What is ÖGMBT YLSA
Young Life Scientist Austria is a bottom-up initiative from young scientists for young scientists. YLSA is the young segment of Austrian Association of Molecular Life Sciences Biotechnology (ÖGMBT) and being a member of ÖGMBT enables you to participate in all YLSA activities. YLSA is organised in four Austrian branches: North, South, West and East. No matter in which city you are living, you can attend to all events of all branches.
Why YLSA was founded
YLSA was founded due to a simple reason: Only about 3,5 % of life science graduates can secure a permanent position at a university with more and more PhDs graduating while faculty positions are stagnating. But were does the rest go? Originally trained as scientists, many will continue doing an “industry” or other science related jobs outside academia. Job centres at universities offer job fairs and “how to apply” initiatives – but in many cases the question what the job is actually about remains unanswered upon application? YLSA aims to close the information gap between life science students and life science job profiles outside academia. YLSA thereby addresses following questions: Which positions outside academia do I qualify with a life-science degree? How do I get in touch with people doing this job? What were their experiences with the application process? Which DOs and DONTs do they recommend
What is YLSA doing
YLSA organises various events to bring together students and early graduates of life science disciplines with graduates working outside academia as well as with life science companies. As such, YLSA organises „Out of the Box Talks“ where Experts with a life science background working outside academia talk about their experiences and job profiles. In addition, YLSA regularly visits pharma and biotech companies, ranging from small and medium size enterprises to big pharmaceutical companies. Besides, regular tables and social events are organized to also strengthen the network among participants and organizers of YLSA events.
YLSA & Friends
The YLSA Vienna region is proud to announce that as of January 2019, the ÖGMBT-supported YLSA & Friends program has officially been launched.
YLSA & Friends is an interdisciplinary partnership program that builds on successful activities - such as Company Visits or Out of the Box Talks - in order to create even more opportunities for participating young life science students. As such, YLSA & Friends allows the YLSA to invite young graduates from disciplines unrelated to the life science sector, who in their profession are frequent users of goods and products originating from life sciences. YLSA & Friends shall thereby lead to an interdisciplinary exchange between young life scientists as "designers" of innovative goods and "users" of the same. This exchange shall ultimately allow young life scientists to get to know the “user” perspective, as enriching addition to their prevalent life sciences perspective. Starting in the Vienna region this year, YLSA & Friends will subsequently be implemented all over Austria with the ultimate goal of improved biotechnology-enabled products in the future.
How can I participate in YLSA events
Our events are announced in the ÖGMBT newsletter, the ÖGMBT homepage or calendar and on social media. YLSA is supported by the ÖGMBT board which multiply events via round-mailings. No matter which channel informed you about an event, the registration is only one E-mail away. Besides being a participant, you can also get active and if you have an idea for a workshop, talk other events, just reach out to us and we will find best support your event.
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YLSA Sprecher
MSc Jonas Ramoni
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YLSA Zweigstelle WEST
MSc Gregor Ömer |
"So far there are only unsatisfactory island solutions to connect young life scientists at their local institutions. To me, ÖGMBT offers a perfect platform to establish a countrywide network needed to leverage interdisciplinary synergies" Jonas |
"Collaborations and and networks are important aspects in Life Sciences. YLSA is the perfect opportunity to meet other scientists, companies and fellow students to improve your very own network"
Gregor
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YLSA Zweigstelle SÜD
BSc Pascal Mülner |
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YLSA Zweigstelle NORD
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"Be part of the future of life sciences"
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The Facebook group "ÖGMBT Young Life Scientists Austria (YLSA)" was created to facilitate communication and to announce the latest news and events.
Please visit also the ÖGMBT facebook page.
