In June the Forum für Gene Research of the Academy of Science
organizes a course in “Patenting in Life Science”. The target of this
course is to give a basic knowledge to PhDs and Postdocs about
patenting in life science. Students will have the opportunity to go
into practice during these two days.

The course takes place on June 11. and 12.2012
If you are interested to participate please register here .

The course is financed by the University of Basel for 15 students. As
we share these places with the medical faculty, we will have 7 slots
to give away, registration goes on first come, first serve basis.

This week we will have another career seminar.
The topic is “medical writing” and this will be presented by Dr. Susan
Flores, who heads the medical writing group in Actelion, and Franziska
Ruth-Schatzmann, who works at a company specialized in medical writing
(NPSM).

We hope to see many of you on Wednesday April 18 at 4PM in room 511.

On Thursday, March 29, The PhD club is organizing another career seminar.
Lukas Jegge from the Kanton Basel-Stadt will speak about his work in forensic genetics.
It will be at 4PM in Lecture Hall 1 of the Pharmazentrum.
As usual, there will be an apero afterwards.

The PhD Club of the Biozentrum is organizing the next joined career seminar.
They have invited Dr. Anne Vogt, who will talk about working at Roche as a Personalized Health Care Leader. She is specialized in the design and implementation of biomarkers and personalized health care strategy into clinical development.

It will take place on Wednesday, February, 1st at 4pm in room 102 of the Biozentrum.

The first Basel Postdoc network ‘monthly drinks’ of the year 2012 will take place coming Wednesday the 25th of January. We invite you all to come and join us at Don Pincho from 7PM onwards.

Are you interested in how it is to work for a big pharma industry, a consulting firm, the cosmetics or food industry, a start-up company,the sales& marketing sector, in science communication, regulatory affairs or in academia?

Are you willing to boost your skills in writing successful job applications and pursuing your dream job through a successful interview process?

Then Zürich Life Science Day 2012 is the place to be.

The LIFE SCIENCE ZURICH YOUNG SCIENTIST NETWORK (LSZYSN) invites you
to an information and networking event scheduled for the 16TH OF
FEBRUARY at the “Lichthof” of the UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH at IRCHEL
CAMPUS.

Two parallel sessions will cover the above-mentioned topics. A company exhibition, CV checks and a networking lunch aim to further support you in the next step of your career.

For detailed information about the program, participating companies and
registration,visit our website www.lifescience-youngscientists.ch

The registration is mandatory until 12TH OF FEBRUARY,as lunch, coffee breaks and an apéro will be provided.

LIFESCIENCE ZURICH YOUNG SCIENTIST NETWORK
ysn@lifescience.uzh.ch
UZH Career Services & ETH Career Center
Life Science Zurich, UZH & ETH Zurich

Next Wednesday on the 11th of January we will have our Annual Postdoc Meeting.

In this meeting we will update you on the activities of the Postdoc
Club from last year and the activities that are planned for this year.
We will also inform you about the newly formed Basel Postdoc Network.

In addition you will be able to express your idea’s, complains and
suggestions for the general improvement of the organization of either
the Postdoc club or the Biozentrum in general. You can also bring up
the issues that you would like to be mentioned to the advisory board.

We encourage you to attend this meeting and hope to see many of you on
Jan 11 at 15:00 in room BZ102.

The post-doc club wishes you a very nice Christmas holiday and a successful 2012.

The Journal Science frequently publishes articles in their Science career magazine
Which gives useful information and links for a career inside and outside academia,

The latest article is called:

The Ups and Downs of Doing a Postdoc in Europe

Take the opportunity to gain insight into how to solve a case study successfully as a scientist and get the necessary knowhow for an effective interview. Experience the dos and don’ts from Karsten Meier, PhD graduate from the Biozentrum in 2005. The training will be followed by an Apéro.
Register before November 14. For further information and registration, please contact Stefan Sladecek,
stefan.sladecek@unibas.ch

The event is organized by the PhD club and will take place on:
November 15, 2011 · 3.30 pm till 6 pm
Biozentrum · Room 209