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Career opportunities @ EMBL

Dr. Helke Hillebrand

Academic Coordinator

Dean of Graduate Studies

European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Who are we at EMBL?

European

Molecular

Biology

Laboratory

Grenoble

Heidelberg

Hamburg

Monterotondo

Hinxton

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The Five Branches of EMBL

Structural Biology

DESY

Hamburg

Structural Biology

ILL ESRF IBS UVHCI

Grenoble

Mouse Biology

EMMA CNR

Monterotondo

European Bioinformatics

Institute (EBI)

Sanger Centre

Hinxton

Basic research in

molecular biology,

Administration

EMBO

Heidelberg


Who are we at EMBL?

Grenoble

Heidelberg

Hamburg

Monterotondo

Hinxton

European

Intergovernmental

Research

Organisation

Founded in 1974

Five sites in four

countries

About 1700 in staff;

~ 1300 scientists

- 79% from EMBL

member states

- representing more

than 60 nationalities

20 Member States;

1 Associate Member

State (Australia)


EMBL’s 20 + 1 Member StatesAUSTRIA

BELGIUM

CROATIA

DENMARK

FINLAND

FRANCE

GERMANY

GREECE

ICELAND

IRELAND

ISRAEL

ITALY

LUXEMBURG

NORWAY

PORTUGAL

SPAIN

SWEDEN

SWITZERLAND

THE NETHERLANDS

UNITED KINGDOM

AUSTRALIA (Assoc.

Member)


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What are we doing at EMBL?

Basic research

Development of new technologies and instruments

Technology transfer

Services to the Member States

Advanced Training

EMBL’s five missions


Training at all Levels: EICAT @ EMBL

EMBL International Center for Advanced Training

EMBL International PhD Programme & EMBL Collaborative Training Programme

EMBL PostdocProgramme

EIPOD

EMBL Visitors' & Scholars' Programme

ELLS (European Learning Lab for the Life Sciences)

EMBO EMBL Symposia

EMBL Courses & Conferences


Continuous scientific training

Green Seminars: EMBL Distinguished Visitor Lecture

Pink Seminars: EMBL Group Leader Seminar

Courses, Summer Schools, Conferences, PhD symposium, ....

.....Monday...Tuesday...Wednesday...Thursday...Friday.........


What makes EMBL a special experience?

Internationality – Five sites in four different European countries

– More than 60 different nationalities

– More than 900 external collaborations in 2011

– Global alumni network of > 5000; >10% former Predocs;

> 30% former Postdocs; about 65% in science


Biology

Chemistry

Physics

Mathematics

Informatics

Interdisciplinary EMBL

www.embl.org/phdprogramme

www.embl.org/postdocs

www.embl.org.jobs

Engineering

Molecular Medicine


http://www.embl.org/phdprogramme

http://www.embl.org/postdocs

http://www.embl.org.jobs/

What makes EMBL a special experience?

Internationality– Five sites in four different European countries– More than 60 different nationalities– More than 900 external collaborations in 2011– Global alumni network of > 5000; >10% former Predocs;

> 30% former Postdocs; about 65% in science

Interdisciplinarity– Biologists, Chemists, Physicists, Mathematicians, Computer Scientists,

Engineers, Biomedical Scientists working together

Core Facilities (genomics; proteomics; protein expression & purification; chemical biology; microscopy (ALMF & EM); flow cytometry)

Secure funding of > €170 mio in 2012, ~ 20% of which external

EMBLEM – own tech Transfer Company at arms length

430 peer-reviewed publications per year from 2008-2012


EMBL’s citation ranking

EMBL ranks as top European institute and fourth worldwide in

molecular biology and genetics 1999-2009*

Institution Papers Citations Citations per paper

1 Cold Spring Harbor Lab 669 63,570 95.02

2 MIT 1,995 163,596 82.00

3 Salk Institute for Biological Sciences 707 49,996 70.72

4 European Molecular Biology Lab 1,435 94,736 66.02

5 Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre 1,099 71,250 64.83

6 Wellcoem Trust Sanger Institute 790 50,997 64.55

7 Rockefeller University 1,332 83,307 62.54

8 Dana Farber Cancer Institute 673 41,627 61.85

9 Massachusetts General Hospital 1,447 86,773 59.97

10 Cancer Research UK 752 44,343 58.97

* Thomson Essential Science Indicators


EMBL for Predocs

EMBL International PhD Programme

EIPP


Trade-mark, tradition and plasticity

The EMBL International PhD Programme

– Was founded in 1983 and celebrates it‘s 30th anniversary in 2013

– Served as a role model for the major structured Phd Programmes in Europe

– Was awarded in 1997 the right to confer it‘s own PhD degree in honor of it‘s

outstanding performance and reputation across Europe

Since its inception several hundred EIPP students have defended

their PhD-thesis at more than 90 universities

PhD defences since 1997

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Key performance indicators of a PhD at EMBL

Graduation ceremony at EMBL in December, 2010


Key performance indicators of a PhD at EMBL

Application rate is at about 30:1

Predoc to supervisor ratio is on average 2:1

It takes about 3.5 – 4 years to finish a PhD

Thesis submission rate of > 95% (predoc data since 1993)

Majority of EIPP predocs obtains a doctoral degree with

distinction (>75%)

Broad network of partner universities for joint degrees

Excellent publication record

– 90% of predocs of a given class get (a) publication(s) from their PhD

– Predocs publish on average 2 papers on their PhD thesis topic


What do EIPP students do after their PhD?

