Doing a doctorate in RESIST
You will find them in almost every RESIST project: a PhD student who is funded by RESIST. And in addition, numerous other PhD students are involved in RESIST projects with their doctoral theses.
Natural Science and Clinical Doctoral Programmes
Under the umbrella of the Hannover Biomedical Research School (HBRS), there are six doctoral programmes for students of natural sciences and three structured doctoral programmes for medical students who wish to write a doctoral thesis in the field of molecular medicine, clinical studies or big data analysis. RESIST supports students who write their doctoral thesis in a RESIST laboratory.
For example, students of natural sciences can write their doctoral thesis as part of the three-year PhD programme in Infection Biology – as did Dr. Matthias Bruhn (photo). This programme is concerned with the complex interactions between humans and viral or bacterial pathogens.
Clinical doctoral programmes
Doctoral programme Infection Biology
Each year, 20 students from around the world are admitted to the PhD programme Infection Biology after a rigorous selection process. Some of these 20 individuals will do their doctorate in RESIST groups. This programme is organised by the Centre for Infection Biology (ZIB) and the 60 enrolled students take part in ZIB seminars, conferences and laboratory courses. In addition, they are supported by a network of supervisors. After the doctoral examination at the end of the third year, they complete the programme as highly qualified scientists.
Representation of interests
Representation of interests
Marie Schulze (shown on the right in the photo) represents the interests of the doctoral students in the RESIST Cluster of Excellence – together with Dr. Carina Jürgens, who represents the interests of the postdocs. Both also want to ensure that many contacts are made between the young researchers, thus creating good connections. You can reach Marie Schulze by email at any time.
Further offers
Further offers
The international RESIST junior researchers can also take part in language courses specially organised by RESIST lecturer Artur Sieg to learn German. In addition, the most talented RESIST doctoral students are offered access to the online tools of the Nature Masterclass in Scientific Writing.
In order for the doctoral students to get to know each other (better) and to be able to establish contacts with the postdocs, there are regular meetings in the form of a convivial Stammtisch. A mentoring programme and individual coaching are also planned.