Early Career Scientists Committee (ECSC)

  Assistant Professor and Research Associate from the Belgian Fund for Scientific Research (F.R.S.-FNRS)

Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)

Brussels, Belgium

"I applied to 8 postdoctoral grants before getting even one, but here I am today. You learn a lot in the process, you appreciate failing…in the end.” 

   Founder and CSO of 

Cristal Therapeutics, 

Maastricht, Netherlands

Her professional advice: 

“Define your long-term ambitions, translate this into a very pragmatic plan including go/no go milestones.”

Pro-dean of the faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Director of on Nanomedicines Research Group

University of Ghent, Belgium

“Fascinated by chemistry behind life, my wish to help ill people, in one way or another, was the reason I decided to study pharmaceutical sciences.”

 Paul Janssen Futurelab Leiden is an international blended learning (online and on-campus) training program for entrepreneurial biomedical professionals.  This blend of online education and on-campus training is a perfect match for talented biomedical scientists who have the ambition to become the future generation Chief Scientific Officers. 

 ENOVA is a science and technology “Network on Vaccine Adjuvants”, funded by COST through the EU Framework Programme Horizon 2020. These ENOVA COST Action funded training Schools will provide participants with both theoretical and practical insights into vaccines and vaccine adjuvants. They will be held at locations of ENOVA members and will host 12 to 15 early stage researchers.   

 The TRANSVAC2 Consortium has set up training modules at leading European centres (in collaboration with WP18 partners) that can be combined to create customised international courses on vaccine R&D. Participants can select topics as needed in their field of vaccine development, and the timelines of the various modules will be harmonised in a way that allows a logical continuation from one topic to the other. 

 EMBO helps young scientists to advance their research, promote their international reputations and ensure their mobility. Courses, workshops, conferences and EMBO Press publications disseminate the latest research and offer training in techniques to maintain high standards of excellence in research practice. EMBO helps to shape science policy by seeking input and feedback from our community and by following closely the trends in science. 

 The Helis Academy strives to optimise the Life Sciences and Health sector in Flanders and the Netherlands. The Helis Academy focuses on the development and coordination of appropriate training, internships and traineeships in the Life Sciences and Health sector by matching companies' job requirements and profiles to curricula and develops new training programs where needed. In this way, the academy increases the industry-readiness of life scientists. 

 One of the goals of ELIXIR (Europe's distributed infrastructure for life-science data) is to train research scientists to better use available computational infrastructures to address critical research questions. This requires access both to face-to-face training opportunities and to disparate training materials and resources, currently dispersed across Europe. TeSS is ELIXIR's training platform, providing a one-stop shop for trainers
and trainees to discover online information and content.

BioBusiness Summer School is a five-day course for academics who are contemplating about a career switch to industry and young professionals in their first industry jobs. This course will help you to jumpstart your career in the Life Sciences industry. During the five day program you will learn basic knowledge of main business topics, such as product development, intellectual property rights, business models and finance. You will also gain insight in the world of Life Sciences companies, meet leading business people, expand your international network and enjoy the beautiful city of Amsterdam via the social program.

Are you a researcher considering a career switch towards industry? Are you searching for efficient tools to advance your career and become competitive in the job market? Take part in our workshops – our ambitious goal is to help you reduce the time you need to find a new career by the whole year!

These workshops are dedicated to researchers and focused on self-discovery and preparing the participants for developing their future careers. 

The aim of the International School of Nanomedicine is to encourage and promote networking between young scientist in Nanomedicine and to provide them with state of art competences at an international level.

The course will provide many opportunities for interactions and discussions between students, postdocs, junior as well as senior investigators, encouraging and promoting networking between them. The Course will be located in the old pre-mediaeval city of Erice providing an amazing setting for high intellectual endeavor.