Academic

research (80%)

Scientific careers

outside research (13%)

Private sector

research (7%)

(Data from students who defended since 01/2004)

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What EMBL Predocs went on to do …


EMBL for Postdocs

Classical Postdoctoral Stream

EMBL Interdisciplinary Postdocs EIPOD

EBI-Sanger Postdoctoral Programme ESPOD


Current status Postdoc community at EMBL

About 250 Postdocs steady state

– hiring globally

Entry routes :

– Classical Postdoctoral Stream (intake of ~30 p.a.)

– EMBL Interdisciplinary Postdocs (EIPOD ; intake of ~20 p.a.)

– EBI-Sanger Postdoctoral Programme (ESPOD; intake of 2 p.a.)

Maximum duration of stay is 5 years

Focus towards individual mentoring

Offering individual career development support

Competitive salary and social benefits

Postdocs account for about 30% of the EMBL alumni


EMBL Postdoctoral Programme

Features Classical Postdoc Stream

Second Mentor Programme

EMBL Postdoctoral Association

Career Development Opportunities

Competitive salary and social benefits

Maximum duration of stay is 5 years

Features Spanish Fellowship Programme*

Programme funded by Spanish Science Ministry

Exclusively dedicated to Spanish residents and

citizens

2 years of full funding


*on hold

EMBL Interdisciplinary Postdocs (EIPOD)

Features

Interdisciplinary research project

Full three years of funding

Open to all nationalities

Hosted in two different labs at the five

EMBL sites

Postdocs to develop own project proposals

Marie Curie CO-FUNDing in 2009-2014

and 2012-2016

Next call opens in May/June 2014

www.embl.de/postdocs


http://www.embl.de/postdocs

What do Postdocs do after EMBL?

Academic

research (85%)

Scientific careers

outside research

(1%)

Private sector

research (10%)

(Data from 921 postdocs whose whereabouts are known)

786

90

32

13

Non-scientific careers (3%)


What EMBL Postdocs went on to do….


Career Development

Opportunities

Towards individual mentoring

(not only for Postdocs…)


Complementary skills training

... how to avoid the Cecilia phenotype?


Career development opportunities in brief


Second mentorship programme**

Complementary scientific skills training

Personal skills training

– Language training (German, English, French)

– IT courses (Microsoft Office and more)

– Project & time management, personal effectiveness

– Team building & conflict management

– Communication skills

– Grant applications

– Interviewing skills

Personalized workshop**: Preparing for the academic job market

Career Day*: Insight into science-based careers outside of academia

Alumni resource * Predocs & Postdocs

** Postdoc specific

Thank you!

Second Mentorship Programme (since 09/2009)

Postdocs chose their Second Mentors among all EMBL Group Leaders

Enhance interactions between Postdocs and faculty

– Additional advice on the design and implementation of the postdoctoral project

– Suggested starting point: discuss initial one-page project outline with Second Mentor

– Joint (annual) progress evaluation and support with personal and career development

Your tailor-made networking opportunity within EMBL !


Complementary scientific skills training

Target areas (partially also as Predoc Course modules):

Scientific communication skills

Scientific presentation skills

Scientific writing skills

Grant writing / fellowship applications

Participating in broad range of training actvities

Under development:

Finance topics for scientists

Ethics workshops/e-learning tools

Career development workshops/e-development tools


Participating in non-scientific training activities

Language training (German, English, French)

IT courses (Microsoft Office and more)

General training and development programme

– Personal skills (time management, personal effectiveness, ...)

– Communication skills (presentation skills, scientific writing, ...)

– Project management

– Grant applications & interviewing skills

– Team building & conflict management

– Page 4/5: Predoc/Postdoc career path suggestion


Personalized Workshop:

Preparing for the academic job market

Organized at least twice a year by the Postdoc office

Target group: all late stage

postdocs atEMBL

Simulation of job interview

conditions (in academia)

Led by members of EMBL

faculty


EMBL Career Day

Insight into science-based

careers outside of academia

Contribute your ideas to the

programme development

Meet with the speakers

Next Career Day is July 17th,

2014


The EMBL alumni resource

Networking events

Career information

Individual contacts

> 10% former Predocs; > 30% former Postdocs

http://www.embl.de/aboutus/alumni/index.html


Helke Hillebrand

Undergraduates

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Hosting studentsis an important part of EMBL's commitment

to training researchersat all career levels

Helke Hillebrand

Undergraduates at EMBL

Undergraduates...

are welcome to join for a few months any time in the year

are potential future Predocs and Postdocs

are ambassadors for training experiences at EMBL

(can) make dedicated contributions to research at EMBL

are invited to apply individually to EMBL Group Leaders

benefit from dedicated web-pages (since Q3/2009)

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Helke Hillebrand

Undergraduate Reception August 2012

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Thank you!

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