class: center, middle, inverse, title-slide # Annual DLN Conference 2019 ## Bekkjarvik Gjestgiveri ### John Zobolas <br/> PhD Student ### Department of Biology, NTNU ### June 11th, 2019 --- layout: true <div class="my-footer"> <span> <img src="img/ntnu/ntnu-logo-neg.png" style="width:160px;height:30px;"> </span> </div> --- # The conference .pull-left[ <img src="img/DLN/dln_2019_1.jpg" style="width:500px;height:300px;"> ] .pull-right[ <img src="img/DLN/dln_2019_2.jpg" style="width:500px;height:300px;"> ] --- # The conference .pull-left[ <img src="img/DLN/dln_2019_3.jpg" style="width:500px;height:300px;"> ] .pull-right[ <img src="img/DLN/dln_2019_4.jpg" style="width:500px;height:300px;"> ] -- .center.bottom[ # Main Theme: **Sell Yourself!!!** ] --- # [Pluvia](https://pluviabiotech.com/): Bio-Tech company built from basic research .small.green[(talk by Prof Aurora Martinez, UiB)] -- - **Phenylketonuria (PKU)**, an inherited, metabolic disease -- - Causes intellectual disability -- - Ways to counteract (diet, drugs, ...) -- - Through basic research (UiB), a **new method** was found - PKU is a conformational disease - Use of *pharmacological chaperons* to fix the *protein folding* - Potential for innovation -- - Discuss the business plan afterwards - Patent the technology - Good basic research is always a prerequisite --- # Innovation & Science Communication <br/> .small.green[(talk by Anne-Sophie Schillinger)] **VIS** is a company owned by UiB and its *mission* is to identify, evaluate, develop and realize research results they believe may have commercial and / or socio-economic potential. -- - Describe your research in 7 words! -- .larger.purple[Use computers to combat cancer] <i class="fa fa-dumbbell"></i> -- - Well... that was less. So I re-did it as: .larger.blue[Use fancy computer methods to combat cancer] -- - In 3 words: -- .larger.red[Computers combat cancer] <i class="fa fa-smile"></i> -- ### Simplicity, Conciseness, Precision... --- # How to get the job you want <br/> .small.green[(talk by Sverre Haugen)] -- ### 6 principles to get the job you want - Understand employers - **Understand yourself** - Understand the job - Job-specific communication - **Show motivation** - **Use examples** -- ### CV checklist - [Checklist](https://github.com/bblodfon/myCV/blob/master/CV_Checklist_Sverre_Haugen.pdf) - [My CV](https://bblodfon.github.io/my-cv/cv.html) (made with the R package [pagedown](https://github.com/rstudio/pagedown) --- # How to get the job you want <br/> .small.green[(talk by Sverre Haugen)] ### What do the best interview candidates have in common? -- - Self-knowledge <i class="fa fa-praying-hands"></i> - Humbleness <i class="fa fa-pray"></i> - Ability to reflect <i class="fa fa-yin-yang"></i> - Well prepared <i class="fa fa-user-graduate"></i> -- ### General advice - Find your [**Ikigai**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikigai) (生き甲斐) - [Fake it to make it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVmMeMcGc0Y) (for the interview and in general) - Watch out for the **knock-out criteria** in a CV/job --- # Mental Health .small.green[(talk by Jan-Martin Berge)] ### Tools for managing stress -- .large.purple[Essential] - Sleep - Workout -- .large.purple[If need ever comes...] - Talk to someone - Take a bath and go out -- .large.purple[Zen stuff] - Breathing - Meditation / Mindfulness - Tea -- A nameless PhD quote: .large.purple['PhD is an **education**'] --- class: center, middle # Thanks! Slides created via the R package [**xaringan**](https://github.com/yihui/xaringan). My own NTNU template for [these slides](https://github.com/bblodfon/r-pres/blob/master/dln_conf_june_2019.Rmd).