Program Claudia Soede-Huijbregts |Subsidy accountmanager Dagmar Eleveld-Trancikova |Scientific Manager Research Institute for Oncology Adrian Cohen |Scientific Manager NCMLS Marion Bussemakers |EU Project manager BLUEPRINT Forum discussion

Career path

Claudia Soede-Huijbregts Subsidy accountmanager

1988-1993

• Master Organic Chemistry, University of Groningen

1994

• Research traineeship,

• AVEBE, foxhol (Gr)

1995-1999

• PhD Bio-Organic Fotochemistry,

• University of Leiden

2000-2002

• Postdoc RUNMC

• Dep. radiology/urology/pathology

2002-2007

• Postdoc RU

• Department Synthetic Organic Chemistry

2007-2008

• RUNMC Policy officer, research institute (DEC/WECO/grants)

2008-2011

• RUNMC Subsidy Account Manager Valorization

2012 - ….

• RUNMC Manager Funding Affairs Valorization

• Required competencies:

• Customer directed

• Team player

• Flexible

• Stress resistant

• Multi tasking

My career path, my decisions, my luck

Dagmar Eleveld-Trancikova

Scientific Manager Research Institute for Oncology

MSc: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology,

Commenius University Bratislava, SK

PhD: Cancer Research Institute, Bratislava,SK

Internship Dept. Pathology AZN, NL 1996-1999

PhD 2001

1996

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Research Technician: Dept. Tumor immunology,

NCMLS, UMC StRadboud

2000-2002

PhD: Dept. Tumor immunology, NCMLS,

UMC StRadboud

2002-2006

PostDoc: Dept. Tumor immunology, NCMLS,

UMC StRadboud

2006-2010

2003

2006

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Educational coordinator, Dept. Tumor immunology

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Scientific Manager Research Institute for Oncology 2011-

What are the possibilities, chances?

Knowing myself: What I do not want? What do I want? What can I do?

How to get there? Do I have a network?

Career path

Adrian Cohen Scientific Manager NCMLS

One door opens

another

Career Track in Science

Bachelor Masters PhD

NCMLS MMD program

NCMLS PhD training program

RUNMC Post-doc training platform

UMCN Talent Track

Post-doc Assistant professor

Full professor

UMCN tenure UMCN fellowship

International students

& candidates

Scholarships & subsidies

Go / no-go in management terminology ! Age

18 22-24 26-28 28-30 35-40 >40

My Career Track in Science Management

Not all decisions are easy ! 1) My career:

• Early decision prompted by

one door opening by chance

• EU project management

My Career Track in Science Management

Follow gut instinct ! 1) My career:

• Early decision prompted by

one door opening by chance

• EU project management

2) My career:

• Another door opened

• 2nd EU project

management

My Career Track in Science Management

Use friends & colleagues 1) My career:

• Early decision prompted by

one door opening by chance

• EU project management

2) My career:

• Another door opened

• 2nd EU project

management

3) My career:

• Another door opened

• Science manager NCMLS

My Career Track in Science Management

Bachelor Masters PhD

x University of

Glasgow Galapagos Genomics

Post-doc Science

Management ???

EU FP6 project

Age

18 22-24 26-28 28-30 35-40 >40

Move to the

Netherlands

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Career: to the next level

Current tasks:

• Strategy advisor science, recruitment

• Internationalisation of NCMLS

• Organisation symposia etc

• Communication between committees & PI’s

• PR internal & external

• ‘Facilitator”, grant writing

• Finance

• Group leader LEM & secr.

NCMLS DNA staircase

Forum Discussion

Concluding remarks

What are the core businesses of the postdoc?

• Plan (number of) experiments

• Perform experiments

• Analyze experiments

• Write manuscripts

• Create the hypothesis, get new ideas

• Present the data, communicate with fellow scientist

• Supervise students, technicians

• Collaborate with different scientist, teams

• Apply for subsidies

What are the qualities of the postdoc?

• well organized

• good in planning

• hard working, persevering

• analytical mind

• writing/presenting skills

• creative

• communicative

• leader

• team player

What are the core bussinesses of the manager?

• Plan (number of) events

• Perform/organize different events

• Analyze events, data sets on quality, quantity …

• Write reports

• Create the new possibilities

• Present the data, communicate with fellow scientist

• Facilitate the other researches

• Collaborate with number of different teams

• Apply for subsidies