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WELCOME TO DAY ONE

Careers Day

SESSION 1

Chair: Mariangela Russo

Laura Escudero McMaster University, Canada

'Career progression in academia: from PhD student to PI'

Q&A 13:35-13:50

Sankari Nagarajan University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

'Becoming a Group Leader and a good mentor'

Q&A 14:20-14:35

PROGRAMME BREAK

Time to grab a drink and stretch!

SESSION 2

Chair: George Sflomos

Industry Spotlight - Illumina

BreakThrough - an Illumina initiative

Ultan McDermott AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK

'Transitions in life: from academia to industry'

Q&A 15:25-15:40

Alfredo Gimenez-Cassina Nature Metabolism, Germany

'A career in scientific publishing'

Q&A 16:10-16:25

OPEN FORUM

With Laura Escudero, Sankari Nagarajan, Ultan McDermott and Elisa Panada

SUMMARY DAY ONE

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WELCOME TO DAY TWO

Research and Science Day

SESSION 3

Chair: George Sflomos

Helen Coulthard De Montford University, Leicester, UK

'Patient engagement with translational research'

Q&A 13:35-13:50

Kevin Ryan, Sara Monaco and Thomas Lemberger CRUK Scotland Institute, Glasgow, UK (Kevin Ryan); Review Commons, Heidelberg, Germany (Sara Monaco and Thomas Lemberger)

'Beyond ‘publish and perish’: the new culture of reviewed preprints'

Q&A 14:20-14:35

PROGRAMME BREAK

Time to grab a drink and stretch!

SESSION 4

Chair: Sankari Nagarajan

Joan Chang University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

'The one constant in research – “failure” and how to support people (and yourself) through them'

Q&A 15:20-15:35

Maria Rescigno Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy

'Social media 4 science'

Q&A 16:05-16:20

OPEN FORUM

With Kevin Ryan, Sara Monaco, Thomas Lemberger, Helen Coulthard and Maria Rescigno

SUMMARY DAY TWO

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