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FIMM Postdoctoral Professional Career Development Program Date Events and Activities August FIMMPOD workshop - Career alternatives for FIMM staff. Let’s go through real options. Carmela Kantor-Aaltonen from Business Finland to help illuminate companies (=potential future employers) September FIMMPOD & Pharma workshop – I. FIMMPOD goes to Pharma. In this intense full-day workshop, co-organized by Bayer, we will visit Bayer and receive a training session on real-life work projects in the local pharmaceutical industry. Orion? Stockholm? FIMMPOD goes to SciLife October FIMMPOD & Pharma workshop – II. Basics of translational science. This workshop aim to teach basic biology and techniques relevant to FIMM. The workshop includes a hands-on part. November SPECIAL EVENT – Clinical medicine for FIMM researchers Day 1 FIMM special seminar – Basics of clinical medicine. We will learn common terminology and concepts of clinical work, clinical trials and issues pertaining to translating preclinical findings into clinical trials Day 2 FIMMPOD goes to Clinics. Wondering about what a day in the clinic looks like? Join us for a visit to the Cancer Center to get a first-hand glimpse November FIMM alumni visit II & FIMMPOD Brown Bag lunch. Taija af Hällström, William Hennah, Peter Würtz and Margarita Walliander share their experiences from work outside FIMM December FIMMPOD social Xmas lunch FIMMPOD coordinator Markus Vähä-Koskela PhD [email protected] https://www.fimm.fi/en/training/fimmpod FIMM POD Events and Activities fall 2020
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FIMM Postdoctoral Professional Career Development Program
Date Events and Activities
August FIMMPOD workshop - Career alternatives for FIMM staff. Let’s go through real options.Carmela Kantor-Aaltonen from Business Finland to help illuminate companies (=potential futureemployers)
September FIMMPOD & Pharma workshop – I. FIMMPOD goes to Pharma. In this intense full-dayworkshop, co-organized by Bayer, we will visit Bayer and receive a training session on real-lifework projects in the local pharmaceutical industry.Orion? Stockholm? FIMMPOD goes to SciLife
October FIMMPOD & Pharma workshop – II. Basics of translational science. This workshop aim toteach basic biology and techniques relevant to FIMM. The workshop includes a hands-on part.
November SPECIAL EVENT – Clinical medicine for FIMM researchersDay 1FIMM special seminar – Basics of clinical medicine. We will learn common terminology andconcepts of clinical work, clinical trials and issues pertaining to translating preclinical findingsinto clinical trialsDay 2FIMMPOD goes to Clinics. Wondering about what a day in the clinic looks like? Join us for a visitto the Cancer Center to get a first-hand glimpse
November FIMM alumni visit II & FIMMPOD Brown Bag lunch. Taija af Hällström, William Hennah, PeterWürtz and Margarita Walliander share their experiences from work outside FIMM
December FIMMPOD social Xmas lunch
FIMMPOD coordinatorMarkus Vähä-Koskela [email protected]
https://www.fimm.fi/en/training/fimmpod
FIMMPODEvents and Activities fall 2020
FIMM Postdoctoral Professional Career Development Program
Date Events and Activities
continous FIMMPOD course Basics of programming for FIMM staff. Lectures and hands-on instructions,every Wednesday at 10 a.m in 3rd floor seminar room (D307a)
Feb 5-6 Writing days at Tvärminne. Allow time away from lab and office to focus on writing
Feb 2613:30 – 15
March 212 - 14
FIMM & FIMMPOD grant workshop seminar – ERC grants. ERC grantees Vincenzo Cerullo andJing Tang share their insights into the application process, demands and realities. Grant coachLeena Karhinen provides perspectives on ERC, Academy and other grants. Everyone iswelcome!FIMMPOD grant workshop. We provide FIMMPOD participants the opportunity to pitch theirideas or discuss specific parts about their grants (up to each and everyone). The idea is toreceive peer feedback to improve the proposal.
