Gender Equality
Over the last 10 years at the University of Bonn, females have made up 50-60% of enrollment into Bachelors, Masters, and PhD programs. This is a drastic contrast to the 19% of females found at the level of University Professor.
LIMES Women in Science (WiS)
We are aware of the challenges facing women in academia and are dedicated to take internal measures to recruit and promote excellent female scientists at all career levels. In this way, we have recently recruited Prof. Irmgard Foerster to head the Immunology and Environment group at the LIMES Institute. Furthermore, we have now appointed a Gender Equality committee for LIMES-WiS (Women in Science) to help provide support for staff and students to make the transition from undergraduate training, to more independent positions and senior research roles. The LIMES-WiS committee is composed of female academics at all career levels across different disciplines.
LIMES-WiS Committee: Margret Bülow, Sevgi Can Cengiz, Maria Embgenbroich, Irmgard Förster, Anne Gäbler, Silvana Hassel, Bettina Jux, Natalie Katzmarski, Stephanie Kath-Schorr, Elvira Mass, Elisa Merklinger, Marie Paradis, Susanne Schmidt, Julia Sellin, Elvira Weber und Heike Weighardt.
The first initiative of LIMES-WiS was to initiate a bi-monthly seminar series. Seminars would highlight scientific presentations from excellent female scientists at all career levels, and promote inter-institutional scientific exchange and mentoring. Career planning, grant writing, and soft-skill workshops and seminars would also feature in addition to the scientific seminar series. Regular get-togethers of female scientists after the seminars should help to identify and enforce suitable measures for child-care and a stable work-life balance. We hope that such a forum will foster scientific and personal exchange to improve career development among women, and ultimately help to address the gender imbalance at senior levels.
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LIMES-WiS Seminar Series
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25.03.21 12 Uhr | Seminar "Statistical laws of protein motion in dendrites" | Prof. Tatjana Tchumatchenko, Computational Neuroscience of Behavior, University of Bonn | Zoom Meeting
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19.01.21 14 Uhr | Seminar "Delineating mechanisms of immune tailoring at the oral barrier" | Dr. Joanne Konkel, David Phillips Fellow, Division of Infection, Immunity & Respiratory Medicine, School of Biological Science, Manchester, UK | Zoom Meeting
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24.11.20 14 Uhr | Seminar "microRNAs: gatekeepers of time and space for brain wiring" | Dr. Marie-Laure Baudet, Associate Professor, Head of the Armenise Harvard Laboratory of Axonal Neurobiology, University of Trento | Zoom Meeting
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11.11.20 15 Uhr | Seminar "Local Protein Synthesis in Neurons" | Prof. Dr. Erin Schuman, Goethe University Frankfurt, Director MPI for Brain Research, Frankfurt | Zoom Meeting
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03.11.20 12 Uhr | Seminar "The Lives of Tissue Macrophages" | Prof. Melanie Greter, University of Zurich | Zoom Meeting
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10.12.19 14 Uhr | "The peroxisome-lipid network: defining a new branch of immunometabolism" | Francescca Di Cara, Assistent Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Dalhousie University, Canada | LIMES, EG I-001 |
02.10.19
| Seminar "Storytelling for scientists" | mit Trainerin Dr. Karin Bodewits | LIMES, EG I-001 |
01.07.19 16:00 Uhr | 1st LIMES Science Slam | with Antonella Succuro, Amir Kayvanjoo, Nora Balzer, Jan Hasenauer, and Nico Reusch | LIMES, EG I-001 |
16.09.19
| WiS Career Day 2019 | for advanced PhD-student but also for young postdocs | UKB, Venusberg BMZ |
30.04.19 17:00 Uhr | "Expanding the 'layered' immune system" | Rebecca Gentek (PhD), Centre d' immunologie de Marseille-Luminy (CIML) | LIMES, EG I-001 |
12.04.19 13:30 Uhr | "RNA aptamers as genetic control devices - the potential of riboswitches as synthetic elements for regulating gene expression" | Prof. Beatrix Süß, Technical University Darmstadt, Department of Biology | LIMES, EG I-001 |
11.03.19 16 Uhr | WiS Committee Meeting | LIMES, EG Board Room | |
03.12.18 16 Uhr | WiS Committee Meeting with get-together at the Christmas Market | LIMES, EG Board Room | |
06.07.18 15 Uhr | "From epigenetics of alpha beta T cells to memory of gamma delta T cells" | Katarzyna Placek, PhD, Bonn University/LIMES Institute, Immunology and Metabolism | LIMES, EG I-001 |
18.05.18 15 Uhr | "Dynamic Changes in Immune Cells During Gliobastoma Response to Treatment: Macrophages at Play" | Leila Akkari, PhD, Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI), Div. of Tumor Biology & Immunology | LIMES, EG I-001 |
18.01.18 17 Uhr | LIMES winter party | LIMES, EG foyer | |
30.11.17 16 Uhr | "Plasmacytoid dendritic cell development" | Prof. Dr. Roxane Tussiwand, Immune Regulation, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel | LIMES, EG I-001 |
