For interviews, we will invite most applicants to Hannover. In India (Delhi and Chennai) we are usually seeing candidates from India , and other South Asian countries (Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Bangladesh, Malaysia etc.)

New applications are accepted from December 1st 2012 to April 1st 2013 (new online application process). On http://www.hbrs-application.de

Past events

Team Work Workshop, April 10th
HBRS Career Day, March 8th, from 9 a.m., lecture hall N
Stephansstift Retreat, February 28th/ March 1st

Final exams in the PhD program Infection Biology + 2 exams from Molecular Biology, January 25th, from 11 a.m., lecture halls M and N
Scientific Writing, January 18th, from 2 p.m., HBRS seminar room
Conflict Management, December 4th/5th
Dr. Kruse will attend the PhD workshop in Beijing, China; November 24th/25th
Indian Party "Diwali", November 17th, Mensa
Final exams in the PhD program Molecular Medicine, November 16th, from 12.15 lecture halls G and H; from 5 p.m. festive ceremony in lecture hall R
GMP workshop, November 28th
Project Management courses, November 2nd and 3rd
Opening ceremony of new study year: October 15th, 5 p.m., lecture hall R
Orientation weeks from October 4th
Master Class "Immune Regeneration", July 10th/11th, photos
Jobhunting Workshop, July 5th/6th
Interviews from June 18th
Final exams, June 15th, 2012
Intercultural communication, June 1st-3rd, 2012
Team Work, May 23rd, 2012
Time Management, May 9th, 2012
Presentation workshop, April 24th/25th, 2012
Time Management, April 18th, 2012
StrucMed Symposium, March 9th, 2012
Stress Management, January 10th/11th, 2012
Conflict Management, December 6th/7thHBRS
Christmas Party, December 8th, 6 p.m., seminar room S1/2 (J2 building)
Animal course, December 12th-16th
GMP and GLP, November 29th, 9 a.m.- 1 p.m., HBRS seminar room
Final exams, November 11th
Orientation weeks, October 4th-14th
Opening of new study year, October 10th; HBRS symposium from 9 a.m., lecture hall N; festive ceremony 5 p.m. lecture hall R
"Expand your horizon with international cooperation - The funding opportunities of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation", October 14th, 3 p.m., lecture hall N
Rhetoric an Presentation seminar, October 18th/19th
Project Management in the Biotech industry, October 29th
Intercultural communication, May 6th-8th
Time Management (Golin), May 18th
Team Work (Golin), May 20th
Assessment Center, May 27th/28th
Translation Workshop June 7th (Roche Pharma AG, PEI Langen, Bfarm, Vaccine Project Management), from 8.30 a.m., Lecture hall N
Final exams, June 17th
Jobhunting Workshop (Obieglo), July 7th/8th
Time Management (Golin), April 13th
2nd HBRS Career Day, March 18th
Stephansstift March 10th/11th
Animal course, March 7th-10th
Scientific writing, January 28th, 2011
Stress Management, two course (week from January 11th, 2011)
Christmas party, December 16th, from 6 p.m., Diätspeisesaal
Animal course, December 13th-17th
Final exams on November 19th, from 12.15 p.m., lecture halls M, N photos
Diwali, November 2oth, student cafeteria
10 years of structured doctoral education at MHH, celebration and symposium October 24th/25th photos
Orientation weeks 2010 photos
Summer School "Gene regulation, Differentiation and Tolerance", September 12th-16th photos
Job hunting in the academic world (Obieglo), July 8th/9th
Final exams, June 11th; photos
Intercultural Communication (Petersen), Frille, June 4th-6thphotos
Bioinformatics, May 3rd-7th, TU Braunschweig
Team Work Workshop (Golin), May 7th
Time Management (Golin), April 23rd
Workshop Assessment Center (Pazckowski), April 16th/17th
Lecture: Friday, April 16th, 3 p.m., HBRS seminar room
Gene technology (MHH, German), April 13th/14th 2010
Animal Course (Central Animal Facility), March 8th-12th 2010
Stephansstift retreat, March 4th/5th; photos
HBRS Career day, February 19th, 9.00 a.m. to 3 p.m., lecture hall M (program see here); supported by EU (EFRE) photos
Stress Management, January 12th/13th, 2010
Next talk on Career Perspectives, December 4th, 2009, 3 p.m., HBZ (Veit Erpenbeck)
Conflict Management, December 8th/9th, 9 a.m., HBRS seminar room
Final exams, November 20th; photos
Master Class "Persisting and oncogenic viral infections", November 12th/14th, Twincore (organized by students); lectures
Opening of term, October 19th, 3 p.m., HS R (see photos)
Orientation weeks: October 5th-19th (see photos)
Talk on Career perspectives, October 16th, 3 p.m., HBZ (Anne and Jens Lamerz)
