Young Investigator Programme
promoting the scientific leaders of tomorrow

EMBO Laboratory Management Course in Cambridge, UK
supported by Cancer Research UK, WT Sanger, MRC, ICR and EMBL

The EMBO Laboratory Management Courses go abroad

EMBO is organizing the first lab management courses outside of its headquarters in Heidelberg, Germany. In a collaborative effort of the Cancer Research UK, WT Sanger, MRC, ICR and EMBL, a first course is being programmed in Cambridge in June. This move will not only save the participating scientists travel time, but also be a good occasion to foster new collaborations with other young group leaders from all over Europe.

Sarah Burns (Learning and Development Manager for Science from the Cancer Research UK) and her colleagues have formed a consortium that aims to consolidate professional skills training available to scientists and administrators working in their institutes. The individual members of the consortium have put together over 150 different courses so far. High demand and extremely positive feedback from UK scientists who had previously participated in the EMBO course in Heidelberg made it an obvious next step to get the course to be taught in Cambridge by the same tried and trusted trainer teams. The courses have been developed by scientists for scientists, specifically addressing issues such as leadership, communication, team development and hiring of staff as well as conflict solving in a laboratory setting.

The first course is scheduled to take place from 24 – 27 June in Cambridge. Participation is open to all independent group leaders.

General course information

On-line registration forms are available at:

For further information please contact:
Sarah Burns - CRUK
Neil Walford - ICR
Matthew Richardson - WT Sanger
Val Fish - MRC
Matthias Haury - EMBL
or Gerlind Wallon - EMBO

Bank details:

EMBO
Deutsche Bank
Postfach 10 28 20
D - 69112 Heidelberg
Bank account: 6727 0003
SWIFT: DETDE SM 672
IBAN: DE 26 6727 0003 0012 2762 00
Reference: Internal budget code 522 and name of participant
(e.g. 522 - LM/LAST NAME)

Please only transfer the course fee once you have received confirmation that you have been accepted. Please Fax the transfer form to us once payment has been requested.

LABORATORY MANAGEMENT TRANSFER FORM

Registration fee: Registration fees of GBP 1300 include tuition, room and board in Cambridge.
The course fee excluding accommodation is GBP 1050.

Cancellation policy: Please note, for cancellation after the deadline, full course costs will be charged unless a replacement can be found.

Course Team: Thomas Frick and Saso Kocevar