Instructions

Instructions

Guidelines Oral presentation

Instructions for oral presentations

Abstracts from PhD candidates in the last year of their PhD project are selected for an oral presentation.

Oral presentations will take place during parallel sessions.

The oral presentation includes 8 minutes of presentation + 4 minutes discussion and time to change.

Two chairs will be assigned to each session. They will keep track of time, introduce the speakers and lead the discussion at the end of each presentation.

Please bear in mind that the audience is diverse and may have a different background.

Please stick to the time limits! Otherwise the session chair may intervene.

Deadline oral presentations: 11 July 2022.

Structure of presentation

To make the lecture series more interactive and attractive to all PhD candidates with a different background we would like to ask you to include the following things in your presentation:

Introduction
o   General definitions of used terminology
o   Clinical relevance/value for society

  • Please send the slides to rimls.graduateschool@radboudumc.nl and name the file: Firstname_Lastname_Datepresentation.ppt
  • At the beginning of the PhD retreat go to the room where your presentation is scheduled and one of the committee members will put your presentation on a central computer. 

Instructions for the session chairs

  • Identify yourself and your co-chair(s) to the audience.
  • Introduce the speakers.
  • Ensure that the session proceeds according to the schedule.
  • Remind each presenter of the time limits that apply. During the presentations enforce time limits strictly.
  • Lead and stimulate the discussion after each presentation. Invite the audience to ask questions. If there are no questions, it is up to the chair to start the discussion.

At the end of the retreat, the jury will select two best Oral presentations of the PhD retreat 2022! 

Guidelines Poster presentation

Instructions for poster presentations

  • Obligatory for all PhD candidates, except for those who have started their PhD project in 2022 and PhD candidates who are selected for an oral presentation.
  • Mount your poster upon arrival on your board, the number is indicated in the abstract book.
  • During the two-day retreat, there will be two 1-hour poster sessions.
  • In each session, around 60 participants will present their work while the others are free to visit the posters of their choice.

Structure of the poster 

  • One poster board and pins will be provided for your poster.
  • The size of the poster board is A0 portrait.
  • Note: Specify the value for society/clinical relevance of your research and try to zoom out to the bigger picture. 

At the end of the retreat, the jury will select the best Poster presentation! 

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Agenda 14and15Jul2022 RIMLS PhD retreat

General information

Yearly, RIMLS PhD candidates gather for the two-day PhD Retreat. Apart from the science, this event is highly valued for the opportunity to meet and get to know fellow PhD candidates during the social activities.

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General information

Yearly, RIMLS PhD candidates gather for the two-day PhD Retreat. Apart from the science, this event is highly valued for the opportunity to meet and get to know fellow PhD candidates during the social activities. How much are we all longing for an old-fashioned RIMLS PhD retreat full of science, workshops and fun!  New dates for our live event are 14 & 15 July 2022.

Objectives

  • Present scientific data (oral presentation or poster)
  • Discuss data presented by yourself and others
  • Bring together both fundamentally- and clinically-orientated PhD-candidates
  • Get into contact with fellow-PhD candidates

Scientific programme

  • PhD candidates in the last year of their PhD project:
    • Oral presentation
  • Other PhD candidates: Poster presentation (in English). This is not obligatory for students who started their PhD project in 2022.
  • Keynote lecture: To be announced.

Social programme

  • Dinner
  • Party on Thursday evening

(Online event if the meeting will be digitally)

Format and deadline for abstract

To download the format for the abstract, click here. The deadline for the abstract is 13 June 2022.

Prizes will be awarded for:

  • 2 Best lecturer (€ 200 each)
  • 1 Best poster presentation (€ 200)

Deadline

The final deadline for registration is 13 June 2022.

Registration fee

  • Early Bird before 01 May 2022: € 250,- per person
  • Late registration till 13 June 2022: € 290,- per person

Prices include overnight stay at Conference Center Koningshof in Veldhoven and return travel (please state if bus transfer is required on registration form)

Costs will be charged to your department after the conference. If the conference will be online again, no costs will be charged.

Cancellation of registration

Cancellation of registration without costs for your department has to be done before 01 June 2022. After this date, full costs will be charged to your department.

There is a limited number allowed for participants, so do not register too late!

 

Registration has closed

Early Bird: € 250,- per person. (before 01 May 2022) Late registration: € 290,- per person (till 13 June 2022)

Practical information

  • 14 & 15 July 2022

Instructions

The conference is obligatory for all PhD candidates that participate in the RIMLS PhD Research Training Programme.

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Program

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Program

Scientific programme

  • PhD candidates in the last year of their PhD project:
    • Oral presentation
  • Other PhD candidates: Poster presentation (in English). This is not obligatory for students who started their PhD project in 2022.
  • Keynote lecture: Hanneke Schuitemaker , Professor of Virology.

Social programme

  • Dinner
  • Party on Thursday evening

(Online event if the meeting will be digitally)



 

Keynote lecture Hanneke Schuitemaker

Professor of Virology at the Amsterdam University Medical Center

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Keynote lecture Hanneke Schuitemaker

We are proud to announce that the keynote speaker of the RIMLS PhD retreat of July 2022 is Prof. Hanneke Schuitemaker! Prof. Hanneke Schuitemaker is the head of Viral Vaccine Discovery and Translational medicine and the Disease Area Stronghold Leader for Viral vaccines in Janssen Vaccines and Prevention since 2010.  In this role, she supervises Janssen’s viral vaccine programs including future vaccine candidates for HIV, Ebola, HPV and COVID-19. Moreover, she is a Professor of Virology at the Amsterdam University Medical Center.

During her keynote lecture, Prof. Schuitemaker will guide us through every step of vaccine development within industry using their recently developed COVID-19 vaccine as example.

Workshop

from the “Instituut voor Faalkunde” (Failure Institute)!

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Workshop

This inspiring workshop will teach us to become better at making mistakes, from the appreciation of mistakes to the reduction of perfection stress.

We think this will provide us with important tools for our PhD trajectories and beyond!

 

Flyer

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Abstract submission

Please upload a Word-file, the abstract format can be downloaded by using the link below. Please send the abstract (before 13 June 2022) to: rimls.graduateschool@radboudumc.nl download here

Organizing committee

  • Maarten te Groen
  • Iris van der Hoorn
  • Luca Meesters
  • Wouter van Megen
  • Judith Schaart
  • Kayleigh Schouren
  • Marith van Schrojenstein Lantman

Chair

Teodora Grigore
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