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Dear fellow PhD candidates,
Happy New Year! Do you have any New Year's resolutions for this year? For some of you, this may be the year in which you finish your PhD or defend your thesis, while others have just started their journey. We wish you all good luck this year! And while completing your essential New Year's resolutions, don't forget to take some time for yourself. Learn a new language, become a talented musician or visit that country that has been on your bucket list for years.
Thank you all for joining the Christmas drinks and showing up in your glittery outfits, it was a great success! In the meanwhile, we are preparing for our next events. We hope to see you all on the PhD day on April 19th!
Please contact us if you have any questions or suggestions.
Best wishes,
The LAP board
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19.04.2023 - PhD day - Save the date!
Supervisor of the Year Nominations 2023
Deadline 31.03.2023
Is your supervisor a brilliant scientist, a role model, accessible, enthusiastic, or just great in any other way? Then nominate your supervisor now by filling in this short questionnaire. This way you can thank your supervisor and inspire other supervisors to guide their PhD candidates in the best way possible. The supervisor of the year will be awarded during a festive ceremony on the PhD day on the 19th of April.
Analyst platform for the exchange of study materials
Do you do research in the lab or do you work with study materials such as blood tubes, needles or other materials that are used more often in the LUMC? The Green Team LUMC recently made a call to see whether it is possible to exchange materials and products, with the goal to prevent unnecessary waste. This is possible via the analyst platform. For example, if you have left over blood tubes, you can use this route to make a request whether these blood tubes are still needed elsewhere. You can also see whether there are materials or products offered that you could use in your study. In this way, we prevent valuable materials and products to be wasted and possibly reduce costs. Email the analyst platform to subscribe.
New Year's party LUMC
On the 19th of January, there will be a big party to celebrate the New Year with all LUMC members! The party is organized by JongLUMC and LUMC Pride and is for all LUMC employees. Let’s forget the cut backs, hard work, and research stress for one evening and celebrate! Buy your tickets here!
PhD thesis spreadsheet
Click here for a public google spreadsheet in which you can leave your contact details to get in touch with other PhDers who are printing their thesis soon to get a group discount. It is your own responsibility to get in touch with each other and organize the group discount with the printing company.
Grant newsletter
The Grants Newsletter of December has been published on Albinusnet, click here to read. If you have any ideas to expand your research, want to continue as a postdoc or just want to see what kind of grants are available to you in the future, make sure to check it out!
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Enter the 'Dance you PhD' competition
‘So what’s your dissertation about?’ As a PhD candidate or young researcher, you probably can’t answer this in words of one syllable. Isn’t it time for a more creative alternative? So take a quick stretch and explain your research through interpretative dance in ‘Dance your PhD’! This is the 15th time that Science journal and the American Association for the Advancement of Science are holding this competition. Winners receive a cash prize and eternal ‘geek fame’ on the internet. For more information on how to enter the competition, visit this website and send your video before January 27th.
03.02.2023 Dutch PhD Day Groningen
The PhD Day 2023 will take place under the theme “Sustainable paths: Planting seeds of innovation” on the 3rd of February in Groningen. The day will combine a mix of keynote speakers from various fields, hands-on workshops, panel discussions with professionals from in- and outside of academia and lots of networking opportunities. Get your tickets on their website.
FNV survey about workload at universities
Research shows that 7 out of 10 university employees struggle with high to very high work pressure. FNV Onderwijs & Onderzoek has this high on the agenda and in the collective labour agreement of 2021, it is stated that universities must ensure that everyone gets enough hours for the tasks they have to perform. Unfortunately, this agreement is not put to action at every university. Fill in the survey before January 20 and maybe you will win a Kindle Paperwhite e-reader!
4-17.06.2023 - Summer School on Modern Methods in Biostatistics and Epidemiology
The Summer School on Modern Methods in Biostatistics and Epidemiology, with teachers from Harvard University, Karolinska Institutet, and other European universities, will take place in Italy from 4th June to 17th of June 2023. Registration is now open and the deadline for early registration is the 29th of January 2023. For more information and the brochure, see this document.
Click here to apply.
10-16.06.2023 – Merck KGaA Innovation Cup Summer Camp – Darmstadt, Germany
The Innovation Cup is designed to support the professional development of post-graduate students interested in the pharmaceutical and chemical industry. Participants learn how R&D in the industry works by lectures from Merck managers and scientists. The students will also advance an idea to a full project plan with their teams. Teams will work on innovative projects in the areas of: Oncology, Autoimmunity, Medicinal Chemistry, Protein Engineering, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Neuromorphic Computing and Smart Manufacturing. Click here to read more and to apply.
Student well-being
Leiden University has a wide range of support if needed. But where can you find it? This roadmap is a handy overview.
Handling threats or intimidation
Unfortunately, a lot of scientists experience hate reactions or threats during their career. That is why the website SafeScience (WetenschapVeilig) has been launched on November 7th 2022. This website is available 24/7 to help scientists find support in case of threats, intimidation or hate speech. For more information visit the Leiden University news page.
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An overview of all courses within the LUMC and Leiden University can be found in the Converis-module (go to ‘help’ – ‘help’ – inventory of courses) or just click here.
11.01.2023 - Online symposium "Selective fetal growth restriction: diagnosis, management and outcome"
The online LUMC Global symposium on selective fetal growth restriction will take place on January 11th. The entire program can be found here. Fill in this form to register.
17.01.2023 - Copyright and Open Access for PhD’s
On the 17th of January 2023 the CDS will give a lecture on Copyright and Open Access.
As a PhD candidate you will have to deal with copyright in your role as a scholar, researcher, lecturer and author. What are your options in publishing (in open access)? How will you reach the greatest possible audience with your publications? What are your rights and obligations when graduating and depositing your thesis in the Leiden University Library? These and other matters involving copyright will be dealt with in this lecture. More information on this lecture and how to register is available here.
Introductory meetings
These meetings are organised five times a year, and are compulsory for all new PhD candidates. You preferably attend the meeting within the first 2-3 months after registration. For 2023 we’ve started planning new dates for the introductory meetings:
- Wednesday 1 February (Academiegebouw)
- Wednesday 22 March (online)
- Wednesday 5 July (Academiegebouw)
- Wednesday 29 November (online)
Click here to register.
Leiden Bio Science Park
LBSP organizes many relevant events for PhD's and PostDocs, so always keep an eye out on their agenda.
Register now! PhD Statistics Courses 2023
Boerhaave Nascholing offers several statistics courses for PhD candidates, and registration for the following courses in 2023 has been opened:
Click on the links above to register. Click here for a brief description of the courses.
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Contact
The Graduate School Office
If you have any additional questions regarding the administrative aspects of your PhD studies in the LUMC, you can contact the Graduate School Office at GraduateSchool@lumc.nl, or find them on LinkedIn or their website.
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 social media. Use the buttons below to check out our Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram and our website.
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LAP Board
Annelieke Lemij
Pranav Mehta
Elise van Wijk
Carlijn Hoekx
Thaïs Tong
Dejvid Veizaj
Lente Lerink
Elissa Polomski
Vesna Miladinovic
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