September 26th, Workshop "Project management in the Biotech Industry", Grote-Westrick, 9a.m., HBRS seminar room
Scientific Writing (Ruth Willmott), July 27th-29th
Job hunting workshop (Thomas Obieglo), July 9th/10th
Talk on Career perpectives I: Dr. Martin Schleef (CEO Plasmidfactory), July 2nd, 6.15 p.m., HBZ
Master Class "Mucosal Immunology" (with Profs. Brandtzaeg, Fagarasan, Agace), June 4th/5th, 2009 (photos under "photos")
Final exams, June 12th, 2009 (photos under "photos")
Bioinformatics, May 4th-6th
Intercultural communication, May 8th-10th, 2009 (photos under "photos")
Animal Course, March 31st to April 3rd
Gene Technology, March 24th-25th
Stephansstift retreat, March 5th/6th, 2009 (photos under "photos")
Stress Management, January 14th/15th 2009
Scientific writing, January 16th
Ballet (Cinderella) in the opera house, January 20th 2009
HBRS Christmas party: Dec. 18th, from 6 p.m., Hans Borst Center, level 2
Animal course, December 15th, 9 a.m., lecture hall G
Conflict management: Dec. 4th, 5th 2008
Final exams, November 7th 2008
HBRS Symposium and Opening of term, October 13th (photos under "photos")
Orientation weeks 2008, October 6th-10th (photos under "photos")
Summer School "Signaling", September 29th to October 2nd (photos under "photos")
Master Class "Innate Immunity", July 10th/ 11th 2008 with Prof. Bruce Beutler (La Jolla, USA) and Prof. Shizuo Akira (Osaka, Japan) (program; photos under "photos")
Intercultural Communication, June 13th - 15th 2008 (photos under "photos")
Final exams, June 6th, 2008 (photos under "photos")
Gene Technology, April 8th - 10th, 2008
Stephansstift retreat, April 3rd/4th 2008 (photos under "photos")
Scientific writing, January 25th, 2008
Stress Management, January 17th/18th, 2008
HBRS Christmas party December 2007
Final exams November 2007 (photos under "photos")
Bioinformatics, two 1-week courses, starting October 24th
Openening of new study year, October 15th, from 5 p.m., HS R (photos under "photos")
1. HBRS Symposium, October 14th, from 12 p.m., HS R (photos under "photos")
Orientation weeks start on October 4th 2007 (photos under "photos")
Presentation techniques (Prof. Dierks), July 23rd/24th
Annual intercultural communication workshop, June 20th-22nd, Hofgeismer together with MSc./PhD programs of Göttingen (photos under "photos")
Final exams, June 15th (Arnab Ghosh, Dorothea Dijkstra, Bishnudeo Roy, Dorothea Gadzicki)(photos under "photos")
Visit of Indian Minister of Health & Family Affairs, Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss, and Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research, Prof. N.K. Ganguly, May 18th,Discussion with HBRS students: 6 p.m., lecture hall G (photos under "photos")
Workshop: "Corporate research and drug development", May 3rd, from 8.30 a.m., lecture hall M
Excursion to Alzey; Aesku Kipp symposium April 21st/22nd (photos under "photos")
Stephansstiftworkshop (retreat) 2007: March 15th-16th (photos under "photos")
"Scientific writing", January 26th, 2007
Workshop "Stress Management", January 11th/12th, 2007 with Grit Kümmerle
Visit to Hannover Christmas market, December 5th, 6 p.m., outside 'Marktkirche'
Georgeous HBRS Christmas party, December 14th, from 5 p.m., MD/PhD seminar room
fantastic Indian party on November 25th, 2006 (photos under "photos")
Suentel walk, November 12th (4 hr walk from Bad Münder to "Süntelturm" and a nice break in the "Bergschmiede") (photos under "photos")
final exams, November 10th, from 1 p.m., lecture halls G and M Festive ceremony from 5.30 p.m, lecture hall R; award of PhD prize to Manvendra K. Singh; Special guest lecture: How old mothers make young children: What yeast research teaches us about aging and rejuvenation Prof. Dr. Yves Barral, Institute of Biochemistry, ETH Zürich, Switzerland (photos under "photos")
Course "Animal Experiments", November 6th-10th
Opening of new year: October 16th, 5 p.m, lecture hall R (photos under "photos")
Orientation weeks 2006, Oct. 4th-13th (photos under "photos")
Course "Gene Technology Security", September 18th-19th
Workshop "Presentation techniques", July 20th/21st,
MHH End-of-term summer barbeque, July 20th, from 5 p.m. (balcony outside HBRS office)
Excursion to Qiagen GmbH, Hilden on July 12th. Organized by the MSc./PhD programs in Göttingen, in course of the Biomednetwork Germany (photos under "photos")
Workshop "Intercultural communication" together with University of Göttingen, June 16th-18th, Springe (Biomednetwork) (photos under "photos")
