Want to make the most of your talent for science?
This website and the corresponding Cambridge University Press book offer a unique stepwise approach to help you develop your expertise and become a more productive scientist.
Covering topics from giving presentations and writing effectively to prioritising your workload, it provides guidance to enhance your skills and combine them with those of others to your mutual benefit.
Learn how to maintain your passion for science, inspire others to develop their abilities and motivate yourself to plan effectively, focus on your goals and even optimise funding opportunities.
With numerous valuable tips, real-life stories, novel questionnaires and exercises for self-reflection, this must-read guide provides everything you need to take responsibility for your own personal and professional development.

News on Publications
The book is now available at Cambridge University Press (Hardback, Paperback, eBook):
>> order with 20% discount before July 21st, 2011
>> info at Cambridge University Press website

News on Courses
Workshop on grant writing at NBIC PhD student retreat, Apr 2011
Keynote lecture at Postdoc Career and Development Initiative Retreat, Feb 2011
20-20-20 lecture at Life Science Momentum 2010, Nov 2010
Keynote lecture at young investigator symposium Netherlands Respiratory Society, Oct 2010
Workshop on developing a talent for science, BCN undergraduates, Sept 2010
Workshop on talent development at Honours College Symposium, Jan 2010
Courses for VENI, VIDI, VICI grant writers (Dutch personal grants) Sept-Dec 2009; Jan-Apr, Nov 2010; Feb-Jun 2011
Short course on Academic Skills, Department's Retreat, Oct 2009
Summerschool Science and Entrepeneurship, Aug 2009
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News on Mentor-Mentee opportunities
Mentor in Rosalind Franklin Fellowship programme for Female Academics, 2009, 2010
The mentoring project has been nominated for the Noordelink Award 2010, Dutch award for HRM/management
It has been argued in Nature and other leading science journals that access to a highly experienced mentor has made the real difference in many people's science careers. Feel free to see whether we can arrange you a mentor!