Registration OPEN: 5th Postdoc Retreat

The Association for Postdocs in Natural Sciences (APNS) at UNIL is happy to announce that registration is now open for our upcoming 5th Annual Post-Doc Retreat (for Post-Docs and final-year PhD students of FBM & FGSE UNIL):

Scientific communication in academia and beyond

Sharpen your pens/keyboards and join us this fall in Valais for a writing retreat to improve your written communication skills. Take part in workshops on writing for academic and non-academic audiences from experts in the field. As a bonus, you get to exchange with fellow postdocs, expand your network and make new connections – all of this in the beautiful Swiss Alps!

When? September 9-11, 2022

Where? Finhaut, Valais (Chalet VATICAMP)

Register here: https://courses.unil.ch/cours/graduatecampus

Be quick! There is a limited number of places available! Please register with your UNIL or CHUV email account and don’t forget to pay the 50 CHF to cover your accommodation and food to complete the registration process. Fees will not be reimbursed for late cancellation or without any good reason. Registration will close on Sep 1st.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY – JAN 17, 2022, 18:00h (ONLINE EVENT)

The Association of Postdocs in Natural Sciences invites you to our annual General Assembly on ZOOM !!

The association is organized mainly by postdocs who volunteer with their time, energy and new ideas!   Learn about our projects and hop on board! It is a great opportunity to apply and improve your communication and management skills! 

Time: Jan 17, 2022 06:00 PM Zurich

Join Zoom Meeting at
https://unil.zoom.us/j/92053504411

Meeting ID: 920 5350 4411
Password: apns


We are recruiting committee members and organizers, and have plenty planned for the coming year.  

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Postdoc Funding Chats: Dec 16 – SNF Eccellenza

Dear Postdoc Community,

We are happy to welcome you to Session 3 of this fall season’s. If you’re looking to apply for a postdoc fellowship or independent grant, you’re having difficulties navigating the jungle of possibilities, or you’re looking for someone to exchange experiences with, this is your chance! 

We are proud to invite you to the SNF Eccelenza grant session, with 2 previous postdocs who successfully obtained these fundings: Sara Mitri (Department of Fundamental Microbiology, FBM) and Virginia Ruiz Villanueva (Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, FGSE).

Zoom link below (starting at 5:00 PM): ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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Postdoc Funding Chats: Nov 11 – EMBO Fellowships

Dear Postdoc Community, 

We are happy to welcome you to Session 2 of this fall season’s. If you’re looking to apply for a postdoc fellowship or independent grant, you’re having difficulties navigating the jungle of possibilities, or you’re looking for someone to exchange experiences with, this is your chance! 

We are proud to invite you to the 2nd session of this season on  EMBO Long-Term Fellowships to which we are extremely grateful to welcome 2 postdocs who recently successfully obtained these fundings:  Inês Barbosa and Anaxi Houbaert (Department of Plant Molecular Biology, FBM).

Zoom link below: ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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Language Exchange Sessions – 2nd round

After a very successful first round (thanks to all of you!!), the second round for those who are interested will take place on Tuesday 12th, from 17:00 onwards at the Perchoir (the Vortex bar at UNIL).


As usual:

-It takes place in a bar, so don’t forget your covid certificate

-Feel free to bring along anyone you like -You’ll likely enjoy the session more if you know the basics of the language you want to practice (e.g. a Duolingo skill tree’s worth, but it’s by no means mandatory as long as you don’t actually start from scratch)

If you want to subscribe or get someone to subscribe to the event (so you can have all the information by mail), have them send an email to unil-langex+subscribe@googlegroups.com (note the hyphen and the plus) or scan the QR code.

Postdoc Funding Chats are back !!

Dear Postdoc Community,   

We hope you all had a nice summer and have started full of excitement into GRANT SEASON ! 

To support you with your ongoing/planned/hoped/even-if-still-distant funding applications, we would like to invite you to our 2021/22 Fall/Winter series of   

POSTDOC FUNDING CHATS   

If you’re looking to apply for a postdoc fellowship or independent grant, you’re having difficulties navigating the jungle of possibilities, or you’re looking for someone to exchange experiences with, this is your chance! 

We would like to invite you all to join on ZOOM (the link is at the end of this news ^^). In these virtual chats, you will have the opportunity to hear former or current postdocs share their unique experience and tips & tricks obtaining specific funding. After their talks, you can ask all and any questions you may have in an informal chat round.

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