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 Twitter. Please reach out to us if you have any PhD & Postdoc related questions or challenges.

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 Two PhD or Postdoc speakers present their ongoing (unpublished) projects.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 third Tuesday of the month SciLifeLab hosts the The Spotlight international seminar at 15.00h. After the seminar 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.
Click here for sign up sheet for current term.

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Science Talks

SciLifeLab Solna organises 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.

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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.
Keep an eye on your mail for the upcoming events in 2024:

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*Month*	*Activity*	*Date & Location*
January	Science bingo	Wednesday 24th; 17:00 at Gamma2-lunchroom
February	“Home” cinema in conference room	Tuesday 27th; 17:00 at Gamma2-lunchroom
March	Board games afterwork gathering	Tuesday 19th; 17:00 at Gamma7-lunchroom
April	Pingpong & table soccer tournament	Thursday 25th; 17:00 at Gamma 2 lunchroom
May	Potluck (possible outside, depending on the weather)
June	Hike + barbecue (on weekend)

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Check out the photos of the latest social activities here.

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Team members

*Member*	*Location*	*University*	*Activity in Council*
Marcel Tarbier	Gamma 5	Postdoc at Karolinska Institute	Chair, Science Talks, SciLifeLab Orientation
Yerma Pareja Sanchez	Gamma 4/5	PhD student at Karolinska Institutet	Vise-Chair, Science Talks, Social activities
Panagiotis Kalogeropoulos	Gamma 5	PhD student at Stockholm University	Vise-Chair, Website, Campus Solna Seminar
Ute Hoffmann	Gamma 5	Postdoc at KTH	Secretary, Meet-The-Speaker-Fika
Riccardo Mosca	Gamma 4/5	PhD student at Karolinska Institutet	Treasurer, Meet-The-Speaker-Fika, Social activities
Haris Babacic	Alpha 1	PhD student at Karolinska Institute	Campus Solna Seminar, Science Talks
Donal Barettt	Gamma 4/5	PhD student at Karolinska Institutet	Campus Solna seminar
Eva Brinkman	Gamma 4/5	Postdoc at Karolinska Institute	Website, Campus Solna seminar, Meet-The-Speaker-Fika
María Bueno Álvez	Alpha 6	PhD student at KTH	Social Media, BAM seminar, SciLifeLab Orientation
Inês Cunha	Gamma	PhD student at Stockholm University	Social Activities
Carlos Gallardo Dodd	Gamma 5	PhD student at Karolinska Institutet	Social Activities
Charlotta Heningson	Gamma 5	PhD student at Stockholm University	Campus Solna seminar
Ryan Hull	Gamma 4/5	Postdoc at Karolinska Institute	Campus Solna seminar
Emil Johansson	Alpha 6	PhD student at KTH	Social Media, BAM seminar, SciLifeLab Orientation
Cenk Onur Gurdap	Gamma 3	PhD student at Karolinska Institutet	Social activities
Sami Saarenpää	Alpha 3	PhD student at KTH	Campus Solna seminar
Christian Sommerauer	Gamma 4/5	PhD student at Karolinska Institutet	BAM seminar