Welcome to the Early Career Scientists

Welcome to ESWI's Early Career Scientists' Network

ECAS

The ESWI Early Career Scientists (ECaS) Community was launched during the 9th ESWI Conference in Valencia, bringing a structural platform and identity to ESWI’s past and current efforts to support the work of early career scientists. The ECaS aims to unite early career scientists in the field of acute respiratory viruses and stakeholder organisations to create a platform where early career scientists can share their work with the broader acute respiratory virus community.

In the past, ESWI has always supported early career scientists by organising training in influenza laboratory work and sponsoring the 7 Orthomyxovirus Research Conferences, specifically designed for early career scientists. ESWI honours early career scientists with three awards, a travel fund enabling their active participation at ESWI events, and a dedicated podcast series.

Early Career Scientists Ambassador

In 2017 Debby Van Riel won the Claude Hannoun prize for Best Body of Work. As from 2021 Debby is the ambassador for the Early Career Scientists (ECaS) network. She is an advocate in encouraging collaboration, both on a scientific research level, as at an inter personal level.

 

Debby Van Riel
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Debby Van Riel
ESWI Associate Member, Erasmus MC, The Netherlands

If you have any questions about ESWI's support to early career scientists please contact [email protected].

Floris Hoffmann
Floris Hoffmann
Head of Early Career Scientists Programme, Belgium

ECaS Related content

Podcasts
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ESWI Airborne: Life as a scientist
Essential skills and career prospects for early career scientists
Together with Meral Akcay, Lucy Mosscrop and Marco Goeijenbier we’ll delve into their unique journeys, the challenges they face, and the advice they offer to those just starting out in science.
Podcasts
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ESWI Airborne: Life as a scientist
The Nomadic Life of a Scientist
Join in on this enthusiastic and insightful conversation as we delve into the nomadic life of scientists.
Podcasts
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ESWI Airborne: Life as a scientist
Being a scientist, not just a job
Do not miss the opportunity to listen to this enthusiastic and insightful conversation between Debby van Riel, Carolien van de Sandt and Jenna Guthmiller
News
Australian discovery of change in ‘killer T cells’ could help fight against influenza
Research led by Dr Carolien van de Sandt, a senior research fellow at the Doherty Institute and 2023 Claude Hannoun Prize, and UNSW Sydney shows that cells are replaced as we get older by ones less able to read threat from infections
News
Scientific Papers
Newborn and child-like molecular signatures in older adults stem from TCR shifts across human lifespan
CD8+ T cells provide robust antiviral immunity, but how epitope-specific T cells evolve across the human lifespan is unclear.
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9th Influenza Conference 2023
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