<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div>** Registration deadline: August 1 **</div><div><br></div><div>Date of the meeting: 7 September 2014</div><div><a href="http://www.eccb14.org/program/satellite-meetings/jpi">http://www.eccb14.org/program/satellite-meetings/jpi</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Transitioning from Post-doc to (junior) PI is a major step in the scientific career ladder bringing new challenges to the scientist. Key among these challenges is moving from a single project-based responsibility to being responsible for the projects of students, technicians, and postdocs. On top of this, the researcher is expected to be a successful grant writer, a human resources manager, an engaging speaker, etc.</div><div> </div><div>In this meeting we aim to bring together scientists who have recently started or wish to start their own research group. This meeting will serve as a platform for building a community of junior PIs within the broader field of Computational Biology. The meeting will consist of (scientific!) speed-dating, short presentations and round-table discussions.</div><div><br></div><div>Speakers:</div><div>Sampsa Hautaniemi, University of Helsinki</div><div>Lennart Martens, Ghent University, VIB</div><div>Oliver Kohlbacher, University of Tübingen</div><div>Sebastian Schultheiss, Computomics</div><div>Alice C. McHardy, University Duesseldorf (ECCB keynote)</div><div>