Overview
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Course overview
Core facilities are evolving from service providers into leadership hubs for good research practice: they train users, safeguard quality standards, establish workflows, and are accountable for measurable impact. This evolution has expanded the scope of core facility roles, creating new demands that have not been previously adequately addressed.
This course addresses these needs; empowering participating scientists and strengthening the research ecosystem. It is people-focused using flow cytometry as a practical context to develop worksystems that promote scientific excellence.
Audience
This course is designed for flow cytometry core facility staff, team leads, and aspiring managers who seek to strengthen their technical troubleshooting capability and their effectiveness as research partners.
Modules/resources
The programme is built around three integrated themes:
- Developing people skills essential for core facility work: negotiation, conflict resolution, managing diverse personalities, giving and receiving constructive feedback, fostering motivation, and psychological safety
- Facility leadership and operations: setting and aligning goals, prioritisation under limited resources, communicating value and impact, and creating sustainable workflows that support both innovation and staff development
- Strengthen advanced technical judgement through case-based troubleshooting, learning to recognise upstream causes of failure, diagnose and fix issues efficiently, and translate technical findings into clear, actionable guidance for users
Learning outcomes
Participants gain hands-on tools for conflict resolution, negotiation, motivation, and feedback; learn to work effectively with diverse personalities and support team wellbeing; and practice translating technical issues into clear and constructive guidance.
Sponsors
Sponsorship opportunities
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Date: 12 - 16 Apr 2027
Location: EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual
Venue: EMBL Advanced Training Centre
Organisers:
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Amir Grau
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel -
Christopher Hall
The University of Edinburgh, UK -
Beáta Ramasz
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Contact: Nathalie Sneider