Bone Abstracts

Being efficient and productive in research is frequently linked to a structured organization of the available research time. This applies to any individual scientist including PhD students, Postdocs, or PIs. In particular PIs but also to some extend more senior Postdocs have a responsibility for more junior scientists and in the case of PIs even of an entire research team. This does not only require overseeing and organizing his own time but also the time and workload of others to ensure the smooth and successful career progression of an individual fellow scientists but also of the productivity of an entire lab. In addition to organizing a whole lab, developing research projects, acquiring funding, and writing scientific articles, PIs quite often handle a considerable amount of teaching responsibilities and, in the case of physician scientists, are also involved in clinical patient care. All of these tasks are highly demanding, complex, and time-consuming. It is therefore of great importance to develop personal concepts to structure and accomplish this great variety of challenges. These tasks apply in general to all levels of investigators including PhD students, Postdoc’s, and PI’s. This New Investigator Seminar therefore intends to provide the audience with the personal experience of two recently appointed PIs who run a research team, one more advanced senior Postdoc, and a PhD student. In the context of brief presentations the speakers will give insights into their current research life and will touch upon the critical aspects mentioned above, including coping with teaching load and organizing protected time to see patients in the clinics. Following the brief statements, an interactive podium discussion will follow to debate different point of views and to learn from each other in a non-intimidating atmosphere. Coming from different countries, the presenters will discuss specifics of different scientific systems while focussing on more common challenges. It is the goal of this New Investigator Seminar to provide the attendees with concepts on how to organize their time to be productive and efficient in their career. In addition, participants will learn different ways to combine basic science, clinical duties, and teaching responsibilities. Furthermore, we will have an in-depth discussion of approaches to successfully meet the challenges of running an entire research group.