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KBC Days 2021 – Review

By UPS Alumnus November 14, 2021Events, NewsNo Comments

The 2021 KBC Days was held on the 9th and 10th of November in an online format, and UPS was lucky enough to secure a two-hour spot during this time! We used this to highlight the activities of the Society, as well as provide a platform for some of our…

Review: RSO event on VR grant applications

By UPS Alumnus November 4, 2021Events, NewsNo Comments

Just after lunchtime on the 26th of October the Research Support Office (RSO) of Umeå University hosted a webinar on the “Do’s and Don’ts” when applying for the upcoming VR grants in March/April 2022. Writing an application for a starting or research project grants can be a daunting experience. You may ask yourself; “Where…

CaPS #4 – Jobs in Industry Vol. 1

By UPS Alumnus October 19, 2021CaPS, NewsNo Comments

Our 4th Career Paths for Postdocs Seminar (CaPS) was on “Jobs in Industry” which was high in demand by our audience. As the industry field is extremely broad, we will cover other industry jobs in future events. For the October seminar, we invited Maria Genua, a Biotechnology Sales and Tech Transfer manager at GAIKER Technology Centre in Spain. Maria started her presentation with a quick overview of her career path. Later in…

CaPS #3 Review – Scientific Management

By UPS Alumnus October 11, 2021NewsNo Comments

Our third Career Paths for PostDocs Seminar (CaPS) covered the topic of Scientific Management. As the jobs within this field can vary quite a bit, we changed the format of the seminar a little bit this time – instead of one expert, we had a round-table discussion with 4 speakers…

UPS presents: Leadership Skills for PostDocs

By UPS Alumnus October 7, 2021Events, NewsNo Comments

We are excited to announce our 1st workshop on “Leadership skills”, from November 29 - December 2, 2021 via Zoom. We will have an expert from Natural Science Career, Philipp Gramlich, who will work closely with the participants and help them to identify, and improve interpersonal skills to become a successful leader. The workshop consists…