CESB 2024

YSF Symposium

Before the conference starts with opening and first plenary lecture, we will offer as usual a young scientist symposium.

Join us for the YS Symposium on Sunday, 15 September, from 15:00-17:00!

What you can expect:

Navigating European grant applications: strategies for success and pitfalls to avoid.

We will invite speakers who have successfully obtained Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) and European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grants to share their experience and insights on the application process.

Please click the checkbox during the online registration if you would like to attend.

Speakers

Christine Courillon

European Research Council, Brussels, Belgium

Anna Puiggali Jou

Lecturer at the Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Paul Wieringa

MERLN Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Assaf Zinger

Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

Preliminary program

15h00-15h05: Introduction

15h05-15h30: ERC Individual and Synergy Grants

Christine Courillon (European Research Council, Brussels, Belgium)

15h30-15h45: From Concept to Proposal: my Experience Writing a Successful MSCA

Anna Puiggali Jou (Lecturer at the Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zürich, Switzerland)

15h45-16h00: Preparation, Procrastination & Luck: A Cautionary Tale

Paul Wieringa (MERLN Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine, Maastricht University, The Netherlands)

16h00-16h15: ERC award N=1, but tips worth to hear.

Assaf Zinger (Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel)

16h15-16h30: Round table discussion

16h30-17h00: Editor session:

5 min pitches by

Uta Goebel (Advanced Healthcare Materials)

Yufeng Zheng (KeAi Publishing)

Sunjie Ye (Nature Communications)

Round Table discussion