Dear fellow PhD candidates,
We hope you are doing well! Do you have any plans for the summer, vacation plans maybe? No matter where we are, science is always in our minds, right? You can send in a vacation photo to lap@lumc.nl with a science or (bio-)medical related caption or your best (or worst) pun, and we will put them in our next newsletter :)
Last month two new members joined our board, Annelieke Lemij and Pranav Mehta, to help us organize some (hopefully) live events after the summer.
This month we have a short newsletter for you. And as always, let us know if you have any questions.
Best,
The LAP board
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Delays due to COVID and contract extensions
At the beginning of this year, we have notified you that the ministry of Education, Culture and Science had made some money available for contact extensions for young researchers which was distributed in May. An additional administrative agreement (bestuursakkoord) has been signed called the Nationaal Programma Onderwijs (NPO, National Program Education) on Friday 21 May.
The NPO program includes an investment of 8.5 billion Euros into the education sector - including higher education. Of this amount, 162 million is meant especially for contract extensions for young researchers - including PhD candidates. Currently, it is not known yet how and when this money will be divided and used in the LUMC. But please be aware that it is here and notify your supervisor if you think you might qualify for it. At this point, the LUMC is working out how best to deal with it, we will let you know when we have an update on this topic.
Will PhD ceremonies take place physically or online?
PhD ceremonies will take place fully online (via a livestream) or with a very limited number of people in the small auditorium at the Academy Building.
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NEW RULE: besides rector, beadle, technician, promotor, secretary and paranymphs you may invite up to 10 guests to the Academy Building! The members of the opposition committee are requested to attend via livestream. For further details see the updated PhD protocol.
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Status of ongoing or upcoming courses
HRM Learning & Development courses are offered mostly online. This is done with the well-known professional trainers and in an interactive manner. Please register in the usual way. Click here for the complete overview of upcoming courses.
If you have any questions, please contact hrmopleidingen@bb.leidenuniv.nl.
Wistar Schoemaker International Postdoc Fellowship
Always wanted a to do a post-doc fellowship in the USA? This is your chance!
The Wistar Institute and Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) offer a postdoctoral training exchange program in immunology, cancer research and vaccine biology. The Wistar-Schoemaker International Postdoctoral Fellowship would bring recent Ph.D. graduates trained at LUMC to Wistar to advance their research education under the mentorship of cutting-edge biomedical research leaders.
Click here for more information (log-in to Albinusnet with your LUMC account)
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International Summer School on Rare Disease Registries and FAIRification of Data
This course consists of two modules, the first is on the establisment and maintenance of a high quality registry, and the second is on the FAIRification of data.
When: 27 september - 1 october
Where: online
Costs: free
More info and registration: click here
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Cancelled: LAP Summer drinks
Unfortunately, we had to cancel the summer drinks social event. Due to corona measures and bad weather, we were unable to find a location to host the drinks, and we don't want to host it outside in bad weather. To make up for it, we are planning a new, bad-weather proof social event, so keep an eye on our social media.
Gildeprint thesis printing and lay-outing webinar
Gildeprint is organizing a webinar on October 18th. During this webinar they will tell you all about thesis printing and lay-outing. They will inform you about subjects as:
- Lay-outing
- Printing techniques
- Paper types
- E-book & QR-codes
- Special options for your cover
- Timeframe
Date: 14-10-2021
Time: 13.30 - 14.30
Register: To join the online webinar you can register here.
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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 and of course on the LUMC Albinusnet. Use the buttons below to check out our Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram and our website.
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'.
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LAP Board
Merian Kuipers
Edouard Bonneville
Enrico de Koning
Ziena Abdulrahman
Naomi Kappe
Dorine van Staalduinen
Daniele Bizzarri
Alice Bacon
Aline van Rijn
Pranav Mehta
Annelieke Lemij
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