Young Investigator Meeting

Explore Your Career Horizons: Navigating Your Future in Science

The Young Investigator Meeting (YIM), a dedicated session within the Nordic EMBL Partnership meeting, is designed to strengthen the interpersonal skills of early-career scientists through targeted soft skills training and career development activities. This year, the programme includes sessions on career development both in academia and industry.

^{Photo of some of the YIM participants at the 13th annual Nordic EMBL Partnership meeting in Oslo, 2024. Credit: M. Goua, NCMBM.}

Programme

Venue: P5, Storgatan 46

Monday

7 September 2026

P5, Room 1&2 (Storgatan 46) – Session I: The Academic Compass

11:30-12:30	Registration, lunch and mingle
12:20-12:30	Introduction to the Day (Iker Aramburu)
12:30-13:15	Academic career overview by Ronnie Berntsson Topics: Work life balance, mobility, failures in academia etc.
13:15-13:30	Biobreak
13:30-14:30	Grant writing by Lars-Anders Carlsson
14:30-15:00	Coffee break
15:30-16:30	Career Stories by the Group Leaders (10 minutes each) Meaghan Flagg, Iker Aramburu, Laura Caroll, André Mateus
16:15-16:30	Biobreak
16:30-18:00	Parallel Groups: Preparing for the Next Career Step
	PhD Group Facilitators: Meaghan Flagg and Iker Aramburu Topics: CVs, motivation letters, applications, career planning, and academic opportunities.
	Postdoc Group Facilitators: Laura Caroll and André Mateus Topics: Career progression, fellowship applications, CV development, and future career strategies.
18:00-21:00	Dinner and social activities at Orangeriet, Kungsgatan 71 (YIM participants and course providers)

Tuesday

8 September 2026

P5, Room 1&2 (Storgatan 46) – Session II: The Roadmap to Industry, led by Niclas Lindqvist

09:00-10:00	The job behind the titles
10:00-10:30	Coffee break
10:30-11:30	The job behind the titles, continues
11:30-12:30	Lunch
12:30-14:00	Optimize CV, Cover letter and LinkedIn
14:00-14:30	Additional competences required for the transition to industry (GMP, GCP, GDP, Regulatory Affairs, etc.)
14:30-15:00	Coffee break
15:00-16:00	Interview Training: Dos and don’ts from a recruiter’s perspective
16:00-16:30	From academia to industry: a first‑hand transition story Atin Sharma, Editor, Nature Microbiology
16:30-17:00	From academia to industry: a first‑hand transition story Francesca Del Gaudio, Senior Scientist, Key2Brain AB
17:15-19:00	Dinner at Kulturbageriet (one floor below P5; YIM participants and course providers)
19:00	Go to Vävenscenen, Västra Strandgatan 8A

Trainers of the YIM

Iker Aramburu

MIMS Group Leader

Ronnie Berntsson

Professor, Umeå University

André Mateus

MIMS Team Leader

Lars-Anders Carlsson

MIMS Investigator

Laura Caroll

MIMS Investigator

Meaghan Flagg

MIMS Group Leader

Niclas Lindqvist

Lecturer, Svensk Medicin AB

Transition Story by:

Francesca Del Gaudio, Senior Scientist at Key2Brain AB
Atin Sharma, Editor, Nature Microbiology