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September 2023

 

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Career Events
September 12th
Webinar: Reversed pitching from major Japanese pharma companies. Registration required. Organized by Business Sweden.
September 13th
Workshop: iThenticate – a plagiarism detection software. Registration required.
Drop in workshop: Canvas/Padlet/Mentimeter. Are you stuck in Canvas? Do you need help with Padlet or Mentimeter? Perhaps you have a question about publishing videos in Canvas?
Course: Training in Microsoft 365/Teams (in Swedish). Registration required. This course is intended for those of you who would like an introduction to Microsoft 365 (former Office 365) and Microsoft Teams.
Webinar: GoinGlobal - International job search tool - User training. Registration required. Goinglobal is a platform that contains information about jobs or internships around the globe. You can access the GoinGlobal platform by logging in with your KI credentials.
September 14th
Course: Excel special: Conditions (in Swedish). Registration required. This course is intended for those of you who would like to know more about conditions in Excel.
September 15th
Course: Training in PowerPoint (in Swedish). Registration required. This course is intended for those of you who would like to become more confident and efficient when working with PowerPoint.
Webinar: Launch of STAIRCASE Survey on Sustainable Working Conditions in Academia. Registration required. Co-organized by the Researcher Mental Health Observatory (ReMO) and the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST).
Webinar: Making the transition to a group leader role. Registration required. Organized by EMBL Fellows' Career Service
September 18th
Workshop: EndNote X20 – manage your references. Registration required.
September 19th
Workshop: Find the news potential in your research and write for The Conversation. Registration required.
September 20th
Course: Canvas basic course (in Swedish).Registration required.
Nobel Symposium 175 (day 1): Nobel Symposium 175 Precision Medicine Transforms Healthcare: A New Trajectory for Research and Innovation. Registration required. (Physical participation is fully booked).
September 21st
Webinar: Working in Sweden. Registration required. The presentation will touch upon several aspects of the Swedish labour market, among other on questions related to employment rights (different types of employment, how to terminate an employment), social benefits related to employment (parental, illness, unemployment, and pensions). We will also discuss what is so special about trade unions in Sweden and why are there so many?. Organized by Sveriges Akademikers Centralorganisation (SACO).
Nobel Symposium 175 (day 2): Nobel Symposium 175 Precision Medicine Transforms Healthcare: A New Trajectory for Research and Innovation. Registration required. (Physical participation is fully booked).
September 22th
Webinar: Introductory meeting for international researchers: Useful facts about Sweden. Registration required. Welcome to this interactive online meeting with a short introduction to Swedish authorities and Q&A session.
Nobel Symposium 175 (day 3): Nobel Symposium 175 Precision Medicine Transforms Healthcare: A New Trajectory for Research and Innovation. Registration required. (Physical participation is fully booked).
September 25th
Webinar: Patent or Perish? Registration required. Welcome to this interactive online meeting with a short introduction to Swedish authorities and Q&A session.
September 26th
Webinar: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Shifting the Dial. Registration required. Organized by Research Professional and Clarivate.
September 27h
Workshop: The Career Networking Toolbox. Registration required. This one-hour digital seminar gives you practical tools to build a robust network that will support your career goals.
Networking event: Business Breakfast. Registration required. Co-organized by A Working Lab and KI Science Park.
September 28th
Workshop: Academic productivity: Work smarter not harder/Work more effectively - September. Registration required.
Webinar: Best Practices in Peer Review. Registration required. Organized by scientifyRESEARCH.
September 29th
Course: Training in Microsoft 365/Teams (in English). Registration required. This course is intended for those of you who would like an introduction to Microsoft 365 (former Office 365) and Microsoft Teams.
October 2nd
Course: Accessible teaching in Canvas (in Swedish). Registration required.
October 3rd
Course: Excel - your best friend (in English). Registration required. This course is intended for those of you who would like to become more efficient when working with Excel.
Webinar: Women In Science and Education (WISE) - webinar with Marie Arsenian-Henriksson.
Seminar: Salary Negotiation and how it is done. Registration required. Organized by the Junior Faculty at Karolinska Institutet.
October 4th
Webinar: Identifying your skills and strengths. Registration required.
October 5th
Course: Training in Outlook (in Swedish). Registration required. This course is intended for those of you who would like to become more efficient when working with Outlook.
October 10th
Webinar: Introductory meeting for international researchers: Useful facts about Sweden. Registration required. Welcome to this interactive online meeting with a short introduction to Swedish authorities and Q&A session.
October 17th
Workshop: Grant Writing with Angelika Hofmann (HT23). Registration required. Learn to organize and compose your thoughts and apply winning writing principles within your research proposal.
October 18th
Drop in workshop: Canvas/Padlet/Mentimeter. Are you stuck in Canvas? Do you need help with Padlet or Mentimeter? Perhaps you have a question about publishing videos in Canvas?
Networking event: Business Breakfast. Registration required. Co-organized by A Working Lab and KI Science Park.
October 26th
Seminar: Career development - Networking and using your skills from research to grow you own future. Registration required.
Special Highlights
Nominate candidates for the academic election of new members to the Faculty Council

Students and employees have now the opportunity to nominate candidates for the academic election of three new members to the Faculty Council. Read more on ki.se.

Breakfast meeting - Introductory meeting for international research staff: support services for researchers - 15 September

Welcome all new researchers and doctoral students to a short introduction to support services for researchers at Karolinska Institutet! Come and join us for a breakfast meeting!. Read more and register on ki.se.

