The SciLifeLab PhD and Postdoc Council (Campus Solna) is a non-formal association of PhD students and Postdoctoral researchers working at SciLifeLab. We provide PhD and Postdocs at SciLifeLab with a supportive network and representation. With 3 Universities under one roof, you can get easily lost as newcomer. Our aim is to work closely with SciLifeLab directors and administration to making SciLifeLab an attractive place. On this page, we will keep you posted our work and provide you with useful information. We announce our upcoming events here, on our google calendar and via the ‘general’ email-list, thus make sure you subscribe for that email-list. Moreover, you can follow us on X or Slack channel #phd-postdoc-council-campus-solna. Please reach out to us if you have any PhD & Postdoc related questions or challenges.
This is a weekly institute-wide seminar series held every Thursday at 12-13h to bring together scientist from different floors and different buildings. Two PhD or Postdoc speakers present their ongoing (unpublished) projects. This seminar offers an opportunity to exchange ideas across disciplines and areas of research, and a chance for PhD students and Postdocs to present their work and get feedback. Moreover all academic staff can quickly become acquainted with the latest technologies and expertise that the institute can offer, and will also stimulate interdisciplinary collaboration. To join the presenting schedule, discuss this initiative with your group leader, they can sign you up. We strive that every researcher at our campus can present. PhD students that are attending the Campus Solna Seminar lectures will have the opportunity to gain credits. For the syllabus and instructions on how to obtain these credits, read this document. Please contact your own department at your host University to confirm.
See here the schedule for this semester.
At the “Biology At Most” seminar we invite speakers from all types of life science career paths. Some of the speakers we had before were biosafety officer in industry, patent attorney, detective for misconduct in biomedical research, trainer to visualize science and representative of grant offices of KI, SU & KTH. They will share their visions, perspectives and expertise in their field in a relatively informal environment. We are always happy to get suggestions for interesting speaker who we can invite. If you know anyone who would be potentially interesting, please contact us.
Every third Tuesday of the month SciLifeLab hosts the The Spotlight international seminar at 15.00h. After the seminar a small group of PhD students and PostDocs (~10-12 people) are invited to join a fika with the speaker. This is a great opportunity to meet prominent scientists in person and to ask questions about their science and careers.
Click here for sign up sheet for current term.
SciLifeLab Solna organises an internal symposium every year to highlight the diversity of research topics at our institute. Various group leaders at our campus will present the work. Apart from group leaders, PhD students and Postdocs are encouraged to present their mature work too. The PhD and Postdoc council selects the presentations of these junior scientist from online abstract submission.
We are working in a different building than our host University, which make it sometimes hard to find the right people to ask questions regarding your work e.g. how things work with the half-time seminar for PhDs or where to find grant writing courses for Postdocs. We host introductory sessions with SciLifeLab PhD & Postdocs from KI, SU and KTH that are already around SciLifeLab for a while. They will man a stand to inform you about PhD/Postdoc associations from your University or they will help you with specific administrative related questions.
Keep in mind that the information given in this event is not binding, but it can help to point you into the right direction to find your answers. Moreover, this platform is a great opportunity to meet both older SciLifeLab members and other recently started PhDs and Postdocs at SciLifeLab.
Besides the scientific opportunities, we also organize some leisure, because great interactions are made over social activities! We organize fun events including nature hikes, movie nights, board game evenings.
Keep an eye on your mail for the upcoming events in 2024:
| Month | Activity | Date & Location |
| January | Science bingo | Wednesday 24th; 17:00 at Gamma2-lunchroom |
| February | “Home” cinema in conference room | Tuesday 27th; 17:00 at Gamma2-lunchroom |
| March | Board games afterwork gathering | Tuesday 19th; 17:00 at Gamma7-lunchroom |
| April | Pingpong & table soccer tournament | Thursday 25th; 17:00 at Gamma 2 lunchroom |
| June | Hike + barbecue (on weekend) | Saturday 29th; 11:00 at Hellasgården, Nacka |
Check out the photos of the latest social activities here.
| Member
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Location
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University
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Activity in Council
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| Marcel Tarbier | Gamma 5 | Postdoc at Karolinska Institute | Chair, Science Talks, SciLifeLab Orientation |
| Yerma Pareja Sanchez | Gamma 4/5 | PhD student at Karolinska Institutet | Vise-Chair, Science Talks, Social activities |
| Panagiotis Kalogeropoulos | Gamma 5 | PhD student at Stockholm University | Vise-Chair, Website, Campus Solna Seminar |
| Ute Hoffmann | Gamma 5 | Postdoc at KTH | Secretary, Meet-The-Speaker-Fika |
| Riccardo Mosca | Gamma 4/5 | PhD student at Karolinska Institutet | Treasurer, Meet-The-Speaker-Fika, Social activities |
| Haris Babacic | Alpha 1 | PhD student at Karolinska Institute | Campus Solna Seminar, Science Talks |
| Donal Barettt | Gamma 4/5 | PhD student at Karolinska Institutet | Campus Solna seminar |
| Eva Brinkman | Gamma 4/5 | Postdoc at Karolinska Institute | Website, Campus Solna seminar, Meet-The-Speaker-Fika |
| María Bueno Álvez | Alpha 6 | PhD student at KTH | Social Media, BAM seminar, SciLifeLab Orientation |
| Inês Cunha | Gamma | PhD student at Stockholm University | Social Activities |
| Carlos Gallardo Dodd | Gamma 5 | PhD student at Karolinska Institutet | Social Activities |
| Charlotta Heningson | Gamma 5 | PhD student at Stockholm University | Campus Solna seminar |
| Ryan Hull | Gamma 4/5 | Postdoc at Karolinska Institute | Campus Solna seminar |
| Emil Johansson | Alpha 6 | PhD student at KTH | Social Media, BAM seminar, SciLifeLab Orientation |
| Cenk Onur Gurdap | Gamma 3 | PhD student at Karolinska Institutet | Social activities |
| Sami Saarenpää | Alpha 3 | PhD student at KTH | Campus Solna seminar |
| Christian Sommerauer | Gamma 4/5 | PhD student at Karolinska Institutet | BAM seminar |
Introducing the new Campus Solna Seminar Series - a new initiative to promote the fantastic science ongoing at Campus Solna and hopefully forge more internal communication and collaboration between the alpha and gamma buildings. The format will be 2 short 15 min talks (1 speaker from alpha and 1 from gamma), with an additional 5 […]
Introducing the new Campus Solna Seminar Series - a new initiative to promote the fantastic science ongoing at Campus Solna and hopefully forge more internal communication and collaboration between the alpha and gamma buildings. The format will be 2 short 15 min talks (1 speaker from alpha and 1 from gamma), with an additional 5 […]