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New PI diaries

New PI diaries

In this ‘New PI diaries’ blog series, we will follow the journey of a few new PIs over the course of their first year of starting their research group, giving the Node readers an inside view of the challenges and highlights of being a new PI.

Will you be starting your own lab soon? The Node is especially looking for new PIs who will be setting up their lab somewhere outside of Europe and the US. Get in touch if you are interested!

Metabolic Origins: Steering of early developmental fate #MetabolismMondays

Posted by , on 7 July 2025

All the world’s a metabolic dance, early career scientists are leading the way! Emerging perspectives in metabolism This week we’ll meet Dr Kristina Stapornwongkul, a new incoming faculty at IMBA, …

The Season’s Script: Tales of Metabolic adaptation #MetabolismMondays

Posted by , on 9 June 2025

All the world’s a metabolic dance, early career scientists are leading the way! Emerging perspectives in metabolism This week we’ll meet Dr Karin Van der Burg, a new faculty at …

Lipids and Labyrinths: The metabolic maze of mosquito-virus encounters #MetabolismMondays

Posted by , on 26 May 2025

All the world’s a metabolic dance, early career scientists are leading the way! Emerging perspectives in metabolism This week we will meet Dr Cassandra Koh, who is a new faculty …

New PI diaries: Taking Stock and Figuring Out Lab Finances

Posted by , on 10 November 2024

It’s now been 13 months since I started my lab, marking the end of my ‘New PI Diaries’ series here on the Node. The journey has so far been both …

New PI diaries: Hiring people and building a lab

Posted by , on 23 August 2024

On my first day at the ZMBP last October I saw our lab space and my first thought was ‘I have a lab!’. A little over half a year later, …

Updated on 17 October 2023