Timeline & Deliverables
MSCA projects have a clearly defined timeline, in order to ensure success of the Early Stage Researcher (ESR) recruitment and training, and to support the smooth running of the interaction between the ITN team and the European Commission agency to which it reports, the Research Executive Agency (REA). The training of the the ESRs involves hands on research, numerous scientific meetings and workshops, for learning both transferrable skills and advanced research skills.
SECRET-ITN Project Timeline
SECRET seminar series – June session
planned June 15th, 2021
Featuring talks from Roded Sharan from the Tel Aviv University, and from Hesso Farhan, from the Medical University of Innsbruck.
Abstract Writing Workshop
planned May 26th and June 9th, 2021
A two day digital transferrable skills workshop focusing on abstract writing for scientific publications.
Biostatistics Workshop
planned May 20th – 21st, 2021
A two day workshop focusing on data analysis and statistics of common experimental assays (western blot, single cell data from microscopy studies).
SECRET seminar series – May session
planned May 18th, 2021
Featuring talks from Alberto Luini from the Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (IBBC) belonging to the National Research Council of Italy, and from Helmut Dolznig, from the Institute of Medical Genetics of the Medical University of Vienna.
SECRET seminar series – April session
April 20th, 2021
Featuring talks from Monilola Olayioye from the Institute for Cell Biology and Immunology at the University of Stuttgart, and Lina Prasmickaite from the Oslo University Hospital.
Transferrable Skills Workshop – Strong Presentations
April 7th – 9th, 2021
A three day transferrable skills workshop was aimed to boost the presentations of the SECRET ITN ESRs.
SECRET seminar series – March session
March 23rd, 2021
Featuring talks from from our two Freiburg-based PIs, Julia Schüler from our third private sector beneficiary, Charles River Discovery Research Services Germany, and Tilman Brummer from the Institute of Molecular Medicine and Cell Research at the University of Freiburg.
3 ESRs seconding from March 2021 at VUmc:
March – June 2021
Elena Gutiérrez Galindo (ESR 2) hosted in Stuttgart (USTUTT), starts her secondment in the Jimenez group at VUmc.
Merih Özverin (ESR 3) hosted in Stuttgart (USTUTT), starts her secondment in the Jimenez group at VUmc.
Alexia Maria Gali (ESR 14) hosted in Athens (PAO) starts her secondment in the Jimenez group at VUmc.
(Optional) Workshop Proteomics
March 15th – 19th, 2021
The SECRET ITN ESRs were offered the opportunity to join a one week digital workshop focusing on proteomics, an optional training event kindly organised by our beneficiary, Prof. Connie Jimenez from the OncoProteomics Laboratory at the VU University Medical Center Amsterdam.
SECRET seminar series – February session
February 23rd, 2021
Featuring talks from Leonidas Alexopoulos, founder of Protavio (UK) /ProtATonce (GR) and from Judith Farrés Marisch, Head of Collaborative Research at Anaxomics in Barcelona.
Launching the SECRET seminar series
January 19th, 2021
Featuring talks from the network coordinator, Angelika Hausser, leading the Membrane Trafficking and Signaling lab at the Institute of Cell Biology and Immunology from the University of Stuttgart and beneficiary Connie Jimenez, head of the OncoProteomics Laboratory at the VU University Medical Center Amsterdam.
Change of beneficiary
Due to move of Prof. Hesso Farhan from the University of Oslo (UiO) to the Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI)
Termination of beneficiary UiO by 31.12.2020
New beneficiary MUI as of 01.01.2021
Amirabbas Parizadeh (ESR 4) and Renata Hajdu (ESR 5) are now hosted at MUI.
Amendment to the Grant Agreement accepted 19.10.2020.
Mid-Term Check
Online event, November 13th, 2020
We were happy to meet with our project officer, to walk him through our progress and successes, as well as our COVID-19-related struggles and solutions.
SECRET-ITN Annual Meeting
Online event, November 12th, 2020
The SECRET ITN consortium met digitally for a one day annual meeting, where we looked back over our progress for the past year and all the ESRs had a chance to present and discuss their first results with all the PIs and other ESRs.
Workshop Advanced Microscopy Techniques
November 9th and 16th, 2020
The workshop, organised by the SECRET members from the University of Oslo, was not only a way to learn new and exciting techniques, but also a great chance for scientific exchange, as SECRET ESRs got a chance to meet and interact with the ESRs from SAND-ITN, coordinated by our beneficiary, Prof Hesso Farhan, from the University of Oslo.
Milestone achieved:
MS3 Joint supervision arrangements in place (M7)
Achieved with delay by M9 for 13 ESRs and M13 for 2 ESRs due to difficulties in recruitment posed by the COVID-19 pandemic
Milestone achieved:
MS2 Recruitment process completed (M6)
Achieved with delay on M12 due to difficulties posed by the COVID-19 pandemic
ESRs 10 and 11 started work in October 2020:
Catarina Marques (ESR 10) is starting her work on project IRP 2.2 in Amsterdam (VUmc), in the group of Prof. Dr. Connie Jimenez on the 1st of October.
Juan Manuel García Illarramendi (ESR 11) starting his work on project IRP 2.3 in Barcelona (AX), under the supervision of Dr. Judith Farrés on the 5th of October.
