DK Molecular Enzymology. Summer School for Research and Transferable Skills Training Graz, 2007 September 24 to 28

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1 2 Summer School for Research Graz, 2007 September 24 to 28

2 PROGRAM Day of Program Morning Session Afternoon Session Monday September 24 PERSONAL AND GROUP MANAGEMENT (Morning and Afternoon Session) Tuesday September 25 SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY (Morning Session) SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY (Afternoon session) Wednesday September 26 SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY (Morning Session) RESEARCH ETHICS (Afternoon session) Welcome: Ellen ZECHNER Workshop: LEADERSHIP IN RESEARCH Team building and motivational leadership: Klaus SCALA Joachim SCHWENDENWEIN Seminars: SCIENTIFIC QUALITY AND INTEGRITY Gerald GABERSCIK Authorship, plagiarism, citation. QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION Edith SCHREINER Public safety demands that quality monitoring and international standards for laboratory practices are integral components of industrial production from pharmaceuticals to food chemistry. Perspectives and practice from the individual researcher to the European level are discussed. Plenary: INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION IN BIOTECH Werner LANTHALER Building, investing, and reinvesting in a biotech company. Business planning, financing and executing biotech ideas on an industrial scale. Individual leadership profiles: evaluation of strengths and weaknesses, small group coaching, case work, best / worst case scenarios. Plenary: INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY FROM SCIENCE TO MARKET Michael BREUER Julia K. SCHMIDT Multidisciplinarity is central to industrial biotechnology. Scientists and engineers with diverse academic backgrounds team up for the development of novel catalysts and processes. Next to excellence in science and technology, personal skills are key factors in this interdisciplinary and international environment. The tasks and challenges to industrialize biotechnological processes from research to production will be illustrated by some examples of BASF a major player in this arena. Workshop: RESEARCH ETHICS Ulrike FELT Develop skills in recognizing, articulating and acting upon ethical issues that arise through research activities. Hands on workshop with difficult issues in real cases of young scientists. 2

3 PROGRAM Day of Program Morning Session Afternoon Session Thursday September 27 COMMUNICATION (Parallel sessions Thursday and Friday) Friday September 28 PROJECT DEVELOPMENT (Parallel sessions Thursday and Friday) Workshop: ACADEMIC DISSEMINATION AND PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH Bodil HOLST Workshop: FUNDING INSTRUMENTS, REVIEW PROCESS Rudolf NOVAK Barbara ZIMMERMANN Research funding options for young scientists. Peer review process for financing research. Scientific writing: focus on papers and a practical exercise in Dissertation Abstracts Presentations and examples from real life in the funding business are combined with practical exercises, leaving ample time for questions and discussions. Direct insights into the mechanisms of the funding machine will be provided that will also enhance the chances of young scientists to succeed in the increasingly tough competition for research funding. Closing statements: Ellen ZECHNER Submit: Doctoral studies survey 3

4 Klaus SCALA Joachim SCHWENDENWEIN SESSION 1 PERSONAL AND GROUP MANAGEMENT Monday September 24 Morning Session: Team building and motivational leadership Afternoon Session: Individual leadership profiles LEADERSHIP IN RESEARCH Ao.Univ.Prof. Dr. Klaus SCALA Dr. Joachim SCHWENDENWEIN The ability of research scientists to perform well in contemporary research careers depends not only on exceptional science training but also on their ability to excel in team efforts and to assume leadership roles. The purpose of this session is to allow students to develop strategies and skill in Personal and Group Management capacities. The seminar aims to enable students to analyze their own individual leadership profiles. The process will include an evaluation of strengths and weaknesses, small group coaching, case work, and practice in handling best / worst case scenarios. Klaus SCALA is the founder and Director of the Center for Social Competence at the University of Graz. He is responsible for the module Organizational Development and Social Competence within the university s global studies program. Specialist in group dynamics, supervision and organizational development, he teaches master s level classes in Human Research Development and provides organizational development training in a wide variety of organizations. His areas of special expertise include institution building and conflict management. Joachim SCHWENDENWEIN s expertise is in the development of organizational capabilities. He acts on the corporate level, in accordance with his current affiliation with Mobilkom Austria, and works directly with individuals, particularly managers and executive teams. 4

