EARLY CAREER SUPPORT: RENPRO Training Courses

• Time and place: 3 days at the Universität Regensburg
• Must be attended by PhD students within projects of the TRR at least once
• CPs (as accepted by RIGel): 0.9
• Recommended for the first year of the PhD work

Contents:
Lectures and seminars on renal physiology, renal anatomy, and basic knowledge of renal disease are given by principal investigators of the TRR and their experienced coworkers.

Time and place: 1 day at the Universität Regensburg, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg or at the FAU / Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, respectively

• PhD students must attend at least 4 courses during the PhD period
• CPs (as accepted by RIGel): 0.3 each
• Three courses per year, covering one of the 7 modules listed below, respectively

Time and place: 1-2 days at the Universität Regensburg, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg or at the FAU / Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, respectively

• PhD students must attend 3-4 courses (1.2 CPS at least) during the PhD period
• CPs (as accepted by RIGel): 0.3 each
• Three courses per year, covering one to two of the methods listed below, respectively. The selection of topics will be based on the students' needs and interests, which will be determined by survey (at the RENPRO workshop or at the internal retreat)

RENPRO Summer School

General information

Time and place: 2 days at the Universität Regensburg or Universitätsklinikum Erlangen

• Summer Schools / Workshops are organized once a year by the young scientists themselves
• PhD students must attend a Summer School / Workshop at least twice during the PhD period
• Participants present their project progress in a protected setting and award prizes to the two best contributions, which are then presented at the next International Symposium of the TRR, EUKISS or at the Annual Meeting of the DGfN (TRR 374 sessions in basic science slot)
• Two to three (inter-)national experts, invited by the students, will attend the Summer School / Workshop to give a lecture and to comment on the students’ research
• The Summer Schools / Workshops include a course section on key skills (e.g. diversity awareness, scientific writing, career planning, “science communication skills”, etc.)
• Informal evening meetings
• Access will also be granted to external bachelor, master, MD and PhD students

EUKISS is a kidney specific Summer School (https://eukiss.org/), which is jointly organized by the Zurich Kidney Center, CRC 1453 (Nephgen, Freiburg), SFB 1192 (Hamburg), SFB TRR 219 (Aachen) and TRR 374. The EUKISS is held on a rotating basis at one of the sites. It brings together experts in the field of kidney research and disease to discuss the basics of kidney function and its relevance to kidney disease in a stimulating and interactive setting with participants.  Case discussions in small groups highlight both common and rare forms of kidney disease. Participants may present their research projects during a poster session.

• Duration: 1-4 days
• PhD students must attend EUKISS Summer School at least once during the PhD period
• Access will also be granted to bachelor students, master students, medical doctoral students, postdocs and physician scientists ot the TRR

All participants in the RENPRO are encouraged to attend the Annual meeting of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nephrologie (DGfN) at least once with travel funds provided by the CRC. In addition to scientific exchange, the participation will also serve networking at the national level. Of course, the students are free to attend additional national or international scientific congresses.

Each student of the RENPRO has free access to certified courses, e.g. on animal handling and experimentation ("Versuchstierkundlicher Kurs für EU Funktion A und D") and good-scientific practice and gene technology (Sachkunde als Projektleiter), which are regularly offered at the Universität Regensburg and at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)

Dates and further information:
EU Funktion A und D
Universität Regensburg, FAU

Soft-skill courses, good-scientific practice and gene technology
Courses are organized by the graduate schools. Contact and further information can be found on the respective homepages: RIGel, BIOMEDIGS, life@FAU

Softskill courses, especially for the early career development of young scientists, are offered by the F3G network, of which our TRR is a member. The courses are open to all TRR members. You can find the course offer here: https://www.fau.de/research/service-fuer-forschende/f%C2%B3g-verbund

Young scientists at the University of Regensburg can also take advantage of WIN ("Zentrum zur Förderung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuches" / Center for graduate and postgraduate researchchers), which also offers an interesting course program "Post your Doc". For futher information see: https://www.uni-regensburg.de/forschung/zentrum-nachwuchsfoerderung/post-your-doc/index.html.

In accordance with the regulations of the respective graduate schools, PhD students are supervised by a mentoring team of three mentors:
the supervisor of the doctoral thesis and two additional mentors. Preferably, the mentoring team should consist of both, basic scientists and clinical researchers, if possible from both universities. The commission members meet with the PhD student at least once per year for an intense scientific exchange.

The principal investigators ensure that at least biweekly discussions of research results and literature will be held at the respective site.

If a student wants to learn a new technology, this will be possible within the framework of a laboratory exchange visit in the partnering laboratory (funded by the CRC).