- Scientific Publishing
In his presentation, Mark Patterson talked about getting the most out of scientific publishing from an editor's point of view. Not only did he gave insight in the editorial process at PLoS, the open-access publisher, he also shared his view on what it takes to succesfully publish your paper.- View Fragment 1 >>
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- Catching the Big Fish
Taking his own impressive career as an example, Kai Simons gave an inspiring presentation in which he stressed how important it is to setup good and balanced collaborations, not to be hindered by pride. Kai is director of the Max Planck insitute and the european life scientist organization (ELSO), and is considered as one of today's greatest cell biologists.- View Fragment >>
- Impro Theatre
Thursday evening ended with Improvisation Theatre by TVA/Aagje, a co-operation of two theatre groups from Amsterdam. Entering the stage completely unknown of what to come, they played scenes that came to life on the spot, guided and inspired by suggestions from the public.- View Fragment >>
- How to get Funded
- Bas van Steensel shared his experience on how to succesfully apply for fellowships and grants, a crucial part of doing science. His talk included many examples of what to do and what not do do in your grant or fellowship application, and contained many tips and tricks.
- Career outside Science
- Although 75% of the postdocs indicate that they would like to stay in science, there's by far no space for everybody. Ingeborg Scheurwater of NIBI, the Dutch Institute for Biology, gave examples of people who had opted for alternative careers outside academic science, and showed that there are plenty of great options to pick from.
- Mother and a Lab
Titia Sixma is groupleader at the NKI-AVL, married to a husband who is groupleader as well, and mother of two young children. How she manages all this is what she showed in her presentation. She also told about the experiences of her recent sabbatical period at Stanford University, managing her group at the NKI-AVL from a distance.