5 Gerald GABERSCIK Edith SCHREINER SESSION 2 SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY Tuesday September 25 Morning Session: Seminars SCIENTIFIC QUALITY AND INTEGRITY Dr. techn. DI Gerald GABERSCIK This contribution broaches two important themes in international research standards. Part 1 analyzes the issue of scientific quality in terms of designing and performing experiments well. Part 2 addresses the complex issue of authorship while providing guidelines to handle co-authorship decisions properly, as well as appropriate citation practice for scientific publications. Lastly this seminar aims to raise students awareness of the problem of plagiarism. Different types of plagiarism are defined and possible consequences for the individuals involved as well as the scientific community at large will be discussed. Gerald GABERSCIK s training is in the fields of mechanical and electrical engineering. In 2006 he assumed responsibility for the office of Quality Management in Research at the Graz University of Technology. QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION Dr. Edith SCHREINER Public safety demands that quality monitoring and international standards for laboratory practices are integral components of industrial production for a huge spectrum of products from pharmaceuticals to food chemistry. This module deals with different quality management systems, which are of particular relevance in drug development. Correct application of these systems in succession ensures the quality of non-clinical studies, clinical trials and ultimately the production of pharmaceuticals. Perspectives and practice from the individual researcher to the European level are discussed. Edith SCHREINER is an experienced researcher as well as a planner, practitioner and supervisor of industrial quality management systems. She acts as a consultant in the development of quality assurance systems and as an internal and external auditor of quality control in operation. 5

6 Ulrike FELT SESSION 2 SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY Wednesday September 26 Afternoon Session: Workshop RESEARCH ETHICS Univ. Prof. Dr. Ulrike FELT Facilitators for the group discussion: Maximilian FOCHLER, Michael STRASSNIG, Lisa SIGL In recent years the discussions around research ethics have intensified. Data manipulation, plagiarism, issues of data ownership or doubtful co-authorship practices have moved into the limelight of science policy debate and are discussed within academic institutions. The aim of this workshop is to develop skills in recognizing, articulating and acting upon ethical issues that arise through research activities. A vital first step is to raise awareness about changes in the research environment, which have made it necessary to explicitly address these problems. The broad range of issues will be mapped out and a selection will be dealt with in some detail throughout the afternoon. For step two we address one concrete fraud case and follow it through in some detail in order to see the different individually small steps, which led to a major problem. In a third step two cases will be presented and investigated in smaller working groups. Finally, these experiences will be fed into a closing discussion. Ulrike FELT holds a PhD in physics as well as a habilitation in the social sciences (science and technology studies). Since 1999 she is professor for Social Studies of Science and head of the department at the University of Vienna. Throughout her career she has held numerous visiting professorships/research positions at CERN (Geneva, CH), the Université du Québec à Montréal, Université Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg, Maison des Sciences de l Homme in Paris and the ETH Zurich. She is widely experienced in running nationally- and internationally-funded big research projects and has published extensively on science, technology and society relations. As science policy expert she has worked for the European Commission and was chief editor of a major international social science journal over the past five years. Her own research areas include: 1) science communication, public engagement with technoscience, governance and public participation; and ELSA issues; 2) knowledge politics, embracing both the changing cultures of knowledge production but also how this gets translated into institutional policy. 6

7 Michael BREUER Julia K. SCHMIDT SESSION 3 INTERFACING SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY Tuesday September 25 Afternoon Session: Plenary INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY FROM SCIENCE TO MARKET Dr. Michael BREUER, Mag. Julia K. SCHMIDT (BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, DE) Industrial biotechnology has become a highly active field of research in recent years. The advantages of biocatalysis are exploited for the synthesis of chemical products. These range from optically active intermediates for pharmaceutical and agrochemical applications to bulk chemicals. A very characteristic aspect of industrial biotechnology is its high dependency on multidisciplinarity. Scientists and engineers with diverse academic backgrounds team up for the development of novel catalysts and processes. Next to excellence in science and technology, personal skills are key factors in this interdisciplinary and international environment. The tasks and challenges to industrialize biotechnological processes from research to production will be illustrated by some examples of BASF a major player in this arena. Michael BREUER, born in 1965, studied Biology at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University, Bonn. From 1992 to 1993 he held a scholarship of the Boehringer-Ingelheim-Fonds to carry out research in the group of H. G. Floss at the University of Washington. He completed his PhD at the University Bonn in the group of E. Leistner on ansamacrolide biosynthesis in Actinomycetes (1995) and has been working as a research scientist in the Specialty Chemicals division at BASF AG since Julia K. SCHMIDT, born in 1971, studied Biochemical Engineering at the Aachen University of Technology in Germany and additionally Biology at the same University. From 2002 to 2007 she carried out a PhD-study at the Otto-von-Guericke University in the group of U. Reichl, Institute of Bioprocess Engineering, on growth dynamics of mixed cultures in a chemostat. She has been working as a research engineer in the Chemicals Research and Engineering division at BASF AG since