Final exams of 7 students of the MD/PhD program, June 9th, from 11. a.m., lecture hall M; festive ceremony (photos under "photos")
Annual Stephansstift Workshop, March 9th-11th ( photos under "photos")
Seminar "Scientific writing", January 20th, 2 p.m., MD/PhD seminar room
International HBRS Christmas party, December 14th, from 5 p.m., MD/PhD seminar room
Final exams of 12 students in the MD/PhD program, November 11th, from 11 a.m., lecture halls G and H
Festive ceremony of final exams, November 11th, 6 p.m., lecture hall R; Invited speaker: Prof. Dr. Thomas Braun, Max-Planck Institute of Cardiology and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim"How cells determine their destiny: the development of specialized cells from embryonal and stem cells" ( photos under "photos")
Joined annual opening ceremony of the MD/PhD program "Molecular Medicine" and PhD program "Infection Biology" and 5 years of MD/PhD: October 17th, from 5.30 p.m., lecture hall R; guest speaker: Prof. Dr. Ulrike Beisiegel, University Clinics Hamburg; welcome address: State Secretary Dr. J. Lange ( photos under "photos"
Orientation weeks 2005 (Oct. 1st-17th) with a broad program, including a seminar on "culture shock" and an international party( photos under "photos")
New students 2005: under "photos")
Excursion to BioVision AG, July 8th 2005, 2 p.m.
Summer Grillparty, July 7th, from 5 p.m. on the balcony near our MD/PhD office. Good as always!!
Intercultural Communication (together with Göttingen and Ulm), June 3rd-4th 2005 at Pfarrhof Bergkirchen. photos
Workshop on Bioinformatics, May 26th-27th 2005, at GBF in Braunschweig
Seminar on Research Ethics, April 26th, 2 p.m., MD/PhD seminar roomWorkshop on Research Ethics, May 3rd 9.00 a.m. - 1 p.m. and May 4th, 9.00 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Annual Workshop in Stephansstift, March 10th - 12th 2005. This time it was a great success. The 2nd years had to present a poster, all the others had to give a talk. We had lots of discussions. The atmosphere was fantastic. ( photos under "photos")
Course on Scientific writing, January 28th 2005, from 2 p.m., MD/PhD seminar room
Christmas party on Thursday, December 16th, from 5 p.m., MD/PhD Seminar room. We had great fun, enjoying the international buffet and drinks, musical interlude by Dorrit and Susanne (playing the concertina and violin and singing Christmas songs), listening to Marlies telling us about international Christmas traditions, seeing the pictures of the DAAD photo session, and of course, the dance till late in the evening..
.Opening ceremony of the PhD program "Infection Biology"/Miditrain on Monday, December 20th, from 3.30 p.m., Forum of the GBF in Braunschweig
Final exams took place on Friday, November 12th from 12.30 p.m. (lecture halls G and H). The 12 Finalists were all perfect! Thank you very much to all internal and external (international) referees! We are very proud that 12 out of 17 students from the year 2001 managed to do their PhD within 3 years! Festive ceremony from 6 p.m. (lecture hall R) Guest speaker Prof. Dr. Mary Osborn, Dept. of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Max-Planck Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen "Trans-national careers in the life sciences: a global perspective" Program ( photos under "more photos")
Excursion to Bayer AG Research Center, Wuppertal, on October 29th. Very interesting!! ( photos under "more photos")
The 20 new students for this year have been selected. The project matching is finished.Orientation weeks started on September 28th, the official opening of semester was held on October 12th, 5 p.m.. The guest speaker was Prof. Dr. Hans Robert Schöler (Max-Planck Institute for Biomedicine, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Münster). He is very well known for his research on embryonic stem cells.( photos under "more photos")
Latin Party! and Intercultural communication! on Friday, July 30th, from 8 p.m. in the party room of house G (ground floor). Everybody, please, come!
July 8th "Career perspectives" and grill party. A full success.
June 29th visit to Solvay AG, Hannover. About 15 MD/PhD students got an inside into pharmaceutical industry and job perspectives. Extremely interesting!
Deadline of application was April 15th. The first selection was made by the beginning of May. The written test was done middle of May (Hannover, May 14th; Delhi May 10th, Hyderabad May 11th). Interviews were held end of June/July (India probably June 30th in Delhi and July 1st in Hyderabad).
