{"id":1123,"date":"2022-04-09T08:17:16","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T08:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/annual-report\/?page_id=1123"},"modified":"2022-06-07T09:29:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T09:29:04","slug":"inspiring-the-next-generation-of-life-scientists","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/annual-report\/ar2021\/inspiring-the-next-generation-of-life-scientists","title":{"rendered":"\u200b\u200bInspiring the next generation of life scientists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  <style>\n    .vf-hero {\n              --vf-hero--bg-image: url('https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/annual-report\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220524_AR2021_banners-scaled.jpg');\n            }\n\n  <\/style>\n<section id=\"\" class=\"vf-hero | vf-u-fullbleed  | vf-u-margin__bottom--0\">\n  <div class=\"vf-hero__content | vf-box | vf-stack vf-stack--400\">\n        <h1 class=\"vf-hero__heading\">\n              Annual Report 2021          <\/h1>\n\n        <p class=\"vf-hero__subheading\">A year of exceptional life science research, training, service, industry collaboration, and integration of European life science research.<\/p>\n    \n    \n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<!--\/vf-hero-->\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-3\"><div class=\"vf-grid__col--span-2\"><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong>\u200b\u200b\u2018Inspiring\u2019 the next generation of life scientists<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A successful EMBL postdoc program is complemented with new mentoring opportunities.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"540\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/annual-report\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PostDocRetreat-m.jpg\" alt=\"Female postdoc looks pensive, participating in training\" class=\"wp-image-635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/annual-report\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PostDocRetreat-m.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/annual-report\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PostDocRetreat-m-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/annual-report\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PostDocRetreat-m-768x415.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"vf-figure__caption\">EMBL\u2019s postdoctoral community is central to EMBL\u2019s ambitious interdisciplinary research programme. EMBL supports approximately 250 postdocs across its six sites, like Sissy Kalayhil (left) from EMBL Grenoble and Cecilia Perez-Borrajero from EMBL Heidelberg (centre), shown at a postdoc retreat held in 2021. Credit: EMBL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>EMBL has always been committed to providing all-around training to its postdoctoral fellows, enabling them to develop their scientific, leadership, and communication skills \u2013 even introducing a progressive mentoring programme, Leadership and Excellence for Aspiring Postdocs (LEAP).&nbsp; The EMBL Interdisciplinary Postdoc Programme (EIPOD), established in 2007 and co-funded by the EC\u2019s Marie Sk\u0142odowska-Curie Actions programme since 2009, focuses in particular on training a workforce of interdisciplinary researchers comfortable with straddling diverse fields and bridging disciplinary barriers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2021, EMBL added a new<a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/lab-matters\/inspiring-the-next-generation-of-life-scientists\/\"> dimension<\/a> to its<a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/postdoctoral-programme\/eipod4-fellowship-programme\/\"> EIPOD<\/a> programme with the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/undergraduates\/eipods-inspire\/\"> EIPODs Inspire<\/a> scheme. EIPODs Inspire pairs postdoctoral researchers with master\u2019s degree students in EMBL\u2019s member states, providing the latter with an opportunity to gain insight into the world of life science research and to navigate their career path with the help of a researcher who faced similar questions, uncertainties, and milestones not so long ago. For the EIPOD fellows, it offers an opportunity to support young scientists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first call for master\u2019s degree participants was announced in 2021, and 24 students were selected. The students attended the<a href=\"https:\/\/phdsymposium.embl.org\/\"> EMBL PhD Symposium<\/a> in December, where they met their mentors for the first time in a dedicated workshop. They will now build on those first interactions to develop a mentoring relationship over a period of 18 months.