Courses for teaching at an international university

Unit for Teaching and Learning organizes two courses about teaching at an international university. You can now apply to the courses given during the Autumn term. Read more on ki.se.

Educators Day 2023: Education in a changing world

This year's Educators Day focuses on adaptation and coping with the constant changes in the world around us, whilst maintaining the status of being one of the world’s leading providers of education programs in healthcare and medicine. Read more on ki.se.

Karolinska Institutet Discovers

Junior Faculty welcomes you to the KI Discovers series for the autumn of 2023. The purpose of the KI Discovers series is to give insight into the latest scientific achievements across a variety of disciplines at Karolinska Institutet by highlighting new outstanding publications published during 2021-2022. Read more on ki.se.

MedEd on the Edge – Future Trends and Current Controversies in Health Professions Education

The vision of MedEd on the Edge is to be a high-impact forum of influencers who seek to transform global Health Professions Education. Read more on ki.se.

The Nobel Prize Announcements

Early October is when the recipients of this year’s Nobel Prizes get their magic phone calls. For further information, visit the Nobel Prize website.

Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship (SSES)

Explore courses, workshops and other activities organised by SSES. For more information, visit the SSES website.

Uppsala LIFE 2023
The annual Uppsala LIFE event will occur on October 11th at the Uppsala Castle. For more information, visit the event website.
Calls for applications
Calls for the autumn 2023

Karolinska Institutet awards grants from a large number of foundations and funds. Check out the call for the autumn. Read more on ki.se.

STINT International Postdoc

The programme is open to researchers who have obtained their doctorates from Swedish higher education institutions no longer than two years before the application deadline, or who are scheduled to graduate within a year of the application deadline. This call closes on September 15th 2023, at 15:00 (CEST). For more information, visit the STINT website.

Wenner-Gren stiftelsernas stipendier

Now it's time again for the autumn application: postdoctoral Fellowships for education in Sweden (foreign postdoctoral fellows), visiting researcher scholarships (at a Swedish institution), sabbatical grants for research abroad (senior researchers) and- travel grants. Read more on the Wenner-Gren Stiftelserna website.

The Swedish Pharmaceutical Society announces research scholarships

PhD students and PhD degree holders can apply for scholarships for activities which starts after January 1, 2024. Last day to apply is October 31, 2023. Students can apply for exam projects abroad. Read more on the Apotekarsocieteten website.

Call for application for ECDC Fellowship Programme EPIET and EUPHEM paths, EU-track, Cohort 2024

The ECDC Fellowship Programme is a two-year competency-based training with two paths; the field epidemiology path (EPIET) and the public health microbiology path (EUPHEM). The programme is aimed at EU/EEA medical practitioners, public-health nurses, biologists, epidemiologists, microbiologists, veterinarians and other health professionals with previous experience in public health and a keen interest in intervention epidemiology and public health microbiology. For more information, visit the ECDC website.

ARISE Fellowship - Career Accelerator for Research Infrastructure Scientists

The ARISE programme is open to experienced STEM professionals,
from all countries and without age restriction. For more information, visit the EMBL website.

WHO Internship Programme - For future leaders in public health

The Global Internship Programme is now open. For more information, visit the WHO website.

Career Reading suggestions
Karolinska Institutet
Agenda 2030 discussed when Karolinska Institutet hosted UIDP Europe event
Collaboration, surge capacity and financing are needed for the universities’ role in crisis preparedness
Doing science together: Lessons from university-industry research programs
Joint course with University of Toronto given for the 25th time
KI RIMS Step by Step
KI strengthens its position as an international university
Precarious employment conditions can increase risk of early death
Protecting researchers and academic freedom
Nature
How to make the leap into industry after a PhD
Failed PhD: how scientists have bounced back from doctoral setbacks
‘Gagged and blindsided’: how an allegation of research misconduct affected our lab
Waiting on tables, mending puppets: the first jobs that shaped researchers’ careers
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Promoting diverse career pathways for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers
Science
To prepare science students for a range of careers, I teach them people skills
How I learned high-impact projects aren’t the only route to academic success
How academia can support low-income students—without singling us out
My Ph.D. research got scooped. It ended up being an unexpected opportunity
Job Opportunities
Bioinformatics Scientist - Pixelgen
Call for SciLifeLab and DDLS Fellows 2023 (Assistant Professors) - Karolinska Institutet
Computational Biologist in Product Development - Pixelgen
Clinical Trials Specialist - European Medicines Agency
Head of Product Management - Uppsala Monitoring Centre (UMC)
Head of Section Public Health Training - European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Management Consultant opportunities (For PhD students and Postdocs fluent in Swedish interested in projects related to Healthcare and Life Science) - Lumell Associates AB
Juniora konsulter inom Life Science - Zozium
Lab manager within SLE - Karolinska Institutet
Lab System Coordinator - Xbrane
Project Manager - Institute for Viral and Liver Diseases, University of Strasbourg France
Research Scientist - Elypta
Scientist – Image Analysis - APLEX Bio
Senior Lecturer in Diagnostic Radiology combined with a clinical position as Senior Consultant - Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset
Senior Translational Sciences Specialist - European Medicines Agency
IVI is hiring!

Find open jobs at the International Vaccine Institute (IVA). Read more on the IVA website.

 
EFSA Professional Opportunities

Check for professional opportunities at the European Food Safety Autory (EFSA). Read more on the EFSA website.

 

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Content editor: Y. Vladimir Pabón-Martínez. PhD.

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