Tips and tricks for company collaborations

In this two half-day, hands-on workshop, group leaders and other senior researchers with company projects teach the do's and don'ts of company collaborations to postdocs. During the workshop, examples will be provided, and postdocs will have the opportunity to create their own proposal for a collaboration with industry.

Info about event

Time

Monday 10 October 2022, at 08:30 - Tuesday 11 October 2022, at 13:00

Location

Helsinki, Finland

Organizer

FIMM, Helsinki

This event is open for postdoctoral reseachers and senior scientists in the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine

Day 1: 10 October

8:30

Welcome with coffee/tea and breakfast sandwich

9:00

Examples of collaborative projects, plans and budgets

Session leader: Markus Vähä-Koskela

Instructors:

Caroline Heckman - collaborations with pharma companies

Teijo Pellinen - collaboration with Targovax

Risto Kajanne - FinnGen

Markus Vähä-Koskela - collaboration with Immunocore

10:00

Project planning 1: Rationale & deliverables

Session leader: Markus Vähä-Koskela

Instructors:

Markus Vähä-Koskela

Caroline Heckman

10:45

Short break

11:00

Project planning 2: Permits & legal considerations

Session leader: Markus Vähä-Koskela

Instructors:

Perttu Pohjola

12:00

Salad buffet lunch with instructors

13:00-

Optional homework: Participants begin developing their own proposals for company collaborations

 

Day 2: 11 October

8:30

Morning chatting with coffee/tea and breakfast sandwich

9:00

Project planning 3: Budgeting, resourcing & coordination

Session leader: Markus Vähä-Koskela

Instructors

Markus Vähä-Koskela

Caroline Heckman

Heidi Arling Tripepi

FinnGen representative

10:45

Short break

11:00

Q&A

Participants continue work on their own proposals

Session leader: Markus Vähä-Koskela

Instructors present

Caroline Heckman

Markus Vähä-Koskela

Perttu Pohjola

FinnGen representative

Heidi Arling Tripepi

11:50

Workshop wrap-up

 

Instructors: 

Caroline Heckman, caroline.heckman@helsinki.fi

Heidi Arling Tripepi, Heidi.arling@helsinki.fi

Markus Vähä-Koskela, markus.vaha-koskela@helsinki.fi

Perttu Pohjala, perttu.pohjola@helsinki.fi

Teijo Pellinen, teijo.pellinen@helsinki.fi

Risto Kajanne, risto.kajanne@helsinki.fi

 

Organizers:

Markus Vähä-Koskela, markus.vaha-koskela@helsinki.fi

Gretchen Repasky, gretchen.repasky@helsinki.fi