The Gurdon Institute Postdoc Association

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The Gurdon Institute Postdoc Association was established in 2008. GIPA organises two main annual events: a seminar series with two well-renowned speakers, Discussions on Career Paths and an annual Postdoc Retreat. The aim of GIPA is to encourage scientific and social interactions between Postdocs hosted at the Gurdon Institute. On this website we also provide information about Postdoc life related issues such as accommodation, career development and teaching opportunities.

Want to get involved? Please contact: gipa@gurdon.cam.ac.uk

Committee: Benjamin Klapholz (President), Mark Schneider, Alyson Ashe, Natalia Bulgakova, Elizabeth Caygill, Goncalo Castelo-Branco, Boris Egger, Ufuk Gunesdogan, Golnar Kolahgar, Davide Mantiero, Pauline Speder, Roopsha Sengupta, Prlemyslaw Stempor, Vitor Trovisco and Emmanuelle Vire.

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GIPA events

Upcoming events

Post-doc Seminar Series (Biochemistry Lecture Theater)

Two well-renowned speakers are invited by the GIPA each year to give a talk in the Biochemistry Lecture Theatre.

May 15, 2012 (Tue): Simonetta Piatti (CRBM, Montpellier, France)

- More information about this talk will be posted soon -

 

July 03, 2012 (Tue): Konrad Basler (University of Zurich, Switzerland)

- More information about this talk will be posted soon -

GIPA Career Paths

A former member of the Institute is invited and will share his/her career experience (inside or outside academia) during an informal discussion. The format will be a round table discussion followed by mingling at a nearby pub.

February 23, 2012 (Thu), at 17:00 in the level 2 meeting room: Kate Arney

Kate is currently working for Cancer Research UK. The talk will be followed by a pub session.

 

May 10, 2012 (Thu), at 17:00 in the level 2 meeting room: Isabel Palacios

Isabel is former member of the Gurdon Institute and is now a group leader in the department of Zoology in Cambridge. The talk will be followed by a pub session.

Post-doc Retreat

Jun 01, 2012 (Fri): Clare College, Cambridge

- More information about the retreat will be posted soon -

Past events

Postdoc Retreats

June 10, 2011, Fri: Jesus College, Cambridge

Postdoc Seminar Series

June 8 2011: Prof. Titia de Lange from Rockefeller University, New York

May 31 2011: Prof. Marco Foiani from IFOM-IEO, Milan

May 17 2011: Prof. Anne Ridley from King's College, London

GIPA Career Paths

September 15 2011: Alison Schuldt (Chief Editor in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology)

October 13 2011: Pamela Feliciano (Associate Editor in Nature Genetics)

November 17 2011: Jonathan Milner (Founder and CEO of Abcam)

January 19 2012: Isabelle Delon (Clinical Scientist trainee in Cambridge University Hospitals)

Previous retreat programmes

The GIPA annual retreat is a one-day event with the aim to bring Postdocs from different labs together so that they can get to know each other better and to promote interactions at a scientic level. On previous retreats invited speakers (contact list) were offering workshops covering topics such as career options for life science postdocs, interview skills, time management and many more. Each retreat concluded with a fine BBQ in Gurdon's garden.

Teaching/Tutoring opportunities

Postdocs at Cambridge have the opportunity to lead “supervisions”, small group tutorials of undergraduate students. Supervisions are organised in each of the Colleges by the Director of Studies (DoS) of each subject. A typical supervision is an hour long and involves going over the lecture material for the week, answering student questions and setting and marking essay questions.

If you are interested in supervising at a specific college you can contact the DoS of the subject you are interested in directly, e-mail addresses can be found on most college websites, or e-mail biology-nstdos@lists.cam.ac.uk to contact all Biology DoSs. Alternatively you can contact the Departments of the subject you wish to supervise as they may have information regarding supervision opportunities. More information about the Cambridge supervision system on the PdOC website in the 'How to Supervise Guide'.

Institute's sports

People from the Gurdon Institute meet on a regular basis to play sports such as Badminton, Football and Yoga. More information about schedules and locations can be found here.