Prerequisites:
No prior knowledge by the participants is necessary to participate in this course and it is intended for all scientific audiences. Participants are required to bring their own laptops to work on during the course. Network access (e.g. through Eduroam) is recommended.

Summary:
The Unix shell is a powerful tool that allows people to do complex things with just a few keystrokes. More importantly, it helps them combine existing programs in new ways and automate repetitive tasks so they aren’t typing the same things over and over again. Use of the shell is fundamental to using a wide range of other powerful tools and computing resources. The course will include hands-on live coding sessions where participants exercise the learned commands on their own computers.

Version control is the lab notebook of the digital world: it is used to keep track of what was done and to collaborate with other people. Its use is the state of the art in software development projects of all scales. However, it is not limited to software: books, papers, small data sets, and anything that changes over time or needs to be shared can and should be stored in a version control system. The course will include hands-on live coding sessions where participants exercise the learned commands on their own computers.

Learning Objectives:
After this course the participants will
- Have a fundamental understanding of how and why to use the Unix Shell
- Be comfortable with handling files and directories using the command line
- Have experience with advanced usage of the shell e.g. loops, pipes, redirects etc.
- Know how to write their workflows as reusable shell scripts
- Understand the benefits of using version control
- Understand basic git terminology
- Have a good working knowledge of common tasks in Git
- See how Git repositories can help them to move towards practicing Open Science

Saturated, polycyclic structures are in high demand as novel building blocks in drug discovery programmes. Their greater saturation has been associated with improved aqueous solubility and metabolic stability compared to their benzene-based analogues. They have been proposed as bioisosteres of substituted benzenes but the numerous substituent exit vectors of these structures present additional opportunities for accessing untapped chemical space. Despite the potential breadth of application, flexible,
and particularly stereoselective, approaches for the synthesis of polysubstituted bridged bicyclic motifs remain relatively rare.
We are interested in developing practical routes to saturated bicyclo[2.1.1]hexane structures, which are typical of this class of compound. Our work on two complementary approaches towards these compounds will be presented. First, a photoredox formal [2 ?+2?] cycloaddition between bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes and alkenes will be discussed and second, energy transfer [2+2] cycloaddition strategies starting from hexa-1,5-dienes.

As a PhD candidate you are the project manager of your own PhD project. The Getting Started-Workshop supplies you with the tools you need in order to plan and execute your PhD project as effectively and efficiently as possible. You discuss and test basic strategies and techniques of a good project- and time-management. This allows you to organize yourself and your workload in better ways. Based on your existing working habits, you will learn more about which type of worker you are and how you can further improve your working situation. Depending on the interests of the participants we also deal with such topics as: How to write efficiently? How to communicate with your supervisor? How to deal with stress and crises? How to stay motivated?

Contents in brief:
- Project-Management
- Planning with Milestones
- Agile Strategies and Techniques
- Time Boxing
- Adjusting Plans
- Efficient Time- and Self-Management
- Setting Priorities
- 80/20-Rule
- Pomodoro Technique
- Structuring your Work Day and Week
- Communication with Supervisor
- Efficient Writing

Methods
- Input and discussion
- Individual and group work

Coaching techniques