The Oxbridge-London Biotech Roundtable - upcoming events

Oxbridge-London Biotech Roundtable Presents:

Confessions of a Bio-Entrepreneur: Stem Cell Entrepreneurship
WHAT: Serial entrepreneur Dr Yen Choo of Plasticell Ltd and Progenitor Labs Ltd will share his experiences and advice for budding entrepreneurs in biotech and beyond.
WHEN: 19 Jan 2012, 6.00pm
WHERE: Stamford Street Lecture Theatre, King’s College London (Waterloo campus)

Please signup here

Upcoming OBR-London events:
How IP turns scientific breakthroughs into profitable ventures (Feb 9)
Risky Business: The Pharma Game (Feb 21, 22, 24)
The biotech debate: “This house believes UK biotech is dead” (Mar 16)

Cafe Scientifique - 14th December

The first Café Scientifique evening of this academic year will be held on Wed 14th December, from 6pm (until 8 or 8:30ish) in the World Marche Common Room, Mile End.

Café Scientifique evenings are regular events for PhD researchers and research staff. The idea of the event is to create an informal, relaxed atmosphere where researchers from all disciplines can meet and chat, and also present their work and ideas to a general, friendly audience. A typical evening would consist of short presentations from researchers, wine/soft drinks and pizza, and other activities such as a quiz, a debate or a creative challenge.

The talks at this event will be:

The weird & wonderful world of Amino Acids
Hannah Wright, SBCS

Crude Cinematography: Image Stylistics Influenced by the Petrol Dollar in Lagos and Luanda
Nosa Obayiuwana, SLLF

Software Systems are leaking your information
Quoc Sang Phan, EECS

Incomprehensibility and Eminemce in Research Papers: Is it over my head or is it just meaningless waffle?
Tendayi Bloom, Law

If you would like to come, please can you book a place here
This is so I know how many people to order drinks and pizza for!

PhD comics - the movie!

I am really pleased to announce that Queen Mary will be screening the PhD Comics Movie! If you’re not familiar with PhD comics, it describes itself as “"Piled Higher and Deeper", the ongoing chronicle of life (or the lack thereof) in grad school.” The comic strips have been going for years, but the film has only been released this autumn.

The details of the screening are:

Mon 14th November from 5:30pm in the Perrin Lecture Theatre, Whitechapel campus. The film is slightly over an hour long.

This is a free event for Queen Mary PhD students, postdoctoral researchers and staff, and it will be followed by a drinks reception in the Old Library, Whitechapel which everyone is encouraged to attend.

Places at this event can be booked on the Learning Institute booking system - the event is listed as “PhD comics movie screening”.

I look forward to seeing lots of you at this event!

British Library days for new PhD students

The National Postgraduate Open Days are specially tailored days of talks, workshops and networking opportunities at the British Library, focusing on your research subject. Each day includes a general introduction to relevant research sources, curator talks and workshops, and details on how to get a Reader Pass. To ensure the days are accessible to research postgraduates from across the UK, students from outside London may apply for a limited number of £30 travel bursaries.

The days are extremely popular, so early booking is advised. The days are free to attend and lunch is provided.

Open Days are currently offered in History, English Literature and Social Sciences.

For more information and to book a place visit the website.

New academic year!

Apologies for the lateness of this post, but I'd just like to say a huge welcome to all PhD students who have recently started at Queen Mary, and a welcome to the 2011-12 academic year to current students, for whom I guess it's just business as usual! If you're new to this blog you can find out a bit more about me in the sidebar.

The Learning Institute programme of workshops for this year has started. You can see the calendar of what's coming up at the top of this page. I will also be using this blog to advertise other events that are running, both within Queen Mary and outside. If you want to find more out about the Learning Institute, what it offers and how to book on courses, please visit the main website, and the pages specifically for research students. You can find my contact details on the site - please get in touch if you have any questions, or any suggestions for things you would like to see on the blog or the website.

Hope to see you all at some workshops or events soon!
Jo

Vitae focus group - European Framework for Work Experience

Vitae are looking for enthusiastic researchers to be part of an exciting focus group to gauge your opinions and thoughts on implementing a new European Framework for Work Experience and accompanying resources for researchers.

The framework was developed a number of years ago in partnership with a number of European institutions and organisations to agree on the 12 most important competencies that employers look for in undergraduates.
Whilst originally designed for the undergraduate community, Vitae feel that there is applicability to the researcher community and would like to investigate how this framework could be used to enhance the employability of researchers in the near future.

We are looking for postgraduate researchers or research staff across any discipline with 3 hours of spare time on Wednesday 17 August between 11am-2pm and an additional hour in advance to read through pre-focus group materials. Lunch will be provided and any travel expenses incurred will be covered.

For more information and to register please click here.

Last Cafe Scientifique of 2010-11 - 6th July

The next Café Scientifique event for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers from all disciplines will be on Wednesday 6th July, from 6pm in the World Marche Common room on the Mile End campus.

The presentations at this event will be:

‘Sun: The Earth’s warm friend or your skin’s cold enemy?‘: Correlation between sun-exposure and skin cancer.
Nikol Mladkova (Blizard Institute)

Protecting The Pork Pie: What Is The Protected Food Names Scheme And How Does It Work?
Matthew Rippon (Geography)

Modern money mechanics
Marco Paladini (EECS)