8 Werner LANTHALER SESSION 3 INTERFACING SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY Wednesday September 26 Morning Session: Plenary INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION IN BIOTECH Dr. Werner LANTHALER (Intercell AG, Vienna Biocenter, AT) In order to make appropriate choices in the development of their careers, PhD students need insights into several career options. The purpose of this session is to help students concentrate on their own work preference profiles while learning more about a non-academic career. Werner Lanthaler will provide personal insights into building, investing, and reinvesting in a biotech company. He will also draw on extensive professional experience to address topics of business planning, financing and executing biotech ideas on an industrial scale. Werner LANTHALER is the Chief Financial Officer at Intercell AG. Earlier he was Head of Marketing and Communications of the Federation of Austrian Industry and before that, a senior management consultant at McKinsey & Company International. His academic career includes doctorates from the Economics University of Vienna and Harvard University, USA. He has considerable experience in labor and capital markets in the USA, South America and Europe. Werner Lanthaler is also the author and co-author of a wide range of books and articles. At Intercell his responsibilities comprise Finance, Administration and Marketing & Sales. 8

9 Bodil HOLST SESSION 4 COMMUNICATION Thursday and Friday September 27 to 28 Parallel Sessions Morning and Afternoon Plenary: ACADEMIC DISSEMINATION AND PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH Assoc.Prof. Dr. Bodil HOLST This workshop has two major themes: Paper writing and the specialized, condensed communication required for effective Abstracts. The main goals are firstly to provide the participants with a set of tools helping them to present their scientific results in a clear and interesting way and secondly to make them aware of various strategic issues (which journal to publish in, etc.). The participants are encouraged to bring drafts of their own papers. Moreover, practical experience in abstract writing will be a focus and each student will provide a summary of his or her dissertation research. To be able to dedicate enough time to individual participants in this hands-on workshop, the session will be divided over two days. Bodil HOLST is currently an Assoc. Prof. of Physics at the University of Bergen, Norway. Until April this year she was Asst. Prof. of Experimental Physics at the TUG. She was born in 1972 in Denmark and holds a masters degree in physics and mathematics from the University of Copenhagen. In 1998 she obtained her Ph.D. in Physics at Cambridge University. She worked for several years as a postdoc at the MPI for fluid dynamics in Göttingen. Since July 2004 she is coordinator of the EU STREP project Imaging with Neutral Atoms. She has published in international journals including Nature and is a referee for a number of journals. She has worked as an external expert for the European Commission and now sits in the Expert Advisory Panel for the NMP priority for the 7 th framework program. She is a former Marie Curie and Alexander von Humboldt Fellow. 9

10 Rudolf NOVAK Barbara ZIMMERMANN SESSION 5 RESEARCH FINANCING Thursday and Friday September 27 to 28 Parallel Sessions Morning and Afternoon: Workshop INSIGHTS INTO NATIONAL FUNDING INSTRUMENTS AND THE INTERNATIONAL REVIEW PROCESS Dr. Rudolf NOVAK, Dr. Barbara ZIMMERMANN (Austrian Science Fund, AT) This workshop is designed to inform students about research funding options for young scientists as well as provide accurate perspectives concerning the peer review process for financing research. Presentations and examples from real life in the funding business are combined with practical exercises, leaving ample time for questions and discussions. Direct insights into the mechanisms of the funding machine will be provided that will also enhance the chances of young scientists to succeed in the increasingly tough competition for research funding. Rudolf NOVAK is a trained biologist and spent 12 years doing scientific research in the field of marine biology. In 1990 he joined the secretariat of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) as scientific administrator. Until 2004 he was head of the department for Biology / Medicine, program manager for the FWF Priority Research Programs and in charge of the FWF s evaluation activities. Since January 2005 he is head of the newly established department for Development and Strategy of National Programs. Barbara ZIMMERMANN completed her PhD in classical archaeology, and has many years of experience in research activities both in Austria and abroad. In 2003 she joined the Austrian Science Fund and since 2004 has headed the FWF Mobility and Women in Science division. 10

11 SPONSORS The gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the following sponsoring institutions: The Austrian Science Fund University of Graz Graz University of Technology County of Styria City of Graz BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany Intercell AG, Vienna, Austria 11