20.06.2016 - Outstanding talks at the EMBL conference on Lifelong Learning in the Biomedical Sciences

The EMBL conference on Lifelong Learning in the Biomedical Sciences has a programme of outstanding talks from known speakers in the field plus dedicated post-conference workshops. Late registration is now open.

Highlights include:

  • Fixing the broken academic career pipeline
    Bruce Alberts, University of California, San Francisco
  • Learning to innovate: how do we turn scientists into industrial innovators?
    Malcolm Skingle, GSK, Medicines Research Centre
  • Returning to academia after a career in big Pharma
    Neil Carragher, University of Edinburgh
  • The importance of developing a career plan
    Philip S. Clifford, University of Illinois at Chicago/MyIDP
  • Developing and using competency profiles for professional development (post conference workshop)
    Cath Brooksbank, EMBL-EBI, EMTRAIN and Hans Lindén, EUFEPS, SafeSciMet
  • Supporting early-stage researchers to plan their careers (post conference workshop)
    Alison Mitchell, Vitae and Philip S. Clifford, University of Illinois at Chicago/MyIDP

The conference will take place in Heidelberg, Germany on 5-7 July 2016. Late registration is open for this event. Please contact Tim Nürnberger

Find out more on the event website.