Cell Reports Medicine presents 11 voices from current trainees, including medical students, graduate students, residents, and fellows, who reflect on how the pandemic altered their research, practice, and learning and, in the process, changed them.
I was one of those 11 voices, and for me the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted that planning for unforeseen circumstances should be incorporated in our PhD/Post-doc training
All the voices can be found here
With great enthusiasm I will be presenting my experience, in a Nature Careers organized webinar, on generating a peer review experience for postdocs by starting a new scientific journal, the Journal of Life Sciences. This webinar will be on the 8th of April 3pm UK-time
more info and registration form can be found here: link
With great interest I read about the new insights regarding the role of type I interferon in severe COVID-19 disease. Diminished IFN-I production, inborn errors in regulation of the IFN-I response and the production of neutralizing IFN-I autoantibodies could play a role in severe COVID-19 disease in patients outside of the typical risk group.
I briefly highlighted these new findings in a breaking news item on Immunopaedia, a website promoting immunology education worldwide.
We great enthusiasm I report that our initiative to start the Journal of Life Sciences (JoLS) is featured in Nature.
The idea was that, in addition to publishing scientific articles, JoLS would give postdocs an opportunity to acquire some essential skills in reviewing and editing.
The yNVVI is the Dutch Society of Young Immunologists
Our goal is to bring together all early career immunologists within the Dutch Society of Immunology. We’ll focus on how to improve early career researchers (ECR) research culture and ultimately their science.
Feel free to share this new and exciting initiative
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Found our pitch at the annual NVVI conference here:
Our initiative of the Journal of Life Science (JoLS) is highlighted by the US National Postdoc Association
JoLS is the first of its kind—a journal entirely run by postdoctoral scholars from universities and research institutes across the world.
Together, JoLS members have built a unique and independent platform to support and enhance the postdoctoral experience in the life sciences. In addition to publishing high-quality articles, the journal offers abundant learning opportunities to new postdoctoral trainees, promising graduate and undergraduate students—including participation in scientific writing, peer-reviewing and editing—that wish to build a compelling scientific resume
Part 1. Undergraduate Research Fellowships & Writing Recommendation Letters / Developing Research Projects with Undergraduates/Diversity and Inclusion
Part 2. Mentoring Undergraduates: Handling Challenges,/Celebrating Successes/Diversity and Inclusion/Supporting Student Science Writing
Part 3. Undergraduate Researcher Panel Q&A
Workshop info – link
Excited to be selected to join the team of eLife early career peer reviewers. Looking forward to advance and accelerate scientific discoveries.
Click the eLife logo or here for more information about this important eLife initiative.
Article by lab colleague Cees van der Poel entitled “Follicular Dendritic Cells Modulate Germinal Center B Cell Diversity through FcgRIIB” is published in Cell reports (open access).
Highlights:
• Stromal FcγRIIB deficiency causes increased germinal center diversity
• Absence of FcγRIIB on Follicular Dendritic Cells (FDCs) supports persistence of low Somatic HyperMutation (SHM) B cell clones
Theo van den Broek 