☕ Coffee & Careers continues!
Next speaker: Natalia Gabrielli, Project Coordinator at the Health + Life Science Alliance Heidelberg-Mannheim. She’ll share insights on transitioning from postdoc to research coordination. Come join us!
🔗 Register: heidelbergunipostd.wixsite.com/heidelberg-p...
Marsilius kontrovers: Wie schützen wir die Wissenschaftsfreiheit Podiumsdiskussion zur „Autonomie in unruhigen Zeiten“ am 21. April 2026 im Marsilius-Kolleg. www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/newsroom/... #universität #heidelberg #uniheidelberg #wissenschaft #wisskomm #diskussion #autonomie
☕ Great start to our Coffee & Careers series at the University of Heidelberg!
Thanks to Duran Sürün and Tobias Wilsch for sharing insights on the transition from postdoc to independent research careers.
Looking forward to upcoming sessions featuring more diverse career paths! Stay tuned! 🚀
🎉 Last week, HUPs members Rachel Gilmore and Sabrina Lewis attended the very first German Postdoc Network Conference 2026.
Rachel also served on the organizing committee, helping shape the conference. 🤝
Great to see such a vibrant national postdoc community! Already looking forward to next year! 🚀
New seminar series ☕️ Coffee & Careers
Researchers share how they transitioned from postdoc to independent careers.
30-min talk + discussion, Coffee, tea & cake
🖥 Hybrid event
Mar 25, INF: Duran Sürün
Mar 26, Altstadt: Tobias Wilsch
Register: heidelbergunipostd.wixsite.com/heidelberg-p...
New week, new HUPs member spotlight!
👋🏻 Meet Greta Visintin, Executive Committee Member. She studies how the brain and body communicate in chronic pain to help develop better treatments. She values building community and meaningful connections to make the postdoc experience more supportive.
Universität Heidelberg verteidigt Status als Exzellenzuniversität – Rektorin Frauke Melchior: „Großartige Gemeinschaftsleistung hat zum Erfolg geführt“ www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/newsroom/...
#universität #heidelberg #uniheidelberg #Exzellenzstrategie #ExStra
Our first HUPs event of the year = a success! 🎉
Almost 60 participants joined our Heidelberg-themed Pub Quiz & Networking Night.
🏆 Winners: Slow Beer Pils #1 (Pietro & the Blue Baracudas)
🥈 Shared 2nd: Food for Thought & The Imposters
Can’t wait to see you at our next event!
New week, new HUPs member spotlight!
👋🏻 Meet Evangelia Pollali, Executive Committee Member. She is an interdisciplinary neuroscientist studying networks that mediate emotional behaviors and memory. She values building a supportive community where postdocs can connect both socially and academically.
New week, new HUPs member!
👋🏻 Meet Alec Cali, General Executive. He is a mixed methodologist leading a research group on disability & exclusion in health. He joined HUPs to represent interdisciplinary early career researchers and advocate for more sustainable academic career pathways.
New week, new HUPs member!
👋🏻 Meet Sarah Sentis, Social Media Manager. She studies how the brain regulates body temperature, and why some people cope better with heat than others. She values HUPs for creating a safe and supportive space where postdocs in Heidelberg can connect beyond their research.
🎉 Join our HUPs Postdoc Pub Quiz Night on March 5, 5 PM at COS (INF 230, Room 005)! Meet fellow postdocs, enjoy free pizza & drinks, and compete for a prize. Teams up to 6 or join on arrival.
Please register in advance: heidelbergunipostd.wixsite.com/heidelberg-p...
Job opportunity for
👉 Full Stack Developer at the Health + Life Science Alliance Data Space
Applications till March 31, 2026
at the University Clinic Heidelberg (UKHD)
karriere.klinikum.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php
#jobpost #Fullstackdeveloper #dataspace #hiring
@julesdu.bsky.social
New week, new HUPs member spotlieght!
