National Doctoral Programme in Informational and Structural Biology

ISB 2014 Students' Spring Meeting, 8 - 9 May

The ISB 2014 Students' Spring Meeting took place on Thursday 8th and Friday 9th of May at Helsinki University's Tvärminne Zoological Station in Hanko.

Eric Carver: PhD Career Planning (PDF, 1 MB)

Carmela Kantor-Aaltonen: Finnish Bioindustries (PDF, 1.2 MB)

'Career development and opportunities after PhD'

8.00 Bus leaves from Helsinki Central Railway Station
8.20 Bus stops at Viikki Campus
8.45 Bus stops at Helsinki - Vantaa airport
ca. 10.15 Bus stops at Karjaa railway station (train passengers from Turku)
ca. 11.00 - 11.30 Arrival at Tvärminne
11.30 Lunch
12.30 Robert M. Badeau: "Finding the meaning to your project through all the mess"
14.00 Coffee break
14.30 Johanna Vuojola: "How to cope with the pressures of PhD studies"
15.15 Robert M. Badeau: "Finding the meaning to your project through all the mess" - Workshop
16.30 Dinner
17.30 - 18.00 Self assessment and exercises on career planning
Free time
19.00 - 22.00 Sauna + makkara

8.00 Breakfast
9.00 Robert M. Badeau: "Strategies to be productive to make effective articles and proposals - ways to persuade your reader and audience."
11.00 Coffee break
11.30 Eric Carver: "Self-assessment, decision-making process, goals setting"
12.30 Lunch
13.15 Eric Carver, continued: "Self-assessment, decision-making process, goals setting"
14.00 Carmela Kantor-Aaltonen, Director Finnish Bioindustries: "An introduction to Finnish Bioindustries"
15.00 - 15.30 Eric Carver: "Summary and comparison of academia and industry careers"
15.40 Bus departure from Tvärminne Zoological Station to Helsinki
ca. 16.15 Karjaa railway station (departure for Turku)
17.45 Helsinki-Vantaa airport
18.15 University of Helsinki / Viikki Campus (Viikinkaari 3)
18.30 Helsinki Central Railway Station / Eliel Square

Updated 2014 May 16