07.-11.08.17 ganztags | Kinderferienbetreuung | Proki Kinderevents, Bonn | LIMES, EG I-001 |
14.07.17 16:30 Uhr | 1st LIMES summer party | LIMES, EG foyer and terrace | |
14.07.17 15 Uhr | "The Role of Tetraspanin-2 in Innate Immunity and Neuroinflammation" | PD Dr. med. Judith Alferink, Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster | LIMES, EG I-001 |
03.07.17 10-18 Uhr | Seminar "Self-presentation and networking" | Seminarleiter Dr. Philipp Gramlich, NaturalScience.Careers, München | LIMES, EG I-001 |
04.05.17 16 Uhr | "Karriere und Familienförderung an der Universität Bonn" | Sandra Hanke, Zentrale Gleichstellungsbeauftragte und Xenia Lehr, Leiterin Familienbüro Universität Bonn | LIMES, EG I-001 |
19.01.17 16 Uhr | WiS Get-together | LIMES, EG Foyer | |
06.12.16 15 Uhr | Kinderweihnachtsfeier | LIMES, EG Foyer | |
25.11. und 02.12.16 / 9-17 Uhr | "Kompetenzbilanz-Workshop für Doktorandinnen" | Ute Nunnenmacher, Diplom-Pädagogin, Schreibdidaktikerin, systematischer Coach | LIMES, EG I-003 |
23.11. und 24.11.16 / 9-17 Uhr | "Schreibworkshop für Doktorandinnen" | Ute Nunnenmacher, Diplom-Pädagogin, Schreibdidaktikerin, systematischer Coach | LIMES, EG I-003 |
02. November 2016 15 Uhr | "An unexpected Lipid Droplet (LD) - Peroxisome liaison: Peroxin-mediated Biogenesis of LD-Destined Membrane Proteins" | Dr. Bianca Schrul Department of Biology, Stanford University | LIMES, EG I-001 |
12. Oktober 2016 15 Uhr | "Sphingolipids biosynthesis in bacteria and their role in environmental adaptation" | Dr. Itamar Yadid, Migal Galilee research institute, Israel | LIMES, EG I-001 |
18.-22.07. und 01.-05.08.16 ganztags | Kinderferienbetreuung | LIMES, EG Seminarraum | |
01. Juli 2016 15:30 Uhr | "Summer barbecue event" | LIMES, EG terrace | |
01. Juli 2016 14:15 Uhr | "Innate Immunity Modulates Pathogenesis of Neurotropic Viral Infections" | Prof. Dr. Andrea Kröger, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg | LIMES, EG I-001 |
8. & 22. April 2016 9-17 Uhr | "Kompetenzbilanz Workshop" | Ute Nunnenmacher, Firma Perspektivwechsel - Coaching & Seminare, Konstanz | LIMES, EG I-003 |
16. Februar 2016 17 Uhr | "Getting Splicing up to speed in T Cell Responses" | Dr. Elke Glasmacher, Institute of Diabetes and Obesity (IDO), Helmholtz Zentrum München | LIMES, EG I-001 |
21.12.2015 / 22.12.2015 | "Leading teams in academia: multiple perspectives for greater effectiveness" | Dr. Matteo Garavoglia, impulsplus, Köln | LIMES, EG I-001 |
14. Dezember 2015 9-17 Uhr | "Women on stage - Der Weg zum sicheren Auftreten" | Forian Reiners, Diplomschauspieler, Sprechtrainer und Coach | LIMES, EG I-001 |
30.11.2015 / 01.12.2015 | "Schreibworkshop für Doktorandinnen" | Ute Nunnenmacher, Diplom-Pädagogin, Schreibdidaktikerin, systematischer Coach | LIMES, EG I-003 |
01. Juli 2015 17 Uhr | "Summer barbecue event" | LIMES, EG terrace | |
20. April 2015 17 Uhr | “Exploring the Molecular Signature of Mammalian Touch and Pain - Insights into Health and Disease” | Dr. Manuela Schmidt Somatosensory Signaling, Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Göttingen | LIMES, EG I-001 |
31. März 2015 11-19 Uhr | Mini-Symposium: "Epigenetics and Chromatin Structure" | Speakers: Uta-Maria Bauer (Marburg), Milena G. Kirilova (Sofia), Jacqueline Mermoud (Marburg), Karen Reddy (Baltimore), Judith Zaugg (Heidelberg) | LIMES, EG I-001 |
26. Februar 2015 12 Uhr | "Mitochondria in need for peroxisomes in murine hepatocytes" | Prof. Myriam Baes, Laboratory for Cell Metabolism, University of Leuven | LIMES, EG I-001 |
27. November 2014 17 Uhr | "Get-together Party" | LIMES, EG Foyer | |
28.-29. Oktober 2014
| Voice and Body Coaching: Communicating with Confidence and Accuracy | Ric Oquita, ImpulsPlus | LIMES, EG I-001 (Anmeldung erforderlich*) |
17. Juni 2014 16 Uhr | "Mechanisms and consequences of NFAT signaling pathway activation in innate immune cells." | Prof. Francesca Granucci, Dept of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca | LIMES, EG I-001 |
1. April 2014 16 Uhr | "The role of extracellular vesicles in NK cell regulation" | Prof. Dr. Elke Pogge von Strandmann, Innate Immunity Group, Klinik I für Innere Medizin, Universitätsklinikum Köln | LIMES, EG I-001 |
24. Februar 2014 16 Uhr | “Schlüsselkompetenzen kompakt - Authentisch Handeln durch eine bessere Selbstkenntnis” | Melanie Vogel Futability®, Innovationsmanagement & Leadership, Bonn | LIMES, EG I-001 |
25. November 2013 15 Uhr | “Karriereplanung in der Forschung” | Dr. Katrin Hahlen, Forschungsdezernat Abt. 7.1 Universität Bonn | LIMES, EG I-001 |
*restricted to members of SFB 645, SFB 704 or TRR83
Contact LIMES-WiS
Prof. Irmgard Foerster: irmgard.foerster@uni-bonn.de
Programs of the University of Bonn
In addition to internal measures, LIMES staff and students are eligible for support systems and programs offered by the University of Bonn such as:
- Access to professional child day care centers at all career levels
- New child care facility due to open in the winter of 2013
- Organizational support for international scientists and their families
More information on programs offered by the University of Bonn