MEETING: Open RSG meeting – 12th October 2018

Posted on 3 October 2018 by Andrew Hollins

We would like to invite you to come and share your experiences, grumbles and ideas about life as a member of Research Staff at our next RSG meeting at 2pm on Friday 12th October in C1.29 (SMEB). Starting with our plans for our annual Away Day, we would like to look for new ways to
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MEETING: next RSG meeting date – 26th June 2018

Posted on 11 June 2018 by Andrew Hollins

A regular open meeting of the Biosciences Research Staff Group will be held in Room C1.29 of the Sir Martin Evans Building between 2:00pm and 3:30pm. Everyone with an interest in the School of Biosciences Research Staff Group are very welcome We look forward to another fabulous meeting which will feature, among other items: •
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The “Postdoctoral Academy Programme” 2018

Posted on 19 March 2018 by Andrew Hollins

Below are the array of offering available to fixed and open-ended contract research staff of all levels within the School of Biosciences. Put together by the RSG committee with the School led by Daniela Riccardi, year on year this is evolving to become ever more comphrensive and tailored to the needs of staff within the School
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RESOURCE: Post-doc Academy seminar series 2018

Posted on 13 February 2018 by Andrew Hollins

We are extremely pleased that the School of Biosciences Postdoc Academy is back for another year with a raft of new sessions and topics. Below you will find the sessions that have been lined up as part of series which is co-hosted by the Bioconnect Seminar Series. Everyone across the School is welcome to attend,
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MEETING: School of Biosciences Research Away Day 2018

Posted on 24 January 2018 by Andrew Hollins

Chris McGuigan Life Sciences Hub Wales, Cardiff Bay 7th February 2018 – Starting at 9:30am, Finishing 4:30pm Update : Discounted parking at the Pierhead Street Car Park facility, all attendees are eligible for all day parking at a reduced price of £4. Accessed by validation of the parking token by the Hub staff. In the morning,
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FUNDING: Cardiff University Institutional Strategic Support Fund

Posted on 29 November 2017 by Andrew Hollins

Ken Ewan (the current RSG chair) went to a talk about this the week before last and kindly brought back these notes outlining a suite of grants designed to offer routes of academic career support a broad cross-section of the Research Staff Group members. The College of Biomedical and Life Sciences has dedicated Early Career Researcher (ECR)
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NEWS: next Research Staff Group meeting, 15th November 2017

Posted on 8 November 2017 by Andrew Hollins

Research Staff Group meeting, Wednesday the 15th of November 2017 The open meeting will be held in Room C1.29 of the Sir Martin Evans Building between 2pm and 3:00pm. Everyone with an interest in the School of Biosciences Research Staff Group are very welcome We look forward to another vibrant meeting which will cover :
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The Travelling Postdoc: Staff Outward Mobility Fund

Posted on 31 October 2017 by Liliana Ordonez

“The world is not in your books and maps, it’s out there” – I repeated this Gandalf quote to myself while I was stuck on a plane for 11 hours, travelling to a country I had never been to before, where I didn’t speak the language and meeting someone I had only had email correspondence with.
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NEWS: next Research Staff Group meeting, 11th October 2017

Posted on 3 October 2017 by Andrew Hollins

Research Staff Group meeting, Wednesday the 11th of October The open meeting will be held in Room C1.29 of the Sir Martin Evans Building between 2pm and 3pm. Everyone with an interest in the School of Biosciences Research Staff Group are very welcome. We look forward to a vibrant meeting which will build on elements
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Bioinformatics Coffee Club (BICC) – an introduction

Posted on 6 June 2017 by Andrew Hollins

Of the many interest groups around the department, the Bioinformatics Coffee Club is one which draws participants from across all of the research divisions and our associated University Research Institutes, incorporating Biosciences, Medicine, and any other College schools which wish to attend. The intention behind setting up the group was to get to know other people working in bioinformatics,
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