About

The SciLifeLab PhD and Postdoc Council (Campus Solna) is a non-formal association of PhD students and Postdoctoral researchers working at SciLifeLab. We provide PhD and Postdocs at SciLifeLab with a supportive network and representation. With 3 Universities under one roof, you can get easily lost as newcomer. Our aim is to work closely with SciLifeLab directors and administration to making SciLifeLab an attractive place. On this page, we will keep you posted our work and provide you with useful information. We announce our upcoming events here, on our google calendar and via the ‘general’ email-list, thus make sure you subscribe for that email-list. Moreover, you can follow us on Bluesky or Instagram . Please reach out to us if you have any PhD & Postdoc related questions or challenges. Check out the photos of the latest activities here.

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Activities

Campus Solna Seminar

This is a weekly institute-wide seminar series held every Thursday at 12-13h to bring together scientist from different floors and different buildings. Two PhD or Postdoc speakers present their ongoing (unpublished) projects. This seminar offers an opportunity to exchange ideas across disciplines and areas of research, and a chance for PhD students and Postdocs to present their work and get feedback. Moreover all academic staff can quickly become acquainted with the latest technologies and expertise that the institute can offer, and will also stimulate interdisciplinary collaboration. To join the presenting schedule, discuss this initiative with your group leader, they can sign you up. We strive that every researcher at our campus can present. PhD students that are attending the Campus Solna Seminar lectures will have the opportunity to gain credits. For the syllabus and instructions on how to obtain these credits, read this document. Please contact your own department at your host University to confirm.
See here the schedule for this semester.

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BAM Seminar

At the “Biology At Most” seminar we invite speakers from all types of life science career paths. Some of the speakers we had before were biosafety officer in industry, patent attorney, detective for misconduct in biomedical research, trainer to visualize science and representative of grant offices of KI, SU & KTH. They will share their visions, perspectives and expertise in their field in a relatively informal environment. We are always happy to get suggestions for interesting speaker who we can invite. If you know anyone who would be potentially interesting, please contact us.

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Meet-the-speaker Fika

Every month on Tuesday SciLifeLab hosts the The Spotlight international seminar at 15.00h. After the seminar (at 16.15h) a small group of PhD students and PostDocs (~10-12 people) are invited to join a fika with the speaker. This is a great opportunity to meet prominent scientists in person and to ask questions about their science and careers.

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Science Talks

SciLifeLab Solna organizes an internal symposium every year to highlight the diversity of research topics at our institute. Various group leaders at our campus will present the work. Apart from group leaders, PhD students and Postdocs are encouraged to present their mature work too. The PhD and Postdoc council selects the presentations of these junior scientist from online abstract submission.
The Annual Campus Solna Science Talks will take place on Thursday 17 September at Life City. The PhD & Postdoc Council will be there too—look out for our stickers to find us. Come talk to us if you would like to learn more about what we do. Click here for registration and more info.

SciLifeLab Orientation

We are working in a different building than our host University, which make it sometimes hard to find the right people to ask questions regarding your work e.g. how things work with the half-time seminar for PhDs or where to find grant writing courses for Postdocs. We host introductory sessions with SciLifeLab PhD & Postdocs from KI, SU and KTH that are already around SciLifeLab for a while. They will man a stand to inform you about PhD/Postdoc associations from your University or they will help you with specific administrative related questions.
Keep in mind that the information given in this event is not binding, but it can help to point you into the right direction to find your answers. Moreover, this platform is a great opportunity to meet both older SciLifeLab members and other recently started PhDs and Postdocs at SciLifeLab.

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Social Activities

Besides the scientific opportunities, we also organize some leisure, because great interactions are made over social activities! We organize fun events including nature hikes, movie nights, board game evenings.

Next to our events, we provide a platform for community-led events and activities—events that are organized by members of the community, rather than by the Council itself. Whether you’re looking to meet new people, share an interest, start something new, or simply take part in local activities, this is a space to find others who are interested too.

Have an event in mind? You’re welcome to connect with others through our platform and build your own community event. Post or explore here sport activities and social activities at Campus Solna.

For special events or occasions, you can also reach out to us. Where possible, we’ll be happy to explore how we can support and help make your event happen.

Specific social events are announced in table below:

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Team members

Alumni

Inci Aksoylu, Stavros Azinas, Haris Babacic, Jörg Bachmann, Donal Barettt, Pablo Carravilla, Alba Corman, Yuying Cheng, Inês Cunha, Lisa Engelhardt, Greta Gudoityte, Ryan Hull, Ute Hoffmann, Markus Janasch, Aswathy Kallazhi, Axel Ohlin, Cenk Onur Gurdap, Yerma Pareja Sanchez, Osheen Sharma, Lucie Rodriguez, Franziska Ragaller, Sami Saarenpää, Marco Salvatore, Karen Schriever, Dörte Schlesinger, Vaishnovi Sekar, Aditi Shenoy, Christian Sommerauer, Marcel Tarbier, Marianna Tampere