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"\"><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<div style=\"height:227px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<article class=\"vf-card vf-card--brand vf-card--striped vf-u-margin__bottom--800\" default>\n  \n  <div class=\"vf-card__content | vf-stack vf-stack--400\">\n          <h3 class=\"vf-card__heading\">\n                  <a class=\"vf-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/annual-report\/ar2021\/watching-leap-leap-forward\" target=\"\">\n        \n        Watching LEAP leap forward\n                  <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"vf-card__heading__icon | vf-icon vf-icon-arrow--inline-end\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n            <path d=\"M0 12c0 6.627 5.373 12 12 12s12-5.373 12-12S18.627 0 12 0C5.376.008.008 5.376 0 12zm13.707-5.209l4.5 4.5a1 1 0 010 1.414l-4.5 4.5a1 1 0 01-1.414-1.414l2.366-2.367a.25.25 0 00-.177-.424H6a1 1 0 010-2h8.482a.25.25 0 00.177-.427l-2.366-2.368a1 1 0 011.414-1.414z\" fill=\"currentColor\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\"><\/path>\n          <\/svg>\n        <\/a>\n              <\/h3>\n    \n    \n          <p class=\"vf-card__text\"><!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An innovative EMBL program to address the \u2018leaky pipeline\u2019 for women in leadership roles in science celebrated a first year of mentoring postdocs and got an important boost in funding in 2021.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n      <\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left vf-u-text-color--green vf-text--body vf-text-body--2\"><em>\u201cEMBL supports scientists building networks. In organising the very first Crick-EMBL symposium, I personally saw how despite a pandemic, postdocs from both institutions could form strong bonds to lay the groundwork for joint, future research.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left  vf-text--body vf-text-body--5\">\u2013 Lenka Cernikova, EIPOD postdoc in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/kosinski\/\">Kosinski Group<\/a>, EMBL Hamburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left vf-u-text-color--green vf-text--body vf-text-body--2\"><em><meta charset=\"utf-8\">\u201cThese programmes are great examples of the opportunities that EMBL provides for early-career scientists. If you know of enthusiastic and curious master\u2019s students who may be interested in pursuing an interdisciplinary career in life sciences, then I thoroughly recommend you make them aware of EIPODs Inspire<\/em>.<em>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left  vf-text--body vf-text-body--5\">\u2013 Anne Ephrussi, Director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/training\/eicat\/\">EMBL\u2019s International Centre for Advanced Training (EICAT)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-box vf-box--easy vf-box-theme--tertiary | vf-u-margin__bottom--400\">\n      <h3 class=\"vf-box__heading\">\n                Explore more about EMBL&#039;s EIPOD programme:                  <\/h3> \n        <ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/lab-matters\/inspiring-the-next-generation-of-life-scientists\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inspiring the next generation of life scientists<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>\n    <\/style>\n\n<section id=\"wp-block-1\">\n  <div class=\"vf-card-container  | vf-u-fullbleed  \n  | vf-u-background-color-ui--grey--light \">\n          <div class=\"vf-section-header | vf-u-margin__bottom--600\">\n        <h2 class=\"vf-section-header__heading\" >\n            <\/h2>\n              <\/div>\n      \n\n<div class=\"embl-grid\"><div class=\"\"><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/annual-report\/\">Back to Annual report<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"\"><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<article class=\"vf-card vf-card--brand vf-card--bordered vf-u-margin__bottom--800\" default>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/annual-report\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/LEAP_Meeting-AR.jpg\" class=\"vf-card__image\" alt=\"Four female scientists at table outside at EMBL\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/annual-report\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/LEAP_Meeting-AR.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/annual-report\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/LEAP_Meeting-AR-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/annual-report\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/LEAP_Meeting-AR-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n  <div class=\"vf-card__content | vf-stack vf-stack--400\">\n          <h3 class=\"vf-card__heading\">\n                  <a class=\"vf-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/annual-report\/ar2021\/watching-leap-leap-forward\" target=\"\">\n        \n        Next Story\n                  <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"vf-card__heading__icon | vf-icon vf-icon-arrow--inline-end\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n            <path d=\"M0 12c0 6.627 5.373 12 12 12s12-5.373 12-12S18.627 0 12 0C5.376.008.008 5.376 0 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