Mentoring and Career Track Scheme

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Post-doctoral positions are meant for training researchers at the beginning of their professional life with the expectation that they will be able to take the next step in their career. IMBB, in line with international and EU-Life practices, has adopted specific actions to support postdocs during their time in IMBB and towards their future career development whether that will be in academia or beyond. The IMBB mentoring and career track scheme (MCTS) is designed to provide all post docs and junior PIs with:

(1) effective mentoring by a senior current or past (alumni) IMBB member;

(2) training opportunities to develop, in addition to research skills, broad competences that will help them in their future career;

(3) attending lectures from invited speakers on alternative career-paths within biological sciences;

(4) a track scheme to follow whether set-goals are achieved and how career-development is progressing;

(5) an extended list of mentors, in addition to IMBB PIs, including the IMBB alumni members

This year’s Mentoring and Career Track Scheme at IMBB features a series of events highlighting alternative career paths within the biological sciences. Invited speakers from diverse professional backgrounds—ranging from industry and science communication to policy and entrepreneurship—share their experiences, offering valuable insights into the many directions a scientific career can take beyond academia.

The whole process will be overseen by the MCTS Committee which will act as a contact point between post-docs and mentors. The MCTS committee consists of two IMBB group leaders (Anastasios Pavlopoulos, Emmanouil Froudarakis), two post doc representatives (Eva Zacharioudaki, Maria Diamantaki) and two PhD representatives (Maria Kalogeridi, Christos Katsioulas) .

For contacting the MCTS Committee at IMBB send an e-mail to mentoring@imbb.forth.gr. Alternatively you can contact any of the members directly using the contact details below or the secretary (Rodanthi Lasitiotaki).