March 1810 – 11:30
FIMM special seminar – Data. Come learn about data anonymization (Veil.AI), HUS Datalake(Esa Pitkänen) and patient-reported outcomes and BC pilot to build a platform to assess cost-effectiveness of systemic cancer therapies at HUS (Johanna Mattson, Comprehensive CancerCenter)
March 28 +April if needed
FIMMPOD workshop – Pitching to Pharma. How to sell your research to Pharma? We willreview posters and poster drafts in preparation for FIMM meets Pharma. Invitees from thebiomedical industry help hone our presentation skills and thinkingFIMMPOD workshop – Productive group discussions with Pharma. Learn during this“rehearsal” for FIMM meets Pharma how to lead round-table discussions and to engage theaudience for maximum value
May 11 Special seminar by Immunocore UK. Presentation open to everyone by representatives fromImmunocore UK, an onco-immunology company pioneering development of T cell receptor-based bi-specific cancer immunotherapeutics
May 12 FIMM meets Pharma
May 14-15 FIMM retreat
June, t.b.a FIMMPOD social, ice cream
FIMMPOD coordinatorMarkus Vähä-Koskela [email protected]
https://www.fimm.fi/en/training/fimmpod
FIMMPODEvents and Activities spring 2020
FIMM Postdoctoral Professional Career Development Program
Date Events and Activities
Aug 27 FIMMPOD Brown Bag lunch – Ilkka Reenilä, research coordinator, FIMEA
Oct 28 2019 –spring 2020
FIMMPOD course Basics of programming for FIMM staff. Lectures and hands-on instructions,tentatively 1 session/week. Initially we focus on R. Bring your own data. Instructors: BishwaGhimire, Xiangju Qin, Mehreen Ali, Aleksandr Ianevski
Nov 11 & 13 FIMM Tech Center & FIMMPOD workshop – Basics of nucleic acid sequencing. FIMM staff-focused introduction to practical issues of project design, sequencing technologies and theirlimitations, as well as costs and analysis options
Nov (t.b.a) FIMMPOD Brown Bag lunch
Nov 29 FIMM alumni visit. Katja Närhi, Carina von Schantz-Fant, Maija Wolff and Heidi Virtanen sharetheir experiences from work outside FIMM
Dec 10 FIMMPOD seminar – Global Health. Director Johan Lundin (FIMM), Jarkko Mutanen (FinCEAL+)and Mika Frederiksen (FIMM) present experiences of and practical hints on starting projects inresource-limited regions
Dec (t.b.a) Writing days at Tvärminne. Allow time away from lab and office to focus on writing
Let us hear your ideas too! Examples of items we are considering:• FIMMPOD Community Visit to SciLifeLab – What you would like to get out of a visit?• FIMM-Pharma joint postdoctoral fellowships
FIMMPOD coordinatorMarkus Vähä-Koskela [email protected]
https://www.fimm.fi/en/training/fimmpod
Date Events and Activities
2019/2020(t.b.a)
FIMMPOD workshop – Improving personal efficiency through comprehensive well-being.Invited guest lectures by experts in occupational health, nutrition and well-being
May 12 2020 FIMM meets Pharma, May 12th 2020 – Save the date!
Upcoming events 2019/2020
FIMMPOD
Events and Activities fall 2019
FIMMPODFIMM Postdoctoral & Senior Researcher ProgrammeEvents and Activities Autumn 2018
For more information seehttps://www.fimm.fi/en/training/fimmpod
Date Events and Activities
Aug 16 @ 12-13 Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with Sara Kangaspeska, PhD, Head of Innovation, HelsinkiInnovation Services Ltd
Aug 24 @14 Welcome Back Ice Cream Social
Sept Opening of the FIMM Annual Call for Postdoctoral Researchers, a joint call with the Nordic EMBLPartnership
Sept @12-13 wk38/39
Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with Justyna Ulańska-Poutanen, PhD, Sales Director, BlueprintGenetics
?? @ 12-13 Community discussion on
Oct ?? Wk 41 “Tools to promote work related wellbeing” workshop with Sanna Vehviläinen, new title
Week 43 25/26.10 Alumni afternoon get together
Oct @ 12-13 Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with
April 9-10 Course
Nov @12-13 Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with
?? Writing Days at Tvärminne
Coffee talk with Docents
Dec 14 @ 11.30-13 Glögi and holiday lunch at the lunch cafeteria Felis, Mäntytie 11
FIMMPOD Spring 2019 events to include:More monthly Brown Bag Career Lunch discussionsADD COURSE FOR SPRINGOngoing Programs:FIMMPOD Grant Application Exchange Programme & FIMMPOD 2nd Mentor Programme
FIMMPOD is a dedicated professional development programme for postdoctoral and senior researchers and PhD levelcoordinators.
