Day 1 - Exploring your possibilities
As a postdoc you are expected to run your own little business when it comes to your research project. This may involve supervising PhD students and technicians, writing grants, collaborating with other scientists, and negotiating your position in the research department.
Doing this, you discover your qualities and acquire skills that are not only useful for a career in science, but also outside the academic borders. This first day you will explore what you do best and what drives you. This will help you to determine your goals for the future and set out your career path. Furthermore, you will learn how to present yourself to others.
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Day 2 - Expanding your possibilities
Surviving in science means that you have to focus on getting published. But there are many roads to getting the necessary results besides doing the pipetting all by yourself: writing a grant for a PhD student, negotiating a technician with your group leader, supervising people, and collaborating with another group or even a company. To be able to do this, other skills are equally important as your practical skills. And which skills are important if you do not want to stay in science?
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Day 3 - The future of science
The way science is performed at both universities and companies, and what research receives funding is dependent on socio-economic developments on a macro-scale and thus changes gradually. As a scientist you have to evolve to be able to keep up with these changes and develop yourself so that you fit in. Today is all about meeting people and learning from them, about both science and career. And it is of course a great opportunity to make new contacts and show the best of yourself and your research.
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