Five tips for making the most of career fairs
Career fairs can help you explore different career paths and connect with employers. To help you prepare and make the most of the event, we have put together 5 top tips.
Skills Spotlight: Project Management with AI – Blending Human Insight and Machine Support
In our EMBL Skills & Careers Webinar in October 2025, Jacobo Miranda, Bioinformatics Training Officer at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), explored how early career researchers can integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into practical aspects of their daily work, including idea…
Event Highlights: 2nd EMBL Industry Day Career Panel
Post-academic industry careers in focus The landscape of scientific careers is rapidly evolving, with industry offering increasingly diverse and rewarding roles for highly skilled researchers. To facilitate this transition and maximize the visibility of corporate opportunities, EICAT and CPP…
Skills Spotlight: Communicating Complexity – How to Explain Complex Ideas in Simple Words
In our EMBL Skills & Careers Webinar in July 2025, Shreya Ghosh, Communications Editor at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), shared strategies and tips for writing texts that are both scientifically accurate and engaging, while remaining accessible to audiences with or without a…
Career profile: Laurence Theunis, Cofounder and Director, Benelux office of Adoc Talent Management
Laurence is an entrepreneur passionate about career development for PhDs. We spoke with her about her journey from a PhD in ant biodiversity to co-founding and directing the Benelux Office of Adoc Talent Management. In this interview, she reflects on her career path and shares valuable advice for…
Career profile: Maria Fälth Savitski, Head of Computational Biology in Global Computational Biology and Digital Sciences, Boehringer Ingelheim, Biberach, Germany
In this blog interview, we talked with Maria Fälth Savitskiabout her excitement for the innovative, interdisciplinary and collaborative research happening in industry, and her tips for early career researchers considering industry R&D.
Career profile: Nadine Thaler, PhD, MBA, Team Leader Product Manager Applications, Hamilton Bonaduz AG
If you are an early-career researcher in the life sciences, navigating the career area of marketing may be daunting. To demystify this career path, we talked to Nadine Thaler, formerly a cancer research PhD and currently working as Team Leader Product Manager Applications at Hamilton Bonaduz AG, a…
Career profile: Erminia Rubino, Head of Industrial Partnerships, Institut Imagine
In this blog post, Erminia Rubino shares how she made the transition from a PhD in the life sciences to a career in innovation and technology.
Career profile: Simon Schultze, Medical Director, GSK Austria
In this blog post Simon Schultze, Medical Director at GSK Austria shares how he made the transition from a PhD and postdoc in the life sciences to a career in medical affairs.
Career profile: Veronica Caraffini, Project Adviser, European Research Council Executive Agency
The Blue Book Traineeship offers an excellent opportunity to gain work experience in the European Commission’s operations and pave the way for a potential career at one of their Directorate-Generals or Agencies. Today, we interview a life scientist who, in her thirties and after completing a…
