Newsletter 76 August 2017
Dear all Please read the latest news.
News on the construction process
Unfortunately, there are still problems with the construction, especially with the work of the carpenters. We therefore expect both a delay and the project to be more expensive than planned. Best estimate for relocation into the Skou building: The start of 2018.
News on grant applications
The department's part-time fundraiser André Walter has prepared a figure for important deadlines for grant applications based on which sources the department receives the most support from. See here. Comments and suggestions can be addressed to André or the undersigned.
News on VIP positions
Maria Andreasen is employed as assistant professor in cell biology and histology.
Mikkel Vendelbo is employed as a 50% associate professor in pharmacology.
Søren Degn is employed in a tenure track position in Microbiology/immunology.
Welcome to all three.
Professor Inaugural Lecture
Thomas Corydon gives lecture on 8. September at 14 in the Bartholin Auditorium
News from DFF
Monday the 28th of August at 9-11 there is the opportunity to meet the Danish Free Research Foundation (formerly the Free Research Council). The event will take place in English in conference room 2 at the conference center of Fredrik Nielsens vej 4. The programme can be seen here: kalendersopslag. And changes in the council can be read here: Råd bliver til fond og får nye muligheder
PhD students can learn to think in business
On 6 October a Medical Innovation Day is held. It is a working group with Thomas Vorup-Jensen organizing the first Medical Innovation Day. Registration deadline: 31. August.
Meeting the 25th of August on innovation
www.au.dk/sfs/upcoming-events/intrapreneur-or-entrepreneur/
www.facebook.com/ScienceforsocietyAU/posts/668005826741421
Two meetings on EU support opportunities
September 11: PERSONALIZED MEDICINE AND BIOMARKERS, H2020 European Health Brokerage Event (organized with the French Research Attachés and Biopeople). The Commission participates. In addition, a delegation of French researchers. Registration: h2020frenchnordicday.b2match.io. Note that it takes place in Copenhagen 11th Sept. and can accommodate 60 people.
Leadership development courses for researchers are offered in the autumn
AU HR, Development & Working Environment offers an international management development course for researchers with managerial responsibility in October. The course is aimed at research leaders with international or Danish background. The four course modules are programmed in the period from October 2017 to March 2018, and interested can read the English-language course discussion on the employee side. The price for participation is 36,000 kroner. If there is interest, the department management will consider total or partial funding.
Applications to the NovoNordisk Foundation
The deadline for applications for "Project Support in Life Sciences and Basic Biomedicine" is 14. September 2017 at 14. More info: Projektstøtte i Biovidenskab og Basal Biomedicin
A VIP position at Forensic Medicine that may be of interest to non-permanent VIP
A permanent position is open af Forensic Medicine (assistant assistant /associate professor with good research opportunities and start package). Application deadline 31/8. See more here:
http://forensic.au.dk/om-instituttet/ledigestillinger/stillinger/Vacancy/show/918303/5285/
Update your PURE profile with and new photo
In October, a photographer arrives at three locations at the department and takes new pictures to PURE. You can also get help updating your master data. Your personal profile is often the first to appear in a Google search. It is therefore important that the information is correct and the image is well-liked. Read more here: http://health.medarbejdere.au.dk/#news-11166
Are you working with personal data?
AU has to manage its personal data and an anonymous study our data discipline has begun. The deadline for answering the questionnaire is Friday, September 15, 2017. See more here: http://health.medarbejdere.au.dk/#news-11164
Minutes from the last meeting of the LSU on 12. June can be seen here:
Minutes from the last department forum on 14. June can be seen here:
Yours sincerely
Thomas G. Jensen