Newsletter June 2019

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LAP Newsletter June 2019 Hi fellow PhD candidates, In the June newsletter, you will find information about summer schools, social activities, lectures, the recent grant newsletter and as always some suggestions. BTW, we are always happy to improve our newsletter, if you have any comments please drop an email to lap@lumc.nl. Enjoy reading! Best, the LAP board.   Events Upcoming Event Here is a sneak peek of our next event's poster. Stay tuned for more info on date and location. There will be limited seating available so follow us on social media to keep updated ;) Suggestion Corner Suggested Events From Leiden University | PhD Rights Workshop What options do you have for developing yourself during your PhD trajectory? What can you say when your promotor asks you to supervise yet another student on top of those others? How does your type of PhD appointment influence your (negotiation) position?  6th of June \ 17.30 – 19.00h \ at LUMC Because seats are limited, please register (for free) through this link. From Leiden bioscience park | Upcoming Events Welcome In My Backyard: a theatre route in Leiden Bio Science Park – 2 June to 5 July (More info: website) Science meets Business Cafe  –  June 13 TechTalk - Immuno-Oncology –  June 13 Life Sciences Café, Summer Edition  – July 4 More Info and more events: this link!   Suggested Survey! Nature Research Group PhD Student Survey 2019! This survey aims to explore PhD students' career intentions and programme satisfaction. The results will become part of a feature article later this year.  The findings are also used in other editorial content and for marketing products. Closing date: 9th July 2019 Completion time: 15-20 minutes Incentive: GBP £250 (or local equivalent)  Here is the link.   Suggested Read Three tips to avoid becoming a ‘conference zombie’  Conference season is all year round. Read this article by nature to make the best of your upcoming conference: As an early-career plant biologist attending my first conference, I made the classic new-attendee mistake of ... keep reading. Internal Information Lecture by Ivan Oransky: the co-founder of Retraction Watch Unbeknownst to them, retractions had grown ten-fold in the previous decade. Oransky will discuss the reasons for that increase, whether fraud is on the rise, the growth of post-publication peer review, and other trends he and Marcus have seen as they have built a site that is now viewed by 150,000 people per month, and has been funded by the MacArthur and Arnold Foundations, and the Helmsley Trust. Date: Tuesday, 11 June 2019 Location: Buruma Lecture Hall, Building 3, LUMC Organisation: University of Leiden Committee of Scientific Integrity Check out the poster and see the program details here. Grant Newsletter The Grants Newsletter May has been published on Albinusnet via the newsfeed of the Directorate of Research Policy. Leiden Science Run 2019 Run for the Foundation for Refugee Students Make a team of four and run for a good cause :) When: Saturday 28 September at 12.00 hrs. Where: Leiden Bio Science Park Registration and More info at the event website. Immune modulation in human and animal infections: impact on health, disease and therapy (summer school, one-week training) An International Summer School in Leiden on One Health: come up with solutions for tomorrow’s problems related to infections in men and animals. LUMC, 8 - 12 July 2019 Free admission for LUMC PhDs. For more info and registration visit here. External Information Spring Football Competition The Leiden University Sports Centre will be organizing the Bio Science Park Football Competition 4 times in 2019. Sign up for the summer competition before June 6th! More info on this website.                                                                                                 To sign up: Enrollment is via the University Sports Centre. Sign up a team by sending an email to sportcentrum@USC.Leidenuniv.nl or sign up at the front desk of the USC. Contact LAP Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have a question to ask, an idea to discuss, or just want to say hi. You can always send us an email at LAP@lumc.nl. You can also follow us on various social media and of course on the LUMC Albinusnet. Use the buttons below to check out our Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram. To follow LAP on Albinusnet, go to Albinusnet and go to 'My preferences/Mijn instellingen'. Click on 'my departments/mijn afdelingen' and then 'edit departments/afdelingen bewerken'. Look for LUMC Association for PhD Candidates in the list under 'add a department/voeg een afdeling toe'.  Hidde Zittersteijn  Sarah Bosma Natacha Ogando Max van Hout  Niels Harlaar Tom Metz Nanda Boon  Francesca Tasca Mitra Ebrahimpoor Margherita Botto Nienke Blomberg Contact the Graduate School Office If you have any additional questions regarding the administrative aspects of your PhD studies in the LUMC, you can always contact the Graduate School Office at GraduateSchool@lumc.nl or visit the website Email Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Instagram

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