In cooperation with Syn Schmitt, the director of the Institute for Modelling and Simulation of Biomechanical Systems, we have just submitted a proposal to the German Research Foundation (DFG) for a 3-year project on trunk biomechanics. Fingers crossed.

On December 17th I will give a presentation about my current research as part of the mid-term evaluation for my postdoctoral lecture qualification (Habilitation). It will be live from 1:30pm.

The German Research Foundation granted a 3-year project for a collaboration with the Dynamic Locomotion Group at MPI-IS in Stuttgart. The hiring is almost completed, updates to follow soon.

An article summing up a lot of challenges in a scientific career:

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/346/6215/1422.short

…are a curious breed – graduated and passing a heavy selection process but far from having a permanent position or even a chance of obtaining one. Science mentioned some of the common post-doc struggles in its recent article “The stressed-out postdoc“

Science magazine provides the PI-predictor. I don’t know about it’s accuracy, but its an interesting gadget.