Photonic Integration and Advanced Data Storage Centre for Doctoral Training’s Post

Seminars continue each Wednesday throughout January and are free to attend. Register today and delve into the exciting intersection of single cell biology and mass spectrometry, where the future of proteomic research is being shaped, one cell at a time. #UNRresearch #ResearchWorksForNevada #SingleCell #Bioinformatics #Genomics

The Leibniz PhD Network published a survey on 829 PhD candidates. Of course, we looked into our favourite topic: mental health! In the graphical summary here, you see that if PhD candidates are working more than 50h/week, 32% show moderate to severe depression 🫠 And more than half of the participants work more than 40h/week, while only 20% took their complete 26-30 vacation days. In the report you find that of all participants 45-49% reported mild to high depressive and anxiety symptoms 🤯 Unfortunately, they did not check for burnout. These results fit to other publications. What’s really bad: 60% are not aware of any mental health resources. We know most institutes and universities offer at some kind of counselling nowadays, but apparently they do not spread the word. Preventive measures, like our course system, are very rarely offered. We often get told: there is no budget for that😖 yet we clearly see it’s very much needed! Let’s change this: Ask what kind of mental health resources your institutes or universities offer. Ask for more awareness and more preventive measures!

During this year's Southwest conference, SXSW 24, in Austin, TX, I had an excellent opportunity to meet with the National Science Foundation (NSF). This organization funds all research projects across United States universities with an annual budget of USD 8.9 billion. During my meeting with the NSF on future research funding areas, several key points I have got to know where NSF invests are: Emphasis on interdisciplinary research Innovation and creativity Focus on societal impact and the Importance of diversity and inclusion Focus on future technologies like Harnessing the Data Revolution Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier Supports collaborative research on sustainable semiconductor-based systems. NSF funds projects across all sizes and Universities based on merit and scope of their vision. We have SERB in India that funds research up to 50 lakhs per project, but Science researchers in India have enough funding but lack reliable fund flow. Governments should enable a consistent funding source for small-scale researchers to foster future research across small universities and remote towns. The sad state is that most of the academic institutions are unaware of many funding sources that are available to them

🏅Exciting Announcement! Thrilled to share that I've been honored with the ETH Medal for my doctoral thesis! 🎓 I extend my gratitude to my supervisor, Metin Sitti, and committee members Juerg Leuthold and Wei Gao for their invaluable support. I'm also thankful to colleagues and friends—Yunus Alapan, Amirreza Aghakhani, Hakancan Ozturk, Birgül Akolpoglu and Patricia Martinez—for their contributions. The doctoral thesis was prepared at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in collaboration with ETH Zürich. My thesis involves the development of a magnetic microrobotic system—magnetic surface microrollers—and explores their potential for navigation in blood vessels. Explore the published content here: https://lnkd.in/emzHTNMf

We're making plans for University Research Week! Happening this year from October 21-25, we have some very exciting events lined up, including the Pariser Global Lecture for Innovation in Physical Sciences. Learn more below! #UNCResearch #UniversityResearchWeek #event #research

Have you ever been subject to science hostility? Research shows you are more likely to have been exposed to hostility than not, especially online. Astonishingly, for many, the attacks came from inside academia as often as outside. If you are in Germany and would like to understand how you can preferably avoid, but if not, how to deal with science hostility, consider signing up for our summer school on resilience to science hostility. Details in the linked post. See you there!

🚨 Closing on MONDAY!!! 🚨 If you are worried about, have faced, or support others facing hostility to science, especially on digital platforms, this Summer School is a must. Seriously - don't miss out. Learning Outcomes include: 🔸 gaining an understanding of the wide range of sci comm and PE activity open to you. 🔸 gaining an understanding of the extent and characteristics of science hostility and hate speech in Germany 🔸 insight into how hostility and hate speech manifest and impact researchers through case studies in order to identify risk 🔸 developing your own communication and engagement strategies

The second collaborative PhD workshop between ACCSS and INTERSCT took place last April. If you are interested to join the next one, read here how to do so: https://lnkd.in/ePWMBQGh

An important article by Marcia McNutt, president of the National Academy of Sciences! The title is ''Keeping America “Science Strong”. She emphasizes several key suggestions for leadership in science: 1. Improve K-12 Education 2. Reduce Red Tape 3. Create a National Research Strategy 4. Modernize University–Industry Partnerships 5. Ensure Access to Major Research Facilities 6. Build Public Support for Science Some statements from the article on international students/researchers & collaborations: ''While US colleges and universities are still world class, a large fraction of graduate students (more than 1 in 3) and postdocs (more than half) in science, engineering, and medicine are international students...'' ''Even at the bachelor’s degree level, a full one-fifth of the S&E workforce in America is foreign-born ...'' ''Fifty years ago, it was possible for an individual university to host a major research facility, such as a particle accelerator or a telescope. Today, the frontiers of science have been advanced so far beyond what they were then that it takes an entire nation, or more likely, many nations working together to build, maintain, and get maximum benefit from a major science facility...''   https://lnkd.in/etKXgXD4

CNRS position paper on FP10 : "European RI’s are innovative and unique research tools for the European scientific communities. They are not only pillars of fundamental science: they play a crucial role in supporting collaborative research, technological innovation and European scientific sovereignty. In addition, they are powerful economic drivers in European regions." "FP10 should set support to European Research Infrastructures (RI’s) as a top priority, maintaining their highest technological level and promoting access to them – to attract more talents to the EU" #FP10 #RIs #researchinfrastructures #sovereignity #collaborativeresearch #innovation