Recruitment & Training
This working group currently focuses on the development of the following questions:
- Sharing best practices on mentoring programmes at the institutes
- A common training platform in the EU-LIFE institutes
- A database of courses organized in EU-LIFE institutes for PhD students & postdocs, with the aim to identify gaps & synergies and potentially team up to apply for funding
In 2021 a hands-on guide for research institutes on postdoc career support in the life sciences was published. This hands-on guide is based on discussions in the working group and written by its members.
Latest activities
- EU-LIFE Career Track Webinar series
- Hands-on guide: best Practices for Postdoc Career Support in the Life Sciences

Members
Matthew Spencer, CeMM, Co-Chair
Michelle Barthelemy, Babraham, Co-Chair
Anna Solé Amat, CRG
Kateřina Wolfová, CEITEC
Míša Fajkusová, CEITEC
Luisa Lanfrancone, IEO
Francesca Fiore, IEO
Marina Mapelli, IEO
Susanna Chiocca, IEO
Rosella Visintin, IEO
Joke Baute, VIB
Piera Cicchetti, FMI
Luís Valente, GIMM
Gracia Raposo, Curie
Stéphanie Lacroix, Curie
Joao Vilhena, Curie
Rubina Tabassum, FIMM
Tassos Pavlopoulos, IMBB-FORTH
Kiki Sidiropoulou, IMBB-FORTH
Aleksandra Janicka, IIMCB
Agnieszka Faliszewska, IIMCB
Rose Burden, MDC
Hanna Singer, MDC
Jean-Yves Tano, MDC
Louise Gillic, Crick
Sarah Martin, Crick
Irina Reichert, BRIC
Vibeke Petersen, BRIC
Camilla Ebert, BRIC