Metabolic Research Association of Postdocs and Students (MAPS)

Purpose

MAPS is a peer-to-peer communication platform that promotes interdisciplinary collaboration between programs. MAPS offers a friendly and supportive environment for early career researchers to get to know each other and work together to improve our development as scientists in metabolic disease.

Aims

• Integrate early career scientists through scientific interactions and social functions
• Provide a communication platform
• Promote collaboration to improve our individual and collective scientific work

Co-chairs

• Fabian Finger, Postdoc (fabian.finger@sund.ku.dk)
• Frederike Sass, PhD Student (frederike.sass@sund.ku.dk)

Board Members

• Malene Christiansen, PhD Student (malene.christiansen@sund.ku.dk)
• Sarah Yvonnet, Postdoc (sarah.yvonnet@sund.ku.dk)
• Vaida Juozaityté, Postdoc (vaida@sund.ku.dk)
• Kristin Hussey, Postdoc (kristin.hussey@sund.ku.dk)
• Marina Agueda Oyarzabal, PhD Student (marina.agueda@sund.ku.dk)
• Jonathan Robert Belanich, Postdoc (jbelanich@sund.ku.dk)
• Simone Bossi, Postdoc (simone.bossi@sund.ku.dk)
• Virginia Díez Obrero, Postdoc (virginia.diez.obrero@sund.ku.dk)
• Kathrine Lundø Larsen, PhD student (kllarsen@sund.ku.dk)

Activities

We host monthly Scientific Seminars open for postdocs and students followed by a Social Networking Hour open to all employees at CBMR. Our seminars provide an opportunity for postdocs and students to share their scientific discoveries in an informal setting, while the social hour provides a chance for networking and informal discussions.

This gives us the perfect opportunity to learn about each other’s work, present more powerfully, and develop a broader perspective on metabolism. We also organize career-development seminars and social events in addition to our recurring monthly events.