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Lausanne, Switzerland
Joined March 2020
EPFL Postdoc Association (EPDA) retweeted
If you’re here to build, keep reading. Wilbe × @EPFL Build Week is a 7-day sprint to show what you can deliver with speed, clarity and a bit of fire. Dec 5–12, online. Bring your best and walk away with $125k and Wilbe as a partner who builds with you. wilbe.com/epfl
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See, meet and talk with us at the next event with exciting guests. 12.11 at 17.00 in SV Hall @EPFL_en
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📢Faculty Position Opening at EPFL in Neuromodulation!📢 The Neuro-X institute is seeking expertise in the development of neuromodulation techniques and their applications in understanding brain function and treating neurological disorders. APPLY here👇 epfl.ch/about/working/facult…
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📢 We are pleased to invite the @Materials_EPFL staff to the seventh IMX lunch of 2024 entitled "How can EPFL’s support and complaint structures (TSN & RCO) help me?" 📅 29 October 2024 ⌚️ 12:15-13:15 🎙️ Ines Ariceta & Emmanuel Noyer Registration required: go.epfl.ch/IMXlunchS2E7
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EPFL Postdoc Association (EPDA) retweeted
📢 Calling all mid-level academic staff in CH (PhDs, PostDocs, …)! We already have over 1000 responses, but we need and want more! Take the short & anonymous #MentalHealth survey now - help us to improve academic working! Link: bit.ly/SWiMS24 #IchbinHanna #academiclife
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EPFL Postdoc Association (EPDA) retweeted
📣 #OpenCall: SNSF Starting Grants 2025 For researchers wanting to lead their own independent project and research team in Switzerland. 🗓 Submission deadline: 15 January 2025 📌 For more info ➡ sohub.io/6n9f
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EPFL Postdoc Association (EPDA) retweeted
BREAKING NEWS The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPeacePrize to the Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo. This grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha, is receiving the peace prize for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again. #NobelPrize
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BREAKING NEWS The 2024 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the South Korean author Han Kang “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.”
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EPFL Postdoc Association (EPDA) retweeted
🌍 October 10th: #WorldMentalHealthDay2024 "It’s time to prioritize mental health in the workplace" - In the spirit of this important day: 📢Participate in the CH-wide Survey on Mental Health in Academia! Link: bit.ly/SWiMS24 #MentalHealth #IchBinHanna #AcademicTwitter
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EPFL Postdoc Association (EPDA) retweeted
BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Chemistry with one half to David Baker “for computational protein design” and the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper “for protein structure prediction.”
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EPFL Postdoc Association (EPDA) retweeted
⚕️ Join @EPFLPostdoc and PolyDoc for an information session on how health insurance works in Switzerland, followed by apéro! 🕔 This Thu 10 Oct 2024 at 17:00 📍 In CE 1 2 📝 Register at the link the QR code!
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BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Physics to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.”
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EPFL Postdoc Association (EPDA) retweeted
BREAKING NEWS The 2024 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.
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EPFL Postdoc Association (EPDA) retweeted
A few postdocs asked me to read over their job applications. Here’s a few bits of advice: 🧵 /10 1. If any advice doesn’t ring true for you, discard it (including this!) 2. People on the search committee are keen to welcome a colleague, they aren’t looking to take you down
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EPFL Postdoc Association (EPDA) retweeted
We are delighted that Parliament has increased the resources allocated to the SNSF and @academies_ch for the years 2025-2028 by 13.4 million francs. The SNSF will use these funds to enhance Switzerland's attractiveness as a research centre. #snsf #research
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EPFL Postdoc Association (EPDA) retweeted
Opening of Science in Focus, the scientific images exhibition yesterday. The 30+ great works are visible until Sept. 29 in the hall SG at @EPFL_en. Don't miss them! Organized by the Center for Imaging in collaboration with @ClimactSwiss.
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EPFL Postdoc Association (EPDA) retweeted
📢 Calling all mid-level academic staff in CH (PhD candidates, PostDocs, scientific assistants, …)! Your voice matters in the #MentalHealth survey by @actionuni. Help us to improve academic working! Participate now: bit.ly/SWiMS24 #IchbinHanna #academiclife #Wellbeing
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EPFL Postdoc Association (EPDA) retweeted
🇨🇭🏛️ Are you interested in strengthening your political skills and improving your understanding of #SwissPolitics? Register now to attend our #PoliticsCourse in French on 4 November 2024. The number of places is limited. ➡️ sohub.io/qmgq #research #science @reat_ch
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EPFL Postdoc Association (EPDA) retweeted
Calling all emerging scientists - it’s time to send us an application! 😉😎 Lead your own #MaxPlanck Research Group w/ €2.7M in funding over 6 yrs, full independence & resources to hire staff. State-of-the-art infrastructure awaits you!🌟 Apply today➡️mpg.de/career/max-planck-res…
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EPFL Postdoc Association (EPDA) retweeted
🚨 Exciting news, postdocs! RETREAT 2024 registration is now OPEN until Sept 18th! 🎉Bring your partner, vote on activities, and get ready for an amazing time. Contact us on Slack or email for the link.Wait for our confirmation before transferring any funds! #Postdocs #networking
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