple of days ago, we featured the working group with the most members on board. Today I introduce the group with the highest quota of female scientists: Welcome to team Geophysics. Shackles, tie wraps and split pins are a geophysicist’s bread and butter. The ... [Read more]