Careers Day
Tuesday 10 July is Careers Day at Life Sciences 2007
Endless job applications? No career plan? Trouble staying focused? No time to look ahead?
Scary stuff! OR IS IT...? Let us help you take control of your future - take part in Careers Day at Life Sciences 2007
All events will take place in Hall 5, with the exception of the Women in Science session which will take place in Alsh II
CV Clinic
The Life Sciences 2007 CV Clinic will run throughout Careers Day in Hall 5.
Submit your CV by email to profeducat@biochemistry.org
Closing date: Monday 2 July 2007 (until slots are filled)
A panel of highly professional individuals, from a variety of backgrounds, will be allocated CVs prior to the conference for examination. Applicants will be notified with their time-slot in advance of Life Sciences 2007. Appointments will be held throughout Careers Day.
In order to provide a quality service at the clinic, only a limited amount of appointments can be made, so CVs will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. The CV clinic is open to all delegates.
CVs must be:
- Submitted to profeducat@biochemistry.org before Monday 2 July 2007 as an email attachment in WORD format.
- No longer than 3 pages long (including publications).
- Completely up to date when sent to the clinic. No changed versions will be accepted.
What the CV Clinic can do for you:
- Review your CV for style, consistency, clarity and content.
- Offer advice and recommendations for improvement.
- Offer a confidential and objective review of how effectively you are selling yourself to a prospective employer.
What not to expect:
- CVs cannot be produced for you.
- The CV Clinic professional will not re-write a CV or make electronic changes to a badly laid out CV (please note: any CV not presented in a professional manner will not be accepted).
- The advice offered is not based on any professional guidelines but from the knowledge and experience of the professional individuals, hand-picked for this session.
- Please do not expect to receive specific career advice when analyzing your CV.
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Publishing Skills: Writing a model article sponosored by ScienceCareers.org
09:30 - 10:30 Hall 5 
After the hours of painstaking research you are finally ready to write
and submit your work for publication. What constitutes the ideal article
layout?
What are the common flaws in those papers rejected? What are the key
points to writing a succinct abstract? What should you include and
definitely not include in your Results and Discussion? How can you
navigate the peer review process and how are referees are selected? How
can you deal with referee comments and paper rejection?
In this interactive workshop, gain a unique insight from an expert at
Science who makes the decisions, on what to do and what definitely not
to do when submitting your paper for publication.
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Grant writing tips sponosored by ScienceCareers.org
11:00 - 12:30 Hall 5
Join us for a session of hands-on advice about writing a grant proposal.
The session will include a representative from a funding body, and a
senior academic with extensive experience in grant writing. Our speakers
will use their combined knowledge to discuss:
- Finding an appropriate funding body. From the perspective of a
funding body: Eligibility and the application procedures and process;
Submission and Review process; Costing analysis and evaluation.
- Defining the project - a well formulated problem.
- How to develop a clear proposal outline: abstract, aims, and
hypotheses.
- Essential considerations to revising and submitting the final
research project summary.
- The importance of references to related research and your existing
work.
- What are the shortfalls of rejected grants and how do you deal with
grant rejection?
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Women in Science: What I wish I'd known
15:30 - 17:00 Alsh II
This 90 minute informal discussion session lead by four scientists will
focus on lessons they have learnt, how being a woman has affected their
career and what information they wish they had been told. All
participants of Life Sciences 2007 are welcome to come and join in.
| Chair: | | Melanie Welham (University of Bath, UK) |
| Panel: | | Michelle Block (NIEHS, USA) |
| | | Nicola Gray (Medical Research Council, UK) |
| | | Mandy MacLean (University of Glasgow, UK) |
| | | Cheryll Tickle (University of Dundee, UK) |
This session will take place in Alsh II. Please note that space will be limited and places can be reserved in advance by emailing rebecca.smith@biochemistry.org.
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Speed Data
Are you planning to stay in research at the bench? Want to know what other options are open to you as a life sciences research graduate or postdoc?
The idea is based on 'Speed Dating' where groups of students will meet a number of professionals, from a variety of scientific backgrounds, for 10-15 minutes and then swap round.
Open to all young researchers attending Life Science 2007. Wine, beer and snacks will be served throughout the evening.
To sign up for this session please email profeducat@biochemistry.org
All sessions will be allocated on a first come, first served basis - so book your space now!
The evening is broken up into 6 x 15 minute sessions and one break.
There are 10 careers areas (speakers) for delegates to visit.
Delegates will need to sign up in advance to see their favourite 6 people from the 10 choices - first come, first served.
Confirmed speakers have been divided into 3 sections:
Academic & Research:
Industrial research - Mike Collis
Academic research - Chris Connolly
PhD to Post Doc and beyond - Patricia De Winter and Valerie Gladwell
Clinical careers and the NHS - Mike Wallace
General Information:
SRG scientific recruitment - Gavin Gallimore
Careers from Science:
Science teaching - Robert Rowney and Jennifer Reid
Science communication (Learned Societies) - Donna Brown and Silvia Rabar
Science communication (Glasgow Science Centre) - Steve Owens and Clare Abel
Scientific Sales and Technical Support - Marta Corsin-Jimenez
Science and the media - James Morgan
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