FIMMPODFIMM Postdoctoral & Senior Researcher ProgrammeEvents and Activities Spring 2018
For more information seehttps://www.fimm.fi/en/training/fimmpod
Date Events and Activities
Jan 16-19 Writing Days at Tvärminne
Feb 27 @ 9-16 “Time management - perceptions, approaches and cognitive complexity” workshop with SergeyNesterov, MD, PhD, PMP, PgMP, Adjunct Professor, University of Turku
March Opening of the FIMMPOD call for a FIMM-Bayer Joint Postdoctoral Researcher position
Mar 1 @ 12-13 Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with Sara Kangaspeska, PhD, Head of Innovation, HelsinkiInnovation Services Ltd
Mar 15 @12-13 Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with Annabel Darby, Communications Officer, NCMM & NordicEMBL
Mar 22 @ 12-13 Community discussion with Jing Tang and Evgeny Kulesskiy from team iCombine on experiencesfrom the Helsinki Challenge
April 4 @ 12-13 Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with Samuli Ripatti, PhD, Professor of Biometry, Faculty ofMedicine, FIMM Group Leader and Chair of the CoE in Complex Disease Genetics
April 9-10 “Effective Visual Communication for Scientists” workshop with Jernej Zupanc, PhD, Visualcommunication trainer at Seyens Ltd
May 8 @12-13 Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with Arho Virkki, PhD, Head of the Centre for ClinicalInformatics, Turku University Hospital
May 17-18 Annual FIMM Scientific Retreat
May 31 @ 12-13 Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with Päivi Tikka-Kleemola, PhD, Customer Success Manager,BC Platforms
June 6 @ 14-15 Book club discussion on “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance” by Angela Duckworth atBon Temps Café
June 11 @ 11-13 Forum for sharing grant application ideas at an early stage
Aug 24 @14 Welcome Back Ice Cream Social
FIMMPOD Autumn 2018 events to include:More monthly Brown Bag Career Lunch discussions“Tools to promote work related wellbeing” workshop with Sanna VehviläinenOngoing Programs:FIMMPOD Grant Application Exchange Programme & FIMMPOD 2nd Mentor Programme
FIMMPOD is a dedicated professional development programme for postdoctoral and senior researchers and PhD levelcoordinators.
