JUNIOR PI INIATIATIVE - JUNIOR PI MEETING, SATURDAY, JULY 20, ISMB/ECCB 2013

In the career ladder of any scientist, transitioning from Post-doc to (junior) PI presents many new challenges. Key among these are moving from single to many project responsibilities, supervising students, writing grants, etc. The scientist is thus having to confront multiple higher level expectations where experience may be lacking.

This meeting brings together scientists who recently started or
expect to start their own research group. It will serve the purpose of launching a community of junior PIs within the broader field of Computational Biology, providing the ideal platform for networking
opportunities and the sharing of valuable experiences. In the context of ISCB, the Junior PI initiative is a much-needed solution to fill the to help those who transition between the ISCB Student Council and future positions the ISCB Board of Directors or as members of other committees. The meeting will give delegates a chance to network with scientists in similar situations/positions, in a setting that stimulates in-depth scientific discussion and fosters new collaborations.

The program includes a series of four "frontiers in science talks" with speakers presenting the state of the art science in their research field. The talks will have a more 'review-like' character and the focus should therefore not be on the speaker's own work, but rather on an overview of current technologies, scientific questions and future challenges of his/her field. Of course, the speaker's own work could (and probably should) be part of that. Another series of round tables will follow to allow every participant to speak in small groups. Round tables are purposely created to encourage discussion of a particular topic of interest. At the end of these, the main points will be presented to all and further discussed.

Organizers:

• Jeroen de Ridder
  Delft University of Technology
  The Netherlands
• Venkata P. Satagopam
  University of Luxembourg
  Luxembourg
• Manuel Corpas
  The Genome Analysis Centre, UK
• Magali Michaut
  Netherlands Cancer Institute
  The Netherlands
• Yana Bromberg
  Rutgers University, USA
• Nils Gehlenborg
  Harvard Medical School, USA
• Geoff Macintyre,
  University of Melbourne, Australia