Roundtables
The NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials organizes regular roundtable discussions for its members over lunch to discuss family-work balance and career opportunities.
Next roundtable
TBC
Previous meetings
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Date |
Topic |
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20.09.2022 |
Women in Science: The importance of resilience |
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03.06.2022 |
My way to professorship |
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17.05.2022 |
Towards the end of Phase II - What comes next after the PhD / postdoc? |
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14.04.2022 |
Diversity in academia, opportunities and pitfalls |
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12.02.2022 |
How can it help me and how can I benefit best from it? |
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23.11.2021 |
Continuation of the discussion on the documentary “Picture a scientist” – own experience and how to react |
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01.06.2021 |
Mentoring relationships: how to be a good supervisor (and supervisee) Moderators: Dr. Jessica Clough and Prof. Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser Guest: Manuela Schicka, University of Fribourg |
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30.03.2021 |
Networking in Switzerland to advance your (academic) career |
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10.11.2020 |
Family-work balance |
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29.10.2020 |
Career hurdles and stressful situations in academia – how to deal with them Guest: Prof. Wanda Kukulski, University of Bern |
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14.07.2020 |
Self-confidence in Science – A gender bias |
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26.05.2020 |
Stress - coping with one’s own and other Organizers: Prof. Anna Fontcuberta, Prof. Sophia Haussener, Prof. Esther Amstad, EPF Lausanne |
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27.04.2020 |
Project management Organizers: Barbara Rothen, Barbara Drasler, Patricia Taladriz-Blanco |
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06.04.2020 |
A career in academia: adventures, fun and lessons learned Guests: Gisou van der Goot, Raffaella Buonsanti, Giulia Tagliabue |
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13.02.2020 |
How can you be what you don‘t see? My experience Guest: Prof. Katharina Maniura, EMPA |
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24.01.2020 |
How to succeed in academia Guest: Prof. Atac Imamoglu, ETHZ |
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15.10.2019 |
How to prepare for an interview in Industry |
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25.07.2019 |
A roadmap for leaving your mark of success |
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21.05.2019 |
CVs for industry/academic positions, Part 2 |
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09.05.2019 |
Company networking lunch, a way to get ideas for life after EPFL and for your company internship Guests: Romina Teixeira, Althea Araya (Avanade), Nathalie Barzilay, Jelena Vukajlovic-Plestina (Crédit Suisse), Christine Chichester (Firmenich) |
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18.04.2019 |
Combining a career with a family |
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25.03.2019 |
CVs for industry/academic positions |
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05.03.2019 |
Unconscious bias: Why should we know and care about it? |
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23.10.2018 |
Gender Equality in Academia – Myth and Reality Guest: Prof. Claudia Bagni, University of Lausanne |
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23.05.2018 |
From squeezed states to squeezed cells: an unusual physics career Guest: Prof. Monika Ritsch-Marte, Medical University of Innsbruck |
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19.02.2018 |
Negotiation skills |
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27.11.2017 |
What comes next after your PhD / postdoc? Is this compatible with family life? |
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21.11.2017 |
What is like to jump from the lab into an editor’s chair? Guest: Dr. Claire Hansell, senior editor at Nature, London |
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29.09.2017 |
Postdoc.Mobility and PRIMA grants |
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13.06.2017 |
Unintentional bias Guest: Dr. Christiane Löwe, Office for Gender Equality, University of Zurich |
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24.04.2017 |
Finalizing the thesis |
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27.02.2017 |
Presentation skills |
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12.12.2016 |
2.5 Years of NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials - Feedback from students about activities offered by the center: what is good and what should be improved? |
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24.10.2016 |
Graphical design of figures |
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28.08.2016 |
How to write a research proposal |
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26.04.2016 |
Discussion on equal opportunities Guests: Ms. Suzan G. LeVine (US Ambassador to Switzerland and Lichtenstein) and Mr. Eric LeVine |
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22.02.2016 |
How to make a good presentation |
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14.12.2015 |
Supervision of undergraduate and master students – tips and tricks |
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20.10.2015 |
Women lead differently - is this right? And what are the leadership qualities of the future? Guest: Claudia Nussberger, Partner Heidrick & Struggles Switzerland |
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11.08.2015 |
How to develop ideas for a research proposal |
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09.06.2015 |
Project management |
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21.04.2015 |
Requirements for a postdoc position in Academia or Research – or how to improve your CV Guests: Sylviane Brasey-Badoud, Agroscope Resources Unit RU / Corinne Jud, Agroscope Institute for Livestock Sciences ILS |
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16.02.2015 |
Career opportunities after a PhD degree |
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15.12.2014 |
(Women) academic career coaching and sharing experiences on how to combine work with family life |