2. Program
Claudia Soede-Huijbregts |Subsidy accountmanager
Dagmar Eleveld-Trancikova |Scientific Manager Research Institute for Oncology
Adrian Cohen |Scientific Manager NCMLS
Marion Bussemakers |EU Project manager BLUEPRINT
Forum discussion
6. • Required competencies:
• Customer directed
• Team player
• Flexible
• Stress resistant
• Multi tasking
7. My career path, my decisions, my luck
Dagmar Eleveld-Trancikova
Scientific Manager Research Institute for Oncology
8. MSc: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, 1996
Commenius University Bratislava, SK
PhD: Cancer Research Institute, Bratislava,SK 1996-1999
Internship Dept. Pathology AZN, NL PhD 2001
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10. ?
What are the possibilities, chances?
Knowing myself: What I do not want? What do I want? What can I do?
How to get there? Do I have a network?
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2011-
Scientific Manager Research Institute for Oncology
Educational coordinator, Dept. Tumor immunology
11. Career path
Adrian Cohen
Scientific Manager NCMLS
13. Career Track in Science
Go / no-go in management terminology !
Age
18 22-24 26-28 28-30 35-40 >40
Assistant Full
Bachelor Masters PhD Post-doc
professor professor
NCMLS MMD
program
NCMLS PhD training
program
RUNMC Post-doc
training platform
UMCN fellowship UMCN tenure
International students UMCN Talent Track
& candidates
Scholarships & subsidies
14. My Career Track in Science Management
1) My career:
• Early decision prompted by Not all decisions are easy !
one door opening by chance
• EU project management
15. My Career Track in Science Management
1) My career:
• Early decision prompted by Follow gut instinct !
one door opening by chance
• EU project management
2) My career:
• Another door opened
• 2nd EU project
management
16. My Career Track in Science Management
1) My career:
• Early decision prompted by Use friends & colleagues
one door opening by chance
• EU project management
2) My career:
• Another door opened
• 2nd EU project
management
3) My career:
• Another door opened
• Science manager NCMLS
17. My Career Track in Science Management
Age
18 22-24 26-28 28-30 35-40 >40
Science ???
Bachelor Masters PhD Post-doc Management
x
University of Sunderland
University of
Glasgow
BSc Pharmacology
Galapagos
Genomics NCMLS
EU FP6 Science
project Manager
Move to the
Netherlands
Management experience
18. Career: to the next level
Current tasks:
• Strategy advisor science, recruitment
• Internationalisation of NCMLS
• Organisation symposia etc
• Communication between committees & PI’s
• PR internal & external
• ‘Facilitator”, grant writing
• Finance
• Group leader LEM & secr.
NCMLS DNA staircase
27. What are the core businesses of the postdoc?
• Plan (number of) experiments
• Perform experiments
• Analyze experiments
• Write manuscripts
• Create the hypothesis, get new ideas
• Present the data, communicate with fellow scientist
• Supervise students, technicians
• Collaborate with different scientist, teams
• Apply for subsidies
28. What are the qualities of the postdoc?
• well organized
• good in planning
• hard working, persevering
• analytical mind
• writing/presenting skills
• creative
• communicative
• leader
• team player
29. What are the core bussinesses of the manager?
• Plan (number of) events
• Perform/organize different events
• Analyze events, data sets on quality, quantity …
• Write reports
• Create the new possibilities
• Present the data, communicate with fellow scientist
• Facilitate the other researches
• Collaborate with number of different teams
• Apply for subsidies