FIMMPODFIMM Postdoctoral & Senior Researcher ProgramEvents and Activities Autumn 2017
For more information seehttps://www.fimm.fi/en/training/fimmpod
Date Events and Activities
August 14 @12-16
“How can scientists be proactive and productive in communication in the age of alternative facts?”talk and workshop with Ben Libberton, title, flights – Ben said booking week 21
August 16 @ 12-13 Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with Tarja Jalava, PhD, Head Clinical Project ManagementOncology II, Oncology Strategic Business Unit, Bayer Oy
August 25 @ 13 Welcome Back Ice Cream Social
September Opening of the FIMM Annual Call for Postdoctoral Researchers
September Writing Days at Tvärminne (date to be confirmed)
September 8 @ 12-13
Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with Sanna Marjavaara, PhD, Science Adviser, Academy ofFinland, Health Research Unit
Oct 11-13 @ 9-16 “You and your career – joined up thinking” workshop with Sarah Blackford, Science careerconsultant, www.biosciencecareers.org
October 18 @ 12-13 Community discussion on university-business collaborations and recognizing the commercialpotential of research with Anu Loukola, Innovation Agent at the University of Helsinki & ProjectManager at Helsinki Biobank
October 24 @ 12-13 Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with Donita Brady, Presidential Assistant Professor of CancerBiology,Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania (rescheduled)
November 1 @ 10-13.30
Improving your LinkedIn profile – workshop with Leena Itkonen, Career Counselor, M.Soc.Sci,Career Services, University of Helsinki – repeat of the 2016 workshop, by popular demand
November – date? Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with ??, Glaxo
November 9 @ 14 Coffee Talk with Docents with Maija Wolf
Dec 8 @ 11.30-13 Glögi and holiday lunch at the lunch cafeteria Felis, Mäntytie11
FIMMPOD Spring 2018 events to include:More monthly Brown Bag Career Lunch discussions“Effective Visual Communication for Scientists” workshop with Jernej ZupancSanna and resilienceProject ManagementOngoing Programs:FIMMPOD Grant Application Exchange Program & FIMMPOD 2nd Mentor Program
FIMMPOD is a dedicated professional development program for postdoctoral and senior researchers and PhD level coordinators.
FIMMPODFIMM Postdoctoral & Senior Researcher ProgramEvents and Activities Spring 2017
For more information seehttps://www.fimm.fi/en/training/fimmpod
Date Events and Activities
Jan 20 @ 11.30-12.30
Community discussion on Balancing Professional Life with Personal Life
Feb 3 @ 12-13 Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with Chris Fogarty, Senior Associate Consultant, Bain &Company Nordic
Feb 6-8 Writing Days at Tvärminne
Mar 2 @ 12.30 FIMMPOD experiences of mentoring and the grant exchange programme, Carina von Schantz-Fantand Jennifer Devlin
Mar 9 @ 12-13 Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with Salla Laine, Ph.D., Project Manager, Partner,Aurexel Life Sciences
Mar 20 @ 9.30-15.30& Mar 22,23
Polished Presentation: Professional Writing Workshop and one-on-one writing coaching with LieslYamaguchi, writing specialist, Princeton University, USA
Apr 1 Call for Expressions of Interest for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowships
Apr 5 @ 12-13 Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with Pia Annunen, Medical Director, Bristol-Myers Squibb
Apr 7 @ 9-16 Elements of successful supervision with Sanna Vehviläinen, Professor of Career and StudyCounselling at the University of Eastern Finland
May 4 @ 12-13 Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with Samuel Myllykangas, Ph.D., Head of R&D and Operationsat Blueprint Genetics
Personality Type / Self-awareness and Careers – meeting Sarah Blackford on December 12th
Jun 8 & 9? FIMM Retreat
Jun 13 @ 12-13 Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with Donita Brady, Presidential Professor of Cancer Biology,Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Jun 15 @ 14-14.30 Coffee Talk with Docents with Outi Monni, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, University Researcher,Research Programs Unit/Genome-Scale Biology and Medicum /Medical Biochemistry andDevelopmental Biology
