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Graduate School Office is closed for summer holidays
The Graduate School Office will be closed from 12-16 August 2019. The processing of your emails and administrative steps in Converis will be delayed.
The Beadle’s office is closed from Monday, August 5th until Friday, August 16th 2019. Copies of your PhD thesis can be handed in at the reception of the Academy Building, Rapenburg 73.
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Transfusion Medicine Course
The Boerhaave course ‘Regenerative medicine and immune modulation’ will provide an update of the, mostly autologous, state of the art cellular therapies. The participants will be prepared for the clinical application of these novel therapies and, potentially, intrigued to assist in co-design of these new treatment modalities.
Date: Thursday,14 November
Location: LUMC, Collegezaal 3
For more info and registration, click here.
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Spots available on Courses starting in September
This is a list of courses with start dates in September for which there are still spots available. The dates indicate the start date for the course, but note that courses may cover more than 1 session.
General
• Communication in Science – Sept 3
• Time Management and Self Management – Sept 3, Sept 10
• Data and Project Management – Sept 3
• Speed reading – Sept 5
• Writing an Excellent Grant Proposal – Sept 6
• Planning and Managing your PhD project – Sept 6, Sept 27
• Effective communication – Sept 6, Sept 18
• Qualitative interviewing – Sept 11
• Presenting skills – Sept 18
• Academic writing – Sept 24, 25
Plan your future career
• Job Interview Skills – Sept 12 (morning or afternoon session)
• Job Orientation – Sept 17
• Career guidance - make an appointment with one of the career advisors for expert advice on your career and development: https://phdcareerplatform.universiteitleiden.nl/en/
More Information
Please check the website for registration, more start dates, and even more courses. Also, check if you are eligible for reimbursement of the registration costs.
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BCF Grant Application Course
Improve your grant writing skills and take your academic career to the next level
Do you want to enhance your career prospects in academia? Do you wish to improve one of the most vital skills for succeeding in science? Then join the BCF Grant Application Course (16-17 January | Amsterdam) on how to write a successful grant application. During this intensive two-day course you will be taught by seasoned scientists, grant application experts who have reviewed hundreds of grants, assessors from funding bodies and many more.
For more information on the website.
Registration deadline is 15 October (early-bird) and 19 December (final deadline) but register quickly since the spots are limited because we aim to keep the class sizes small to allow for optimal personal feedback and interaction.
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Sports Competitions
Leiden Bio Science Park
Beach Volleyball Competition
Sign up before 13th August 2019.
Dates
8 Tuesdays, starting August 20th at 17:00
Set up
-Teams consist of 8 players.
- Matches are 6 vs 6.
-It is played on a beach volleyball court.
-Each team plays 5 games over 8 weeks.
-The playing time is 30 minutes per game.
More info in this link.
Location: Leiden University Sports Centre
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Football Autumn Competition
Sign up before 22nd August 2019.
Dates
8 Thursday, starting August 29 at 17:00
Set up
-Teams consist of 7 players.
- It is played on a half field.
-Each team plays 5 games over 8 weeks.
-The playing time is 30 minutes per game.
More info in this link.
Sign up a team by sending an email to: fo@usc.leidenuniv.nl or sign up at the front desk of the USC.
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Join the iGEM team of Leiden
Our student team will present our research in November 2019 during the iGEM Jamboree in Boston. For our project, we want to investigate more interesting applications of our protein. Therefore, we can use the input from PhD students from the LUMC. If you think you have found a great application, feel free to contact our team!
Contact: igem@science.leidenuniv.nl
Website: https://2019.igem.org/Team:Leiden
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PNN is looking for new board members
Here is PNN's call for new board members.
Nieuwe vacature PNN: Algemeen bestuurslid Diversiteit & Buitenpromovendi
Het PNN is de landelijke belangenorganisatie voor en door promovendi in Nederland. We vertegenwoordigen promovendi op nationaal niveau en zijn daarmee een gesprekspartner voor o.a. Tweede Kamerleden, het ministerie van OCW, de VSNU, de KNAW, Science in Transition en Academic Transfer. We organiseren jaarlijks verschillende bijeenkomsten, zijn actief in de VAWO (de vakbond voor de wetenschap) en Eurodoc (Europees PhD-overleg). Op onze ALV’s overleggen promovendi-vertegenwoordigers van alle Nederlandse universiteiten en UMC’s met elkaar.
Vanaf 20 september 2019 is het PNN op zoek naar versterking in de vorm van een nieuw algemeen bestuurslid Diversiteit & Buitenpromovendi.
Zie de bijlage voor de volledige beschrijving en neem bij vragen contact op met Kimberley Anneveldt via secretaris@hetpnn.nl.
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