12/12/2022 - News
Recalling memories of our first in-person project meeting and SciComm training school in the beautiful city of colours ‘Barcelona’
Consortium meeting: After we ESRs had participated in the 13th International MaxQuant Summer School on Computational Mass Spectrometry-based Proteomics, the opening dinner of the consortium meeting was the first time that all PROTrEIN members, incl. supervisors, actually met in person. The venue was amazingly beautiful and close to the sea. Where we all enjoyed a […]
28/11/2022 - News
Wikipedia Hackathon Experience
Most of us do research because we enjoy finding answers, solving problems and even helping people. But there is also a deep seated human tendency to leave a mark. Contribute to a bigger picture, graffiti on your neighbor’s wall, advance a field. This is probably why we write research papers. (Apart from begging for funding […]
21/11/2022 - News
Organising a large event as a first year PhD student – behind the scenes of the MaxQuant Summer School 2022
Starting with the premise that I have never organised such a big event in the past, getting actively involved in the organisation of the MaxQuant summer school (MQSS) has been a great opportunity to learn skills that are usually not directly related to pure research in science. The whole process of organising the summer school […]
16/12/2021 - News
Proteins form functional networks, and so do people – the first PROTrEIN summer school
The first PROTrEIN annual meeting and summer school took place between the 10th and 23rd of September 2021. Here our ESRs Marc and Mostafa share their thoughts and memories about it.