Following the success of the LIBRA Career Development Compass, EU-LIFE Gender Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Working Group (GEDI) is relaunching the mentoring initiative to support women early career researchers at the postdoctoral level to advance their careers.
The goals of the mentoring programme are to:
- Support postdoctoral women on their paths to independence and professional development;
- Place a focus on the challenges women may encounter in their careers and possible approaches/solutions to those challenges;
- Provide EU-LIFE postdoctoral women with access to the entire pool of experienced mentors across 15 EU-LIFE institutes;
- Build an engaged and collaborative network of mentor-scientists across EU-LIFE institutes;
- Provide a platform for science managers/PIs from diverse scientific career paths to share their experiences, knowledge and advice with postdocs.
On this webpage you can find the participating mentors and their bios, as well as the programme guidelines and practical information. This programme is addressed to postdoctoral women of EU-LIFE institutes and the call for applications is open from 15 February to 15 March 2024.
Participating mentors
Please click on the profiles below for short bios of our mentors. For a compiled list of bios in PDF, please click here.
![Leila Akkari](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Akkari.png)
Leila Akkari
Group Leader at NKI, The Netherlands
![Valerie Borde](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Almouzni%202.png)
Geneviève Almouzni
Research Director at Institut Curie, France
![Maria João Amorim](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Amorim.png)
Maria João Amorim
Principal Investigator at IGC, Portugal
![Amelie Baud](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Baud.png)
Amelie Baud
Junior Group Leader at CRG, Spain
![Renee Beekman](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Beekman.png)
Renee Beekman
Group Leader at CRG, Spain
![Gabriele Bergers](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Bergers.png)
Gabriele Bergers
Group Leader at VIB, Belgium
![Valerie Borde](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Borde%202.png)
Valerie Borde
Research Director at Institut Curie, France
![Florence Cavalli](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Cavalli%202.png)
Florence Cavalli
Junior Group Leader at Institute Curie, France
![Susanna Chiocca](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Chiocca.png)
Susanna Chiocca
Director, Viruses & Cancer Unit at IEO, Italy
![Ana Cvejic](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Cvejic%202.png)
Ana Cvejic
Group Leader at BRIC, Denmark
![Laura de Rooij](/sites/default/files/inline-images/de%20Rooij%202.png)
Laura de Rooij
Group Leader at CeMM, Austria
![Michela di Virgilio](/sites/default/files/inline-images/di%20Virgilio.png)
Michela di Virgilio
Group Leader at MDC, Germany
![Sarah-Maria Fendt](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Fendt.png)
Sarah-Maria Fendt
Principal Investigator at VIB, Belgium
![Ilana Gabanyi](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Gabanyi.png)
Ilana Gabanyi
Group Leader at IGC, Portugal
![Electra Gizeli](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Gizeli.png)
Electra Gizeli
Group Leader at IMBB-FORTH, Greece
![Jacqueline Jacobs](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Jacobs.png)
Jacqueline Jacobs
Group Leader at NKI, The Netherlands
![Helena Kilpinen](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Kilpinen.png)
Helena Kilpinen
Group Leader at FiMM, Finland
![Aleksandra (Ola) Kołodziejczyk](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Kolodziejczyk.png)
Aleksandra (Ola) Kołodziejczyk
Group Leader at IIMCB, Poland
![Tineke Lenstra](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Lenstra.png)
Tineke Lenstra
Group Leader at NKI, The Netherlands
![Lynette Lim](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Lim.png)
Lynette Lim
Group Leader at VIB, Belgium
![Saskia Lippens](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Lippens.png)
Saskia Lippens
Deputy Technology Director at VIB, Belgium
![Reini Luco](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Luco%202.png)
Reini Luco
Group Leader at Institut Curie, France
![Barbara Maier](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Maier.png)
Barbara Maier
Principal Investigator at CeMM, Austria
![Hilde Nelissen](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Nelissen.png)
Hilde Nelissen
Group Leader at VIB, Belgium
![Evgenia Ntini](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Ntini.png)
Evgenia Ntini
Principal Investigator at IMBB-FORTH, Greece
![Leïla Perié](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Perie.png)
Leïla Perié
Group Leader at Institut Curie, France
![Eliane Piaggio](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Piaggio%202.png)
Eliane Piaggio
Research Director at Institut Curie, France
![Laure Plantard](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Plantard.png)
Laure Plantard
Light Microscopy Expert at FMI, Switzerland
![Panayiota Poirazi](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Poirazi.png)
Panayiota Poirazi
Research Director at IMBB-FORTH, Greece
![Helene Robert Boisivon](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Robert%20Boisivon.png)
Helene Robert Boisivon
Group Leader at CEITEC, Czech Republic
![Jenny Russinova](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Russinova.png)
Jenny Russinova
Group Leader at VIB, Belgium
![Colinda Scheele](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Scheele.png)
Colinda Scheele
Group Leader at VIB, Belgium
![Kyriaki Sidiropoulou](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Sidiropoulou.png)
Kyriaki Sidiropoulou
Principal Investigator at University of Crete, Greece
![Charlotte Soneson](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Soneson_0.png)
Charlotte Soneson
Research Associate at FMI, Switzerland
![Katrine Sonne-Hansen](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Sonne-Hansen.png)
Katrine Sonne-Hansen
Head of Strategic Research Support at BRIC, Denmark
![Daniela Thommen](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Thommen.png)
Daniela Thommen
Group Leader at NKI, The Netherlands
![Moritz Treeck](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Treeck%202.png)
Moritz Treeck
Group Leader at IGC, Portugal
![Sophie Trefely](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Trefely.png)
Sophie Trefely
Group Leader at the Babraham Institute, UK
![Henri van Luenen](/sites/default/files/inline-images/10y%20conf%20speakers%20pics.png)
Henri van Luenen
Director of Operations at NKI, The Netherlands
![Isabelle Vernos](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Vernos.png)
Isabelle Vernos
Group Leader at CRG, Spain
![Sheila Vidal](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Vidal.png)
Sheila Vidal
Head of Research Funding Affairs Unit at IGC, Portugal
![Danijela Vignjevic](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Vignjevic%202.png)
Danijela Vignjevic
Group Leader at Institut Curie, France
![Sybille Vonesch](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Vonesch.png)
Sybille Vonesch
Group Leader at VIB, Belgium
![Cecilia Winata](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Winata.png)
Cecilia Winata
Group Leader at IIMCB, Poland