Deliverables:
By 30.09.2020
D1.1 (D1) Report on experimental approaches to mechanistically understand mutual regulation of signalling and secretion on a systems level (WP1)
D2.1 (D5) Joint report on approaches (WP2)
D3.2 (D10) Report on IRP based training, including secondments I (WP3)
D3.3 (D11) Reports on network-wide training events I (WP3)
D4.4 (D20) Annual Progress Report I (WP4)
D5.3 (D27) Annual Dissemination and outreach report I (WP5)
D6.1-D6.6 (D35-D40) H – Requirement No. 1-6 (WP6)
Recruitment efforts
Recruitment efforts for ESR11 (for the position at AX in Barcelona) paused temporarily due to the COVID-19 situation in Spain, to be re-started as a new call for application in late summer 2020.
New recruitment round for the ESR10 position at VUmc, due to discontinuation of ESR10 employment at the end of July 2020.
ESRs 7 seconding at PAO:
August-September 2020
Eleni Skourti (ESR 7) hosted in Oslo (OUH), is seconding for two months at ProtATonce (PAO) in Athens.
ESR Kick-off & Training Event
Online training events are adopted in order to ensure ESR training as scheduled. Transferrable skills workshops – Online meetings – July 28th – 31st, 2020
Participation of all 13 recruited ESRs.
The transferable skills workshops on:
- Ethics of Science
- Good Scientific Practice
- Self- and Time- Management
ESR Kick-off & Training Event
Planned for April 22nd – 24th, 2020 – Stuttgart
(Most content was postponed due to COVID-19 outbreak)
Participation of all 13 ESRs.
The transferable skills workshops and introduction to the data sharing platform planned as online events.
22nd of April – Introduction to the Data Sharing Platform (DaRUS) – online meeting
Deliverables:
By 31.05.2020 (Postponed to 30.06.2020)
D3.1 (D9) PCDP implementation and supervision structure (WP3)
Postponed due to delays in recruitment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic
ESRs 15 started work remotely on the 1st of June:
Lorenzo Federico Signorini (ESR 15) starting his work on project IRP 2.7 in Tel Aviv (TAU), under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Roded Sharan.
ESRs 6 and 14 started work in May:
Célia Asdih (ESR 6) is starting her work on project IRP 1.6 in Freiburg (UKLFR), in the group of Prof. Dr. Tilman Brummer.
Alexia Maria Gali (ESR 14) starting her work on project IRP 2.6 in Athens (PAO), under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Leonidas Alexopoulos.
ESR 8 started work on the 1st of April:
Negar Parizadeh (ESR 8) starting her work remotely on project IRP 1.8 in Naples (CNR), under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Alberto Luini. Relocation to Italy was delayed until June by the COVID-19 outbreak.
Deliverables:
By 31.03.2020
D4.2 (D18) Recruitment report (WP4)
D4.3 (D19) Data management plan (WP4)
D5.2 (D26) Project website and brochure (WP5)
ESRs 4 started work in March:
15.03. 2020
Amirabbas Parizadeh (ESR 4) is starting his work on project IRP 1.4 in Oslo (UiO), in the group of Prof. Dr. Hesso Farhan.
6 ESRs started work in February:
01.02. 2020
Madalena Monteiro (ESR 9) is starting her work on project IRP 2.1 in Amsterdam (VUmc), in the group of Prof. Dr. Connie Jimenez.
Hanieh Sadeghi (ESR 10) is starting her work on project IRP 2.2 in Amsterdam (VUmc), in the group of Prof. Dr. Connie Jimenez.
(*Mrs. Sadeghi is no longer with SECRET-ITN since 31.07.2020)
Jacqueline Bersano (ESR 13) is starting her work on project IRP 2.5 in Freiburg (CRDS), under the supervision of Dr. Julia Schüler.
03.02. 2020
Mario Macía Guardado (ESR 12) is starting his work on project IRP 2.4 in Vienna (MUW), in the group of Prof. Dr. Helmut Dolznig.
06.02. 2020
Zeynep Hazal Yilmaz (ESR 1) is starting her work on project IRP 1.1 in Stuttgart (USTUTT), in the group of Dr. Angelika Hausser.
Merih Özverin (ESR 3) is starting her work on project IRP 1.3 in Stuttgart (USTUTT), in the group of Prof. Dr. Monilola Olayioye.
ESRs 2 and 7 started work at USTUTT and OUH:
15.01. 2020
Elena Gutiérrez Galindo (ESR 2) started her work on project IRP 1.2 in Stuttgart (USTUTT), in the group of Dr. Angelika Hausser.
13.01. 2020
Eleni Skourti (ESR 7) started her work on project IRP 1.7 in Oslo (OUH), in the group of Dr. Gunhild Mælandsmo.
First ESR started work at UiO:
06.01. 2020
Renata Hajdu (ESR 5) started her work on project IRP 1.5 in Oslo (UiO), in the group of Prof. Dr. Hesso Farhan.
ITN 2019 Coordinators’s Infoday
22.11.2019
Participation of SECRET-ITN Program Coordindator, Dr. Angelika Hausser, and Program Manager, Dr. Raluca Tamas, at the briefing day organized by the European Commission.
Milestone
MS1 Committees set up (M1)
Deliverables:
Deadline: 30.11.2019
D4.9 (D41) Consortium Agreement Report (WP4)
D4.10 (D42) Supervisory Board Report (WP4)
First deliverables:
Deadline: 31.10.2019
D4.1 (D17) KOM Report (WP4)
D5.1 (D25) Data Sharing Report (WP5)
Kick-Off Meeting (KOM)
24.10.2019
Beneficiaries met to kick off the project.
Start of the Recruitment Period
01.10.2019 ongoing until end of March 2020 or until all Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) are recruited.
Consortium Agreement
Entry into force 01.10.2019
Grant Agreement
Entry into force 09.08.2019
