Date: 7 & 8 Sept. 2026 in Berlin

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Venue:
Rahel Hirsch Center, room: 01 327 (Ingeborg Rapoport)
Luisenstr. 65
10117 Berlin

Register ➚ here

This workshop aims to equip stem cell biologists with a comprehensive introduction to computational single-cell genomics, focusing on data analysis using software from the scverse ecosystem. Designed for both beginners and advanced users, the workshop will provide hands-on experience with key tools for processing and analyzing multiple single-cell data modalities, including:

● Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq)
● Spatial transcriptomics

Audience: Stem cell biologists (PhD students, Postdocs, Research associates) working with single-cell genomics data. Participants need to bring their own laptop.

● Beginners: first steps into single-cell data, little to no coding experience.
                                                        ○ Min / max number of participants: 7 / 12
● Advanced: have already had hands-on data and some coding experience, ideally in Python.
                                                        ○ Min / max number of participants: 7 / 12

The workshop lasts 1.5 days and will provide preliminary materials, including 1 hour of technical troubleshooting before the workshop to help participants set up their programming environment and resources so they can begin programming in Python.

Learning objectives:
● Understand the fundamental concepts of single-cell data analysis.
● Learn best practices for preprocessing, quality control, clustering, visualization, and others using tools like scanpy and squidpy.
● Gain hands-on experience with advanced analysis techniques such as trajectory inference, batch-effect correction, cell-cell communication and spatial analysis.
● Develop skills to interpret single-cell data in the context of stem cell biology.

The workshop will balance theoretical principles with interactive coding sessions, ensuring that participants at all experience levels can confidently apply scverse tools to their own single-cell datasets.

Interested participants can contact one of the presenters (via Zulip or Zoom) about any preliminary materials or issues with software installations.

Fees (just for the course, no hotel, no dinner, no travel reimbursement included): 
Regular non-member       - 320 €
Regular GSCN member    - 260 €
student non-member       - 260 €
student GSCN member    - 210 €

Register ➚ here

Program (Syllabus):
First day
We will have 1 hour of technical troubleshooting from 11:00 to 12:00 to set up the working environments.

Second day

Date: 13 & 14 Oct. 2025 in Neuherberg / Munich

Venue:
Helmholtz Center Munich
HDR (Building 3620) (→ campus map)
Ingolstädter Landstr. 1
85764 Neuherberg

Public transport:
Bus lines 294 and 295 stop directly in front of the campus at Helmholtz-Zentrum.

You absolutely need the image from the shared website (Sara's mail) on your mobile device and show it to the gatekeeper for quick access.

➚ Register

This workshop aims to equip stem cell biologists with a comprehensive introduction to computational single-cell genomics, focusing on data analysis
using software from the scverse ecosystem. Designed for both beginners and advanced users, the workshop will provide hands-on experience with key tools for processing and analyzing multiple single-cell data modalities, including:

● Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq)
● Spatial transcriptomics

Audience: Stem cell biologists (PhD students, Postdocs, Research associates) working with single-cell genomics data. Participants need to bring their own laptop.

● Beginners: first steps into single-cell data, little to no coding experience. ○ Min / max number of participants: 7 / 12
● Advanced: have already had hands-on data and some coding experience, ideally in Python. ○ Min / max number of participants: 7 / 12

The workshop duration is 1.5 days, and it will provide preliminary materials, including 1h of technical troubleshooting prior to the workshop to assist participants in setting up their programming environment and resources to enable them to begin programming in Python.
Learning objectives:

● Understand the fundamental concepts of single-cell data analysis.
● Learn best practices for preprocessing, quality control, clustering, visualization, and others using tools like scanpy, squidpy.
● Gain hands-on experience with advanced analysis techniques such as trajectory inference, batch-effect correction, cell cell communication and spatial analysis.
● Develop skills to interpret single-cell data in the context of stem cell biology.

The workshop will balance theoretical principles with interactive coding sessions, ensuring that participants at all experience levels can confidently apply scverse tools to their own single-cell datasets.

Interested participants will be able to contact one of the presenters (through Zulip or Zoom) regarding any preliminary materials or issues with software installations.

Fee (just for the course, no hotel, no dinner, no travel reimbursement included): 
regular non-member  - 320 €
regular member          - 260 €
student non-member - 260 €
student member         - 210 €

Register ➚ here

Program (Syllabus):
First day
We will have 1h of technical troubleshooting to set up the working environments from 11:00 - 12:00.

Second day

Date: 27 March 2026 in Berlin

Venue:
Rahel Hirsch Center (RHC)
Charité
LuisenStr. 65
10117 Berlin

One-day training!
Cost: 50 € for GSCN members, 80€ for non-members
No travel or hotel costs

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This training aims to address YOUR career questions! 
Our workshop will give you orientation for your further career development during and after your PhD: Self-analysis (introspection), career options, and skill development.
So, you finally have a science degree- or will in the future. What to do with it?
Are all doors open to you or is there still a lot of work to be done?
In this course you´ll learn about:
About yourself:
Your interests, values and skills

Career options
There are many more options than you think and you will be able to change between them.
Shall I do a postdoc or not?
Skill development
Which (hidden) skills do you already have,
which can you develop during your time in academia
Skills match: What do employers want from you? How to sell yourself?

All participants receive a script of the course in PDF format for offline and future use so that they can work through the material offline as well as after the course. All videos contain a full, downloadable transcript. All eBooks on the learning platform are downloadable in pdf format.

GSCN Workshop on Computational Biology

The workshop introduced computational single cell genomics for stem cell biologists usig the programms R and Python.

"The idea of the workshop is great, and I appreciated a lot its program and the single cell analysis aspects that were discussed during that. Many thanks to Sara and her brilliant explanations, it was really enjoyable." (anonymous participant, online survey)

GSCN workshop
New developments in disease modeling and drug discovery

Date: 16 & 17 Nov. 2023

Venue: LIFE & BRAIN, Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, building 76, 53127 Bonn, Germany

This two-day workshop brought together experts from stem cell-based disease modeling and drug development and address the latest developments in this rapidly expanding field.
The event featured expert talks from academia and pharma, moderated discussion rounds and short project vignettes by the workshop participants. 
Topics that have been addressed ranged from biological and infrastructural prerequisites for stem cell-based drug discovery to strategic issues such as proper placement of stem cell tools in the pharmaceutical value chain. 
We had a focused and highly interactive event on the beautiful Bonn Medical Campus!

Speaker list:

• Oliver Brüstle (University Hospital Bonn)
• Jan Eickhoff (LDC Dortmund)
• Manuel Grundmann (Bayer AG, Wuppertal)
• Karl-Ludwig Laugwitz (TU Munich)
• Sandra Lubitz (Evotec AG, Hamburg)
• Florian Meier (Boehringer Ingelheim)
• Jutta Meyer (Bayer AG, Wuppertal)
• Ole Pless (Fraunhofer ITMP Hamburg, Discovery Research Screening Port)
• Henrik Renner (Evotec AG, Hamburg)
• Harald Stachelscheid (BIH/Charité Berlin)
• Johannes Wilbertz (Ksilink Strabourg, France)

Flyer ↓ here

Program:

Thursday, 16 November 2023

Friday, 17 November 2023