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FEBS Junior Section @febsjuniorsection.bsky.social · Sep 7

🧬 From DNA damage to cancer diagnostics
🎙️ Tibor Pankotai
🗓️ 11.9. 7PM CEST
💬 Stay for the after-talk hangout to chat with the speaker!
🔗https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tFHDnhy_SyOC2CfB2CYgMA
ℹ️https://network.febs.org/posts/febs-junior-section-present-tibor-pankotai

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FEBS Junior Section @febsjuniorsection.bsky.social · Jul 23

📌Breaking Trypanosoma vascular grip
🎙️Sara Silva Pereira
🗓️28th of July 19:00 CEST
🔗Registration: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

➡Network: network.febs.org/posts/febs-j...

#FEBS_JS #YoungFEBS #FEBSJuniorSection #onlinetalk #talkseries #SPB

@silvapereiralab.bsky.social

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FEBS Junior Section @febsjuniorsection.bsky.social · Jul 20

🚨 Early Bird Registration closes Monday!
Join us at FEBS3+ Meeting in Belgrade, Serbia 🇷🇸 (24–27.9.), one of the biggest biochem events in the region!
🌍 Meet scientists from 10+ countries
👩‍🔬 Exciting talks, new ideas, collaborations
#biochemistry #scienceconference #networking

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FEBS Junior Section @febsjuniorsection.bsky.social · Jun 16

📌The power of research associations and collaboration: the case of FiBTRA
🗓️8.6. 19:00 CEST
🔗https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_btJ9T_RaRZCUad_Rbu1dcg
➡https://network.febs.org/posts/febs-junior-section-present-kirsi-rautajoki

#FEBS_JS #YoungFEBS #onlinetalk #talkseries #Biobio

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FEBS Junior Section @febsjuniorsection.bsky.social · May 9

📣 Ready for the next #FEBS_JS talk?

🎙️ Dr. Ioannis Tsagakis
📌 All eyes on me: advice to get your research further
🗓️ May 13, 17:00 CEST

🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
ℹ️ Info: network.febs.org/posts/all-ey...

#YoungFEBS #FEBSJuniorSection #onlinetalk

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FEBS Junior Section @febsjuniorsection.bsky.social · May 5

📢 FEBS Junior Section Talk!
🧬 Exploring the Tara Oceans multiverse
🗓️ May 8, 2025 — 7PM CEST
🎙️ Chris Bowler
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🧠 Details: network.febs.org/posts/febs-j...
Hosted by SFBBM JS | Part of #FEBS_JS initiative
#YoungScientists #OceanScience #TalkSeries

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FEBS Junior Section @febsjuniorsection.bsky.social · Apr 9

📣 Next #FEBSJuniorSection talk!
🧬 TCGEx: Democratizing Cancer Transcriptomics Analysis
🎙️ H. Atakan Ekiz
📅 April 11, 2025 | 🕔 17:00 CEST
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#FEBS_JS #YoungFEBS #Transcriptomics

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FEBS Junior Section @febsjuniorsection.bsky.social · Mar 23

🌟Meet Mahima Bhat🌟
🏆👩‍🔬FEBS Advanced Courses 60th Anniversary Awardee and PhD candidate at the University of Freiburg, Germany
🔍Discover Mahima’s journey and scientific research by scanning the QR code or following the link: tinyurl.com/4w5t2c4m

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FEBS Junior Section @febsjuniorsection.bsky.social · Mar 23

🌟Meet Ernestina Lavrih 🌟
👩‍🔬🏆FEBS Advanced Courses 60th Anniversary Awardee and PhD student at the Jožef Stefan Institute Ljubljana, in Slovenia
🔍Discover Ernestina’s journey and research by scanning the QR code or following the link: tinyurl.com/2uymnntb
#FEBS #YoungFEBS

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FEBS Junior Section @febsjuniorsection.bsky.social · Mar 23

🌟Meet Julia Soh
@Curiostory_coli
🌟
👩‍🔬🏆#FEBSAdvancedCourses 60th Anniversary Awardee and PhD student in Mol Biology and Genetics at Aarhus University
🔍Discover Julia’s journey and scientific research by scanning the QR code or following the link: tinyurl.com/4m3xhkv5

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FEBS Junior Section @febsjuniorsection.bsky.social · Mar 23

🌟Meet Heidi Peussa🌟
👩‍🔬🏆#FEBSAdvancedCourses 60th Anniversary Awardee,
@FEBSOpenBio
Poster Prize winner and PhD student from Tampere University, Finland
🔍Discover Heidi’s journey and scientific research by scanning the QR code or following the link: tinyurl.com/ye232kcr

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FEBS Junior Section @febsjuniorsection.bsky.social · Mar 23

🌟Meet Cristina V. López Gallego🌟
👩‍🔬🏆#FEBSAdvancedCourses 60th Anniversary Awardee and PhD candidate at Leiden University, Netherlands
🔍Discover Cristina’s journey and scientific research by scanning the QR code or following the link: tinyurl.com/yc76kdhy

