ARISE project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 945405.
Career Accelerator for Research Infrastructure Scientists
We hired researchers and engineers to advance technology and methods in life sciences, and are training them on how to lead service-providing research infrastructures
Careers in research infrastructures (core facilities, data resources, service teams, large instrumentation) are on the rise and are an excellent alternative to the classical academic career. They allow you to use your scientific expertise and academic freedom, without the pressure to become a professor necessarily.
Through ARISE, we hired fellows for three years at one of EMBL’s six sites, allowing them to work on a technology or method development project of their choice as part of an EMBL group or team. In parallel, we organise a unique training that teaches them how to run services and manage teams, how to support users, manage their projects, and promote innovation. The work of ARISE is continuing under ARISE2.
Development of technology, techniques and methods, especially of those that can be used by many scientists, is currently one of the most important tasks in life sciences and at EMBL.
Our groups are working on imaging, chemical biology, computational modelling, microfluidics, robotics, X-ray optics, high-precision mechanics, data acquisition, automation, bioinformatics and software development, and integrated structural biology.
The technologies they develop help scientists to further understand topics in genome, structural, developmental and planetary biology, cell and tissue biology, translational research, or drug design.
See on which technology developments ARISE hosting groups are working.
ARISE fellows are STEM professionals with at least 4 years of research experience (including first experience in method and technology development), coming either from academia or industry, with or without a PhD. They come from a diverse mix of backgrounds such as an engineer in industry or an experienced scientist in academia who was looking for a new direction in their career development. They all have a wish to develop new methods and technologies for life sciences, strong interest to support other scientists by providing different technologies as a service and learning to manage research infrastructures.
Running research infrastructures is a very interesting, creative and rewarding job.
ARISE project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 945405.
We are grateful to Raditech GmBH for providing philanthropic support towards supporting scientists on the ARISE programme