FIMMPOD is a dedicated professional development program for postdoctoral and senior researchers and PhD level coordinatorsFIMMPOD Autumn 2017 events to include:More monthly Brown Bag Career Lunch discussionsTwitter workshop with Ben Libberton, co-organized by FIMMPOD on August ?? To be confirmed on 19th DecONGOING PROGRAMS:FIMMPOD Grant Application Exchange ProgramFIMMPOD 2nd Mentor Program
FIMMPODFIMM Postdoctoral & Senior Researcher ProgramEvents and Activities Autumn 2016
For more information seehttps://www.fimm.fi/en/training/fimmpod
Date Event and Activities (Location is FIMM or in Helsinki region)
Aug 9 @ 12-13 Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with Emmy Verschuren, FIMM Group Leader
Aug 22 FIMM Meets Pharma event, co-organized by FIMMPOD
Aug 26 @14 Welcome Back Ice Cream Social
Sep 20 @ 12-13 Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with Kimmo Pitkänen, PhD, Director, Helsinki Biobank
Sep Opening of the FIMM Annual Call for Postdoctoral Researchers
Oct 18 @ 12-13 Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with Antti Hautaniemi, Science Advisor, Academy of Finland
Oct 25 @ 12 CV Clinic with Leena Itkonen, Career Counselor, M.Soc.Sci, Career Services, University of Helsinki
Nov 7 @ 14-14.30 Coffee Talk with Docents with Jing Tang, PhD, Docent in Biometry, Group Leader,Turku Collegium for Science and Medicine, University of Turku and FIMM
Nov 9 @ 12-13 Community discussion on experiences of mentoring and being mentored with Jaakko Kaprio,Director, FIMM
Writing Days at Tvärminne (date to be confirmed)
Nov 10-11 Understanding and developing my leadership skills – career workshop with Hilde Janssens, Trainer& Mentor in Science
Nov 14 @ 12-13 Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with Kimmo Jaakkola, MD, PhD, Senior Medical Officer ANDHeli Suila, PhD, Senior Researcher, Finnish Medicines Agency, Fimea
Dec 9 @ 11.30-13 Glögi and holiday lunch at the lunch cafeteria Felis, Mäntytie 11
Dec 14 @12-13 Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with Sari Löytökorpi, project manager of the comprehensivereform of state research institutes and research funding, Policy Analysis Unit, Prime Minister’sOffice
FIMMPOD Spring 2017 events to include:More monthly Brown Bag Career Lunch discussions
ONGOING PROGRAMS:FIMMPOD Grant Application Exchange ProgramMonthly enrollment of new postdocs, senior researchers, and advanced-degree coordinators into the 2nd Mentor Program
FIMMPODFIMM Postdoctoral & Senior Researcher ProgramEvents and Activities Spring 2016
For more information seehttps://www.fimm.fi/en/training/fimmpod
Date Event and Activities (Location is FIMM or in Helsinki region)
Jan 28 @ 12-13 Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with FIMMPOD Community
Feb 18 @ 12-13Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with Eeva-Liisa Eskelinen, PhD, Docent, University Lecturer, Department of Biosciences,University of Helsinki
Mar 11 @ 10-13.30Improving your LinkedIn profile – workshop with Leena Itkonen, Career Counselor, M.Soc.Sci, Career Services, University ofHelsinki
Mar 16 @12-13Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with Janne Nikkilä, DSc(Tech), Docent, University of Helsinki and Senior Manager, CRMAnalytics at Sanoma Media Finland
April 1 Call for Expressions of Interest for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowships
April 7-8 @ 9-17 How to improve your negotiation skills – course with Melissa Davies, negotiation expert and coach, Negoservices
April 12 @ 12-13Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with Daniel Abankwa, PhD, Docent, Group Leader, Academy of Finland Research Fellow,Turku Centre for Biotechnology
May 2-3 Annual FIMM Scientific Retreat
May 17 @ 12-13Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with Ella Bingham, PhD, Docent, Vice Director of Helsinki Institute for InformationTechnology HIIT
May / June Writing Days at Tvärminne (date to be confirmed)
June 10 @ 13-15 FIMMPOD kids at FIMM
June Self Defence Course with Darlene Koskinen, Black belt, 3rd dan Kimora Shukokai International (date to be confirmed)
Aug Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion (speaker to be confirmed)
