02/19/2024
IC3i Alumni Interview #11: Silvia Benito Martinez
Discover the IC3i Alumni’s professional paths in our series of interviews.
Speakers
Sally Horne-Badovinac, University of Chicago, Chicago, US
Zev Gartner, UCSF, San Francisco, US
Harald Stenmark, Oslo University, Olso, Norway
Anna Akhmanova, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Sara Wickström, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Carl-Philipp Heisenberg, IST, Viena, Austria
Pierre Nassoy, Institut Optique, Toulouse, France
Jerome Gros, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Renata Basto, Institut Curie, Paris, France
Yohanns Bellaïche, Institut Curie, Paris, France
Marie-Hélène Verlhac, Collège de France, Paris, France
Romain Levayer, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Stephane Douady, MSC, Paris, France
Nicolas Minc, Institut Jacques Monod, Paris, France
Julien Dumont, Institut Jacques Monod, Paris, France
Raphaël Voituriez, Laboratoire Jean Perrin, Paris, France
More Information
Objectives
The objective of the course is to expose PhD and Master students coming from European laboratories to cutting edge concepts in the fields of cell biology and cancer cell biology.
Selection Criteria
Conditions de sélection / Pré-requis
This course is open to:
- M2 or PhD students (up to 12) of French universities. 5 positions reserved to M2 students from Sorbonne Université.
- PhD students from European universities (up to 16).
- Postdocs, researchers and non-selected PhD students will be able to assist all lectures and coffee breaks.
Practical Information
The course will run for one week, Monday to Friday. There will be 4-5 lectures per day.
All lectures will be in English.
1. We will organize 1 workshop: To share with students challenges in adjusting the professional and personal time, on Wednesday evening we will organize “Science and Life” dinner when the international speakers will join students over dinner to talk about their life in science, their achievements and their failures, good and bad about moments in their carrier. We would like to hear about inspirations, satisfaction, motivations…but also about the challenges and difficulties in our jobs and how that reflects on our personal life.
2. We will also organize visit to Curie Museum
3. Students' presentations. In the evening, during dinner, the students will present their research in the format of 10 minutes of chalk talk using only a whiteboard (2 evenings). To motivate students to interact with speakers, we will assign each speaker to 2 students. Students will be expected to read recent papers from the speaker’s lab, introduce the speaker, chair questions after his/her talk, and serve as a guide/host for the speaker during the course.
ECTS credits Information
3
Exam & Evaluation
Examen et évaluation
Candidates are selected by their CV & Abstract of current work + 3 sentences motivation letter explaining why they want to participate.
Participants coming from University of Sorbonne will be rewarded with 3 ECTS. Participants coming form other universities will have a certificate of participation with corresponding working-hours training.
Scientific Committee
Danijela Matic Vignjevic Institut Curie, CNRS UMR144 12 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris ; danijela.vignjevic [at] curie.fr ; tel : 01 56 24 63 66
Guillaume Montagnac Inserm U1170, Institut Gustave Roussy 114 rue Edouard Vaillant, 94805 Villejuif ; guillaume.montagnac [at] gustaveroussy.fr ; tel : 01 42 11 56 16
Stéphanie Miserey-Lenkei Institut Curie, CNRS UMR144 12 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris ; Stephanie.miserey-lenkei [at] curie.fr ; tel : 01 56 24 64 15
