Welcome to FSU Jena

Onboarding information

Welcome to FSU Jena
Image: Nicole Nerger (University of Jena)

For new VEO members and visitors

  • Onboarding for new VEO members
    1. You will find the general information on the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena here.  
    2. Graduate Academy: Welcome and Service Desk for Doctoral Candidates and Postdocs. 
    3. The Cluster "Balance of the Microverse" also supplies useful links on starting to work in Jena. Please take a look at the additional information hereExternal link. 
    • Torsten (Lab Manager), Swapnil (Bioinformatics Lab Manager), Sandra (Technical Assistant), and Dorothee (Team Assistant) will arrange a meeting with you to introduce you to the VEO Group and explain the internal organization. Please also find the onboarding protocol for new members herepdf, 219 kb · de.
  • Onboarding for VEO visitors
    1. You will find the general information on the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena here.   
    2. The Cluster "Balance of the Microverse" also supplies useful links on starting to work in Jena. Please take a look at the additional information here.pdf, 217 kb · de
    • Torsten (Lab Manager), Swapnil (Bioinformatics Lab Manager), Sandra (Technical Assistant), and Dorothee (Team Assistant) will arrange a meeting with you to introduce you to the VEO Group and explain the internal organization. Please also find the onboarding protocol for visitors here.
  • Accomodations in Jena
    1. Please see a list of potential accommodations in Jena herepdf, 150 kb · de. If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to ask Dorothee.
  • Important guidelines in our VEO Group
    1. Take vacations. Not just longer holidays, but also just if you need a day off, use your holidays. It will make you less stressed, and ideally make you more productive. Communicate your days off by email with Bas, your co-advisor, and Dorothee, ideally at least 48 hours in advance (some exceptions OK). Do put vacation days in the VEO calendar, so people know they cannot reach you. If you have additional vacation days at the end of the year, you may take one day per month of work to the next year, so a maximum of 12 days.
    2. Ideally, work from the RFS, not from home. If you need some time to focus and it's possible given your work, then you can work from home max 1 day per week. This should be agreed by Bas in advance. Communicate your WHF by email with Bas, your close collaborators (e.g. room mates, Torsten/Sandra for the lab people), and Dorothee, ideally at least 48 hours in advance (some exceptions OK). No need to put this in the VEO calendar, as WFH means that you should be reachable by email/chat.
    3. While we do not have fixed office hours, you should work ~8h per day. You are responsible for when you arrive and leave, but since we are a closely collaborating team, please make sure that your colleagues know where you are. So if you are coming in late, let your lab- or room-mates know. When I or someone else comes looking for you, we expect them to be able to tell us when/where to find you.
    4. For the PhD students: you are responsible for obtaining your PhD. We provide you with a lot of benefits at the VEO Group, including charming colleagues, top-notch materials, and (hopefully) good advice. Please use them to your advantage during the four years that we pay you to work on your thesis.