Workshop on "Intercultural communication", on May 21st-23rd, Schloss Reisensburg (near Ulm). This was a joint workshop of the PhD programs in Hannover, Göttingen and Ulm. ( photos under "more photos")
Workshop in the Festsaal of the "Stephansstift" (Kirchröder Str. 44), Friday, March 19th to Sunday, March 21st with all students, supervisors, cosupervisors and lecturers. Every students had to present his/her project and we had discussions afterwards. This is an excellent opportunity to get to know each other.(photos under "more photos")
Infomeeting for all group-leaders and head of departments: Tuesday, March 9th, 4 p.m., lecture hall G
Infomeeting for new students: Monday, March 22nd, 4 p.m., lecture hall G
Visit to the parliament of Lower Saxony ("Landtag") in Hannover, including welcome by the President of the "Landtag", watching a film, guide through the building, discussion with members of parliament.Monday, February 2nd, 2004, 1.15 p.m. - 4 p.m.(photos under "more photos")
Our wonderful MD/PhD Christmas party on Thursday, December 18th, from 6 p.m., in the former "Campus Bibliothek". Please, bring something for the international buffet!.......maybe some people like to sing us a Christmas song.....(photos under "more photos")
Visit to the town hall and official reception by Ingrid Lange (deputy major), Friday, November 21st, 2 p.m.(photos under "more photos"
Final exams and graduation party: November 7th, 2003. 6 p.m. Speech given by Prof. Dr. David McConnell, Smurfit Institute, Department of Genetics, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland on "Biomedical research in Europe: the American challenge". All six "finalists" did extremely well. Congratulations to Julia, Masoumeh, Yasmin, Andreas, Gernot and Veit! (photos under "more photos")
The 18 new students have been selected now. Term will commence on October 13th 2003. However, students will arrive on October 1st for the orientation weeks. A wide selection of activities is planned, to be announced soon.The official opening of new term together with the foundation/celebration of the "Hannover Biomedical Research School" took place on October 14th, from 6 p.m.; speech by the State Secretary of the Ministery of Science and Culture - Dr. J. Lange on "Education and training of young academics in an international perpective" (photos under "more photos")
Trip to the North Sea (August 23rd/24th)
An excursion to the Schering AG (Berlin) with 18 students. The visit was extremely informative for an insight into the pharmaceutical industry and future career expectations. (photos under "more photos")
The selection process is over. This year we nearly got 300 applications. The 2nd round (written test) will be finished by June 13th. The test in Hannover took place on June 3rd. Interviews took place on June 30th in Hannover, 3rd-5th of July in India (photos under "more photos")
Accreditation of the program by the ZEvA (Hannover) on June 24th. Every student will have to present his/her project by a poster.
Grillparty July 17th 2003 (photos under "more photos").
Trip to Papenburg, May 31st.
Workshop in the Festsaal of the "Stephansstift" (Kirchröder Str. 44), Friday, April 4th to Saturday, April 5th with all students, supervisors, cosupervisors and lecturers. Every student has to present his/her project and we will have discussions afterwards. This is an excellent opportunity to get to know each other.(photos under "more photos"
Info meeting: What is the MD/PhD program? On Tuesday, April 15th, 5 p.m., lecture hall M; MHH
We had our fantastic MD/PhD Christmas party on Thursday, December 5th. (photos under "more photos")
On Saturday, December 14th we went by bus to Lüneburg. This is a beautiful little town. We went on a guided tour and visited the salt museum and Christmas Market.
The visit of the brewery (Herrenhäuser Brauerei, Herrenhäuser Strasse) on Thursday 7th was great, especially the beer afterwards!We already had a guided walk through town (fighting against the storm!). Some of us even met the German chancellor Gerhard Schröder and his wife Doris.And then there was the fantastic Indian party in house G with music, dance, lots of excellent food (yummy). Nearly everyone was wearing typical Indian clothes and pieces of ornament. We all danced till the early morning. It was great fun. Many thanks to the organizers!!
Wintersemester 2002/3 The new students arrived safely in Hannover and started with their project work(photo under "more photos")
Term start on October 14th with a party from 5 p.m. We invited Dr. W. Krull (Secretary-General of the Volkswagen Stiftung) to speak on "Challenges of Change - Universities and Foundations of the New Europe".
Meeting of the speakers from German medical PhD Programs A meeting of all German speakers and coordinators from medical PhD programs has taken place in Hannover on September 9th. Important topics were discussed: recruiting and financing students; medical students vs. scientists; "Weiterbildung"; curriculum, international standards, guest scientists, advertisements, etc.. Selection Currently the selection process for the students for the third year is performed. There will be a three step process: a. Selection based on the application forms and documents b. A written performance test c. Personal interviews (take place in Hannover and in India)
HBRS Christmas Party, December 13th, from 5 p.m., MD/PhD seminar room-> Please bring food and music!
Conflict management, December 6th/7th
Animal course, Nov.26th/27th plus 1 day pratical, starting November 26th 10.00 a.m., lecture hall G
Next Final Exams, November 9th, from 11.30 a.m. lecture halls G and H;
Festive ceremony at 5 p.m., lecture hall R; Prof. F.Y. Liew, University of Glasgow, will talk about "Careers in Science"

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