BEAM Conference
From 19. to 21. March 2025 our BEAM Conference will take place in Halle (Saale)!
News from the RTG
Good Scientfic Writing
Workshop: Good Scientific Writing
Supervisor: Imme Sakwa-Waltz
Event Date: 20.05. – 22.05.2025, 10.03.2025, time tbd
room: tbd
the principles of good scientific writing
• cultural differences in how academic papers are written
• how to structure research articles
• how to build effective paragraphs and sentences
• communicating voice and attitude in a text
• incorporating narrative into academic texts
• abstracts and introductions
• punctuation
• editing techniques
Participants should:
• bring a paper (including its abstract) which they have written (one by
another
author will also suffice)
Registration:
Academic Poster Design
Workshop: Academic Poster Design
Supervisor: Imme Sakwa-Waltz
Event Date: 28.02.2025, 10.03.2025, time tbd
room: tbd
Academic posters are a useful communication method to present your PhD
project, engage people in fruitful discussions and gain new input for
your research.
You will learn how to use a grid and white space, choose colors, fonts
and font sizes etc. to produce an aesthetically pleasing and effective
poster.
Between the first and the second workshopday you will have time to work
on your individual poster. With the printed posters we will conduct a
mini poster session and train how to give a concise poster presentation.
During the workshop each participant will design his / her poster about
his / her own project. You need a PC with a software to create your
poster in (Powerpoint is fine), text and figures (diagrams, charts,
schematics, photos etc.) describing your project. Poster drafts are
welcome as well. On day 2 you need to bring your poster in print.
Registration:
Muhammad’s lab rotation
Our doctoral researcher Muhammad Abu Bakar has completed his lab rotation in the past few weeks.
In the research group of PD Dr. Mohamed Alaasar he had the opportunity to immerse himself in cutting-edge research on liquid crystals. He learned and applied various chemical techniques essential for creating liquid crystalline compounds and was introduced to theoretical concepts that helped him understand the structure-property relationships in liquid crystals and their wide range of applications.
Another highlight of his stay was learning polarized light microscopy (PLM). This technique was instrumental in observing and understanding the unique optical behaviors of liquid crystals. By examining birefringence and texture patterns under polarized light, he could identify different liquid crystalline phases and transitions.