👋🏻 Meet Jules Duruz, General Executive. He studies the behaviour of small marine invertebrates to better understand nervous system evolution. He values building a supportive, interdisciplinary postdoc community and especially enjoys HUPs networking events.
New week, new HUPs member spotlight!
👋🏻 Meet Magdalena Wierzbicka, Communication Manager & Event Coordinator. She works on the development of drugs targeting the blood–brain barrier in brain cancers. She enjoys connecting with fellow postdocs while exploring the many paths postdoc life can offer.
Job opportunity for
👉 Cloud Engineer at the Health + Life Science Alliance Data Space
Submit applications till February 28, 2026
at Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg (UKHD)
#jobpost #cloudengineer #dataspace
karriere.klinikum.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php?ac...
New week, new HUPs member!
👋🏻 Meet Rachel Gilmore, Secretary of our network. She studies Schaaf-Yang syndrome, a rare neurodevelopmental disorder, using animal and cellular models. She enjoys being part of HUPs and representing the postdoc community at the university level and beyond.
New week, new HUPs member!
👋🏻 Meet Oscar O’Dwyer Lancaster-Jones, Treasurer of our network. He develops new methods for engineering heart tissue from many cells. He enjoys being part of a young, interdisciplinary network and helping shape something new at Heidelberg University.
Alliance Translational Research Program provides funding to expedite early-stage research with eventual commercialization potential.
#LifeSciences #HLSAlliance #TranslationalResearch
Opens 1/15/26
www.health-life-sciences.de/opportunities/translatio...
New week, new HUPs member!
👋🏻 Meet Karel Mocaer, Vice-President of our network. She works with volume electron microscopy and complementary techniques to study the visual system of marine flatworms. She is passionate about building platforms that connect postdocs and help access career development!
Starting 2026 by introducing the people behind our Postdoc Network!
👋🏻 Meet Sabrina Lewis, President of our network. She studies spatial omics, using microscopy to profile immune responses and drug toxicity in patient tumours. She founded the network to connect postdocs across disciplines!
🎄 Christmas Market Meetup Recap!
Great to see postdocs from Heidelberg University, DKFZ, Max Planck & EMBL come together for a festive evening in the city. Thanks to everyone who joined — more postdoc meetups to come! ✨
🎄 Christmas Market Meetup!
Join HUPs, DKFZ, Max Planck & EMBL postdocs on Dec 10 at 6PM.
📍 Meet outside Hof-Apotheke (Sofienstraße 11).
Family & friends welcome!
Register 👉 heidelbergunipostd.wixsite.com/heidelberg-p...
We had a fantastic time at the @nightscience.bsky.social workshop yesterday! Postdocs and PhD students explored the creative scientific process. A huge thank you to @itaiyanai.bsky.social for hosting a fantastic workshop and @natgabrielli.bsky.social for organising a great event.
🎤 Last week we held a town hall meeting to exchange ideas and chat to @uniheidelberg.bsky.social postdocs.
🥙 We also co-hosted a lunch with @dkfz.bsky.social PDNC to celebrate postdocs' contributions to Heidelberg.
🙏 Thanks to @bioxcell.bsky.social for sponsoring the lunch!
#PostdocAppreciationWeek
🌟 Yesterday we kicked off #PAW2025 with our first event! Together with DKFZ PDN, we hosted Dr. Susanne Scheer (heiTRACKS) for an inspiring hybrid seminar on career barriers. 40+ postdocs joined onsite & online. More PAW events coming this week – see our program!
Fantastic opportunity to connect and meet postdocs from other institutions in Heidelberg. #interinstitutional #postdoc
🎉 Postdoc Appreciation Week is almost here! Sept 15–19 in Heidelberg: headshots, career seminar, impostor workshop, CV checks, town hall & lunch. Don’t miss out – register now! 👉 paw-germany.de or directly via the QR codes below #PostdocAppreciationWeek #HUPs #PDN_DKFZ
