YI @ Workshops

Dear GBM-YI,

From April 13 to 16, 2026, we are organizing a workshop "From Bench to Leadership - A workshop for young PIs in biology".

Workshop description

Starting your own research group is an exciting time in the life of a scientist. But this is also a time of big challenges. New PIs transition from a familiar lab environment to a completely different managing role behind a desk. Often, they end up with little guidance on how to do these unfamiliar things:

    - How do you build a team and mentor students, who may approach science very differently from you?
    - How do you manage projects when the work is no longer done solely by your own hands?
    - How do you organize your time across teaching, administration, and countless other tasks?
    - How do you set up a lab when protocols that once seemed simple become unexpectedly complex?
    - How do you create a support network when there are few peers in the same situation?

At the Young Investigator group of the GBM we decided to organize an event that will help new PIs to deal with these challenges.We want bring together young investigators across biological life sciences and offer a professional leadership workshop for a very competitive price. Plenty of time to build a peer network, exchange experiences, and even discuss the challenges of lab setup with our industry partners will round off this unique event.

To the workshop website.