Aug 26 @14 Welcome Back Ice Cream Social
FIMMPOD Spring 2017 events to include:More monthly Brown Bag Career Lunch discussions
ONGOING PROGRAMS:FIMMPOD Grant Application Exchange ProgramMonthly enrollment of new postdocs, senior researchers, and advanced-degree coordinators into the 2nd Mentor Program
FIMMPODFIMM Postdoctoral & Senior Researcher ProgramEvents and Activities Autumn 2015
For more information seehttps://www.fimm.fi/en/training/fimmpod
Date Event and Activities (Location is FIMM or in Helsinki region)
Aug 18 @12-13 Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with Klaus Tamminen, Aava Healthcare Group
Aug 25, 26 &Sep 3
Cultivating Clarity in Scientific Texts writing workshop with Liesl Yamaguchi, writing specialist,Princeton University, USA
Aug 28 @14 Welcome Back Ice Cream Social
Sep Opening of the FIMM Annual Call for Postdoctoral Researchers
Sep 1 @ 12-13 Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with Pasi Korhonen, StatFinn and EPID Research
Sep 8 FIMMPOD poster presentation at the annual NMMN meeting, Aarhus
Sep 25 – Oct 30 Mindfulness course with Saara Repo, PhD, Pedagogy Lecturer at the Open University and trainedMindfulness teacher
Oct 6 @ 12-13 Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with Simon Anders, new FIMM Group Leader
Oct / Nov Visit to the GE Healthcare health tech startup campus, Health Innovation Village(Date to be confirmed)
Oct Writing Days at Tvärminne (Date to be confirmed)
Oct 23 @ 12-13 Pizza and lunch discussion on senior researcher career paths / progression with the FIMMPODCommunity
Nov 5 @ 9-16 &Nov 6 @ 9-16
Organisational Behaviour in Collaborative Projects Course with Sergey Nesterov, MD, PhD,certified Project Management Professional and Adjunct Professor, University of Turku
Nov 12 @ 14 - 14.30 Coffee Talk with Docents with Kati Donner, FIMM
Dec 1 @ 12-13 Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with Eeva Sievi, Coordinator of the Doctoral School in HealthSciences, University of Helsinki
Dec 4 @ 11.30 - 13 Glögi and holiday lunch
ONGOING PROGRAMS / EVENTS:FIMMPOD Grant Application Exchange ProgramEnrollment of new postdocs, senior researchers, and advanced-degree coordinators into the 2nd Mentor ProgramAd hoc beer with colleagues at Viisi Penniä and mid-week coffee at Bon Temps Café
FIMMPODFIMM Postdoctoral & Senior Researcher ProgramEvents and Activities Spring 2015
For more information seehttps://www.fimm.fi/en/training/fimmpod
Date Event and Activities (Location is FIMM or in Helsinki region)
Jan 27 @ 12-13 Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with FIMMPOD Community
Feb 16 @ 12-13 Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with Anna Ekman, GlaxoSmithKline
Mar 12 @ 14-14.30 Coffee Talk with Docents: Liisa Kauppi, Group Leader in the Research Programs Unit
Mar 17 @12-13 Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with Netta Fatal, HyTest Ltd
April 1 Call for Expressions of Interest for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowships
April 14 @ 12-13 Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with Malin Lönnroth, Federation of Finnish FisheriesAssociations
April 24 at 15.30 Beer Friday at the White Lady (Mannerheimintie 93)
May Writing Days at Tvärminne
May 7 @ 9-16 &May 8 @ 9-16
Project Management Course with Sergey Nesterov, MD, PhD, certified Project ManagementProfessional and Adjunct Professor, University of Turku
June 3 @ 12-13 Brown Bag Career Lunch discussion with Mika Mustonen, Head of Oncology, Development, R&D,Orion Pharma
Jun 11-12 Annual FIMM Scientific Retreat
Aug Opening of the FIMM Annual Call for Postdoctoral Researchers
Aug 25, 26 &Sep 3
Cultivating Clarity in Scientific Texts writing workshop with Liesl Yamaguchi, writing specialist,Princeton University, USA
Aug 28 @14 Welcome Back Ice Cream Social
FIMMPOD Autumn 2015 events to include:More monthly Brown Bag Career Lunch discussionsOrganisational behaviour in collaborative projects – course with Sergey Nesterov, Nov 5-6Glögi and holiday lunch
ONGOING PROGRAMS:FIMMPOD Grant Application Exchange ProgramMonthly enrollment of new postdocs, senior researchers, and advanced-degree coordinators into the 2nd Mentor Program
