Weekly round-up #63
This week we've been celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science. We are, of course, hugely proud to be led by Profs Helen McShane & Helen Fletcher, managed by Sam(antha) Vermaak, and that 47.5% of our members are female scientists. You can find out more about their research (and that of our male members as well!) on our members pages.
Our 2019 mentoring call is now open for our Associate (and early PI Investigator) members. In each mentoring call we aim to place around 10 up-and-coming post-docs/early PIs with Senior Scientist mentors from the Network, as part of the VALIDATE’s aim to encourage Continuing Professional Development and career progression amongst its members. Each mentoring relationship will run for 12 months. A mentor can help you:
- Explore and plan the best route and your goals
- Strengthen your CV to be more likely to win grant applications and new positions
- Overcome obstacles
- Network
- Learn from your mentor's experience
A mentor provides an independent perspective, and challenges, supports and guides you to be the best you can be - so do apply to our scheme! Find out more about the benefits of having a mentor, and how to apply to the VALIDATE scheme here.
Don't forget to tune into our 2nd VALIDATE seminar, 12 noon (GMT) this Friday (15 Feb). "Developing a better vaccine against TB" by Prof Helen McShane and Dr Rachel Tanner from University of Oxford will be live-streamed so that you can watch wherever you are happen to be in the world, and a recording will be available for those who can't make it. Read the talk abstract, and find out how to join the seminar, here.