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FEBS Junior Section @febsjuniorsection.bsky.social · Mar 18

🌟Meet Anna Körte 🌟
👩‍🔬🏆#FEBSAdvancedCourses 60th Anniversary Awardee and PhD student at Rodenfels lab at Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
🔍Discover Anna’s journey and scientific research by scanning the QR code or following the link: tinyurl.com/nhesb38k

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FEBS Junior Section @febsjuniorsection.bsky.social · Mar 10

📌UK Funding Opportunities After Brexit: Experiences and Practical Guidance
🎙️Sofia Ahola, Vitória Baptista, Selin Tüzüner
🗓️13.3. 7:00 PM CET
🔗https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6EmZmK8kSSaueDtQWhLz9A
➡ Network: network.febs.org/posts/febs-j...

#YoungFEBS #onlinetalk #funding #career

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FEBS Junior Section @febsjuniorsection.bsky.social · Mar 9

🔗Learn more about FEBS Advanced Courses: network.febs.org/posts/febs-a...

FEBS Advanced Courses: A career-enhancing move for you and others

A highlight of the new 2025 FEBS Advanced Courses, as many of them are already open for registration, as well as an overview of the latest call for proposals from organizers for 2026 courses. Please s...

network.febs.org

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FEBS Junior Section @febsjuniorsection.bsky.social · Mar 9

🌟Meet Giovanni Consoli 🌟
🧑‍🔬🏆 FEBS Advanced Courses 60th Anniversary Awardee and PhD student at the Imperial College London, UK
🔍Discover Giovanni’s journey and scientific research by scanning the QR code or following the link:
tinyurl.com/5bf6mzan
#FEBS #YoungFEBS #FEBSAdvancedCourses

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FEBS Junior Section @febsjuniorsection.bsky.social · Mar 9

🌟 Meet the 2025 Core Team! 🚀
We’re thrilled to introduce the young scientists leading our mission in 2025! Their dedication and passion continue to drive innovation and collaboration in our community.
#YoungFEBS #FEBS_JS #febsjuniorsection

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FEBS Junior Section @febsjuniorsection.bsky.social · Feb 28

✨ Answer time!
If you stretched out the DNA in one of your cells, it would be about 2 meters long! 🤯
Did you get the answer right?
Learn more here: sciencefocus.com/the-human-bo...

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FEBS Junior Section @febsjuniorsection.bsky.social · Feb 28

🚨 Grad student satisfaction hits a new low. Just 62% are happy with their program. 💔 Financial strain, mental health struggles, and work-life balance issues are taking a toll. Institutions must do better to support the future of science! 🧑‍🎓 nature.com/articles/d41...

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FEBS Junior Section @febsjuniorsection.bsky.social · Feb 28

🌟Meet Carla Kirschbaum, FEBS Advanced Courses 60th Anniversary Awardee
👩‍🔬Postdoctoral Leopoldina Research Fellow at the Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery, University of Oxford, UK
@CVR_Research

Discover her research by following the link: network.febs.org/posts/meet-c...

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FEBS Junior Section @febsjuniorsection.bsky.social · Feb 27

📷 It’s time for a Science quiz!
🧬 If you stretched out your entire DNA from just one cell, how long would it be? 🤔
⬇️ Drop your answer below and let’s see who gets it right! ⬇️
We'll reveal the answer on Friday

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FEBS Junior Section @febsjuniorsection.bsky.social · Feb 27

🌟Meet William Weston, FEBS Advanced Courses 60th Anniversary Awardee 🌟
🧑‍🔬2nd year #PhDStudent working at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Science, Imperial College London, UK
🔍Discover William Weston’s journey and scientific research by following the link: network.febs.org/posts/meet-w...

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FEBS Junior Section @febsjuniorsection.bsky.social · Feb 26

🔬 Joaquín is a PhD student from the Institute for Chemical Research (IIQ, cicCartuja), University of Seville, Spain and a member of the Junior Section of the SEBBM
🔗https://network.febs.org/posts/meet-joaquin-tamargo-azpilicueta-febs-junior-section-members-interview-series

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FEBS Junior Section @febsjuniorsection.bsky.social · Feb 26

👶💼 Can you balance a PhD and parenthood? Early-career researchers share the ups & downs of having a child during their doctorate — from finances to flexible schedules and mental health.
“There’s no perfect time, but it’s a personal decision.”
👉 nature.com/articles/d41... #PhDLife

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FEBS Junior Section @febsjuniorsection.bsky.social · Feb 26

🌟Meet FEBS Advanced Courses 60th Anniversary Awardee 👩‍🔬We’re excited to celebrate Inês Mahú, #postdoctoral #researcher from the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Germany
🔍Discover Inês Mahú’s journey. Scan the QR code or follow the link: network.febs.org/posts/meet-i...

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