institut curie's training & higher education program, 2014

May 2, 20231

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Institut Curie – Advanced Training & Higher Education – Alysia L. vandenBerg, PhD

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Why?

By investing in education & training we fill our laboratories and hospitals with expertise, promoting innovative research and ultimately improving patient care. © Noak / Le Bar Floréal / Institut Curie

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How?

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Provide a unique & personalized training program

University-accredited International Courses, technical training, soft skills, language courses

Support mentoring & career development

Develop & maintain partnerships to support our activities

Help to attract the best talent to Institut Curie


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Who?

1 out of every 6 staff members is a student or a postdoc

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nationalities60 19 Junior

Group Leaders240 PhD students300 postdocs

30 MD/PhD students120 Medical Interns34 Medical Interns from abroad


Alysia VANDENBERG

Roman ROUZIER Deputy Coordinator for

Advanced Training HOSPITAL GROUP

Graça RAPOSOProgram Coordinator for Advanced TrainingRESEARCH CENTER

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Jacqueline LEGRAS

Mélanie HERRBACH

Pascale DEBRUY

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Work Placement Students

JenniferHENRY-LEMOINE

Anémone TRYSAVATH

Human Resources

Training Coordinators

Core Facilities & Technology platformsStudent/postdoc Association

Physician-ProfessorsResearcher-ProfessorsResearchers

Training Coordinators

The Training Unit


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Training – opportunities for all

“Core Courses” - technical training & soft skills• French as a foreign language• Image J, Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator• Biostatistics for researchers and clinicians• Lab management • Writing a scientific paper• Scientific communication• Presenting science visually• Responsible & ethical conduct of research


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International Courses

Unique: university-accredited

10 of them in 2015

Epigenetics, Developmental Biology, Non-coding Genome, Cytoskeleton, From Pigment cells to melanoma, + many more

Organized by our researchers, professors, physicians

Financial support

“Training Coordinators” & trainees help us improve

Training Unit provides logistical support, shares best practices


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International Courses International speakers & attendees - great for networking & career developmentOpen seminars, on-site employees can attend for freeJournal club often integrated– teaches critical analysis & reviewPoster sessions – PIs review, give feedback

And more….

Career development brunchArt & Science workshop – resident artist via EC-funded research network“Scientific Misconduct and Research Ethics” led by journal editor“How to Get Published” led by journal editorRecorded lectures available on www.training.curie.fr


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Supporting mentoring & career development at all career stages

PhD annual thesis committee meetings

PostdocsJunior groups

Provide guidelines

Monitor progress

necessary for 4th yr funding requests

Mentoring program + funds

Lab management training

For grant applications: English editing & peer review

Lab management training

Institut Curie – Mélanie Herrbach – Orientation day: training & higher education 2 mai 2023

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Attracting talent

PhD fellowships – coordinated with affiliated universitiesPhDsMaster’s and PhD for Physicians & pharmacists

Research internships

MIT and other career fairs

Presenting our training program

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Having an excellent training program helps us to attract the best talent.

Institut Curie – Mélanie Herrbach – Orientation day: training & higher education 2 mai 2023

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Training & Education – beyond the Training Unit

Student & postdoc association (ADIC) – scientific retreat

Visiting sabbatical researchers – informal discussions

LabEx Interdisciplinary Courses

PSL Research University – additional training opportunities, funding

“Soirées Claudius Chez Marie” – seminars for MDs and PhDs

Science outreach – schoolchildren visit our labs, public seminars on cancer


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2014 PhDgraduationceremony


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Investing in education leads to…

Institut Curie – Advanced Training & Higher Education