MultiPark Graduate School

Here you can find information about seminars, lectures and other activities

Upcoming events

Pre-lunch seminars for the spring semester

Please join us at the upcoming MultiPark Graduate School Pre-lunch Seminar between 12 noon and 1 pm at BMC A10, seminar room A1021.

Tuesday June 12th:
Dr Shorena Janelidze will present her research project "Inflammatory mediators in suicidal behavior". Shorena is a member of a Lena Brundin's Psychoimmunology unit.

In the fall semester 2012, the MultiPark Graduate School seminars will be held between 12 noon and 1 pm at BMC A10, seminar room A1021 on the following dates:

August 28th
September 11th
September 25th
October 9th
October 23rd
November 6th
November 20th
December 4th
December 18th

Welcome to a Seminar on How to write a competitive ERC Starting Grant Proposal.

Time: Tuesday June 12, 2012; 9.00 to 16.00
Place: The Seminar room 105, Palaestra, Universitetsplatsen, Lund.

Seminar leader: PhD Mette Skraastad, Yellow Research.  She has extensive experience in running ERC workshops and in pre-submission review of ERC starting and advanced grant applications.

Due to the restricted number of participants there will be a selection of the participants where the following criteria will be guiding the selection process.
- Eligibility of the researcher according to the ERC Starting and Consolidators Workprogram 2013.
- The participants are expected to apply for the calls with deadlines in the autumn 2012  (Starters) and early spring 2013  (Consolidators).
- Reasonable proportion of the participants representing the three domains; PE; Life Sciences and Social Science and Humanities.

Send you application to Forskningsservice@fs.lu.se
We need your application at latest June 7, 2012

1-week hands-on course on Viral Vectors May 29-June 4, 2012 (full time).

You can now sign up for the 1-week hands-on course on Viral Vectors, which will be held May 29 to June 4 (full time). Course leader will be Johan Flygare.
General course outline:
Viral vectors – basic knowledge
Retroviral vectors
Applications of viral vectors – Gene Therapy
Applications of viral vectors – Mechanistic studies of hematopoietic stem cells
Applications of viral vectors – Generation of transgenic animals
 
To sign up send an email to Maria.Kraft@med.lu.se and include your group affiliation and a letter of  motivation for why you wish to take part in the course. Note that there is a limited number of persons that will be selected for the course.  Please indicate that you belong to MultiPark.
Sign up at the latest May 16, 2012!

Pedagogic courses in English

In the autumn semester of 2012 Centre for Teaching and Learning offer some courses in Medical Education in English.

There is one course for tutors in Problem-based Learning. Courses that are compulsory for becoming "docent" at the Faculty of Medicine are also offered.
http://www.med.lu.se/utbildning/medcul/courses_in_english

Please apply before May 6!

Hjärnfonden utlyser post doc stipendier

Nu är det dags för 2013 års utlysning av Hjärnfondens post doc stipendium. Sista ansökningsdag är torsdagen den 7 juni kl. 16.00.

För vidare information hänvisas till Hjärnfondens hemsida.
www.hjarnfonden.se

HandsOn: Biobanks

20-21 September 2012, Uppsala, Sweden

Biobanking has become hot, and rather quickly. The technology, the claims and the investments are increasing, but what is the value we are chasing? The route from a human biological sample and registry data to real benefit for patients and public health is complex. Many activities make up this route: funding, ethical review, sample and data collection, storage, bioanalysis and bioinformatics. Each is intended to add value, but how do we make sure we see and increase the benefits?

At this interactive conference we invite you to help understand and improve the activities in these value chains and bring more benefit to humanity. We will use Idea Labs, Hands-On Exhibitions, poster presentations and knowledge sharing to present, discuss and develop ideas for getting the best out of biobanking. We invite academy, industry, doctors, patient groups, policy makers, public representatives and legislators to share knowledge and concerns, and to contribute.

Read more on BBMRI´s website: http://bbmri.se/en/Conferences/handsonbiobanks/

U21 UNMDG scholarship

The U21 UNMDG Steering Committee is very pleased to announce the launch of a U21 UNMDG scholarship for a PhD student from a U21 university to conduct research studies for a period of six months from June 1st to December 1st, 2012. The successful candidate will receive a scholarship for conducting PhD thesis related research studies and hence adding value to the PhD thesis and contributing to the mission and objectives of the U21 Health Sciences Group and U21 UNMDG initiative. The successful candidate will work from his/her home university, under the supervision of two research staff in U21 universities. More information as well as the application form can be found at www.u21mdg4health.org/evaluation_and_research. We would appreciate your help in circulating this call for applications among your colleagues and students.
 
In addition to the launch of the U21 UNMDG scholarship, please find a round up of information from around the U21 network this month:
 
U21 European UNMDG workshop. After a successful U21 European UNMDG student workshop in Nottingham in June 2011, the University of Nottingham and Lund University are pleased to invite its U21 partners to the second U21 European UNMDG student workshop to be held at Lund University June 8, 2012. The aim of the workshop is to help students understand the UNMDGs and stimulate interprofessional problem solving. Lund University is looking to recruit a range of health sciences students in their 3rd or 4th year to participate in the workshop.
If you are interested in participating, please contact Helena Jernström Helena.Jernstrom@med.lu.se prior to April 30th and I will forward your application.

Pharmaceutical Bioinformatics Course

An online course in pharmaceutical bioinformatics is now available. More information can be found on www.pharmbio.org.

The course covers recent chemical and bioinformatics aspect of chemical molecules and their interactions with proteins and has impact on many areas like the chemical, biological and biomedical ones, where molecular interactions are involved. The course is well suited for students with a background in biology and/or chemistry. Also researchers and teachers will benefit from the course. The course is given in English and can be taken in its whole from your computer. The credits from the course can be transferred to your University degree via the European Credit Transfer system.
For your information, the course is completely free of charge for EU/EEA citizens, and it has met with great success. Only the two last courses had almost 500 participants!

The next course, which you can now sign up for, starts in the beginning of September 2012. Please sign up on www.pharmbio.org and we will send you full information for the application procedure.

Please also observe that you should sign up as early as possible to have the best chance to participate in the September 2012 course. This is because the course tends to get full and we can not then guarantee you a place.

Masters project T10 medical school

If you are interested in supervising tenth semester masters projects for medical students. Please send in a project description to Helena Jernström Helena.Jernstrom@med.lu.se.
Available projects are listed under
http://www.med.lu.se/multipark/graduate_school/laekarprogrammet_isex_multipark_t10