UPCOMING EVENTS
| THE YLSA TEAMS ARE WORKING ON FURTHER ACTIVITIES - DETAILS WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON | ||
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ÖGMBT YLSA WEST Stammtisch |
2nd Tuesday each month |
Join us for a relaxed get-together and find out more about Innsbruck’s
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| ÖGMBT YLSA SÜD Stammtisch |
3rd monday each month at 18:00 |
3rd MOnday each MOnth at MOlly malone
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PAST EVENTS
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YLSA Kick-off Event |
June 29th, 2016 in Vienna |
17 young researchers from TU Wien, BOKU, IST Austria, MUW, Vetmed, Uni Wien, MFPL and even from TU Graz.  |
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YLSA Info Event |
September 13th, 2016 in Graz |
Presentation of YLSA during the 8th ÖGMBT Annual Meeting by Jonas Ramoni & Pascal Mülner   |
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YLSA Social Event - Billard |
October 20th, 2016 in Vienna |
Relaxed get together @ Billardcafe KÖÖ7 with Andreas (IST), Lisa (BOKU), Franziska & Nikolaus (AIT), Elisabeth & Jonas (TU Vienna) and Julian (MFPL) |
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YLSA Social Event - Bowling |
October 24th, 2016 in Graz | Relaxed get together @ Kegelbahn Scheff with Carina (MUG), Maria, Peter, Marielies, Christoph and Pascal (TU Graz).  |
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| Role Model Talk: Scientific Publishing Springer | January 19th, 2017 in Vienna |
Dr. Silvia Herold, Editor in Biomedicine / Life Sciences @ SpringerNature talked about what her daily work looks like and about scientific publishing in general. Great opportunity for networking and a relaxed conclusion with drinks & snacks afterwards.
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| Company visit at the ERBER Group | February 16th, 2017 | 27 young researcher participated at the Company Visit of the ERBER Group Campus in Getzersdorf and the BIOMIN Research Center in Tulln.  |
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| Science Dinner - eatdrinkconnect | February 23rd, 2017 in Graz | Mag. Dr. Karin Schaupp and Univ.-Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Robert Kourist discussed in a relaxed atmosphere with young reserachers about the topic “Academia vs. industry: Einstein or Bayer- who are you going to be?” |
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| YLSA NORD Kick-off Event |
March 2nd, 2017 in Salzburg |
18 enthusiastic young researchers participated at this this Kick-off Event in Salzburg.
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| OUT OF THE BOX TALK | May 18th, 2017 in Vienna |
Dr. Matthias Brunner, Trainee as Patent Attorney @ Sonn & Partners Vienna, showed us how his daily work looks like, and wgave insights into which skills are needed to be successful in this profession.
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| COMPANY VISIT - LACTOSAN | May 24th, 2017 in Kapfenberg |
17 young researcher visited the styrian based biotech and pharma company LACTOSAN.
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| ÖGMBT YLSA WEST Kick off - BBQ |
June 1st, 2017, Innsbruck |
more than 50 young researchers came together at the Kick-off event in CCB Innsbruck
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| Dr. Jernej Zupanc - Effective Visual Communication of Science | September 21, 2017, Graz | When reading research papers, grant proposals, conference posters or viewing slide presentations, researchers look at visuals first. If created properly, scientific figures are the most effective way to explain complex ideas and research results. This seminar gave an introduction to how researchers search and read scientific literature and how we can use basic principles of visual communication to attract the readers' attention and guide their eyes through composition. | |||||
| 1st ÖGMBT YLSA WEST Stammtisch | Oktober 9, 2017 Innsbruck |
Relaxed get-together with discussions about Innsbruck’s life science community.
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| ÖGMBT YLSA SÜD Semesterstart: Pizza Roulette |
October 20, 2017 |
Get together of the YLSA SÜD with interesting discussions and exchange of ideas for next life science activities |
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| ÖGMBT YLSA OST: Out Of The Box Talk |
November 9th at 19:00 MFPL, Dr. Bohrgasse 9, 6.Stock 1030 Wien |
ÖGMBT YLSA Out of the Box Talk with Dr. Michael Wildauer, Management Trainee @ Shire
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ÖGMBT YLSA SÜD: Company Visit @ Sandoz Ljubljana |
November 20th starting at 7:00, Graz |
The company visit to Sandoz located in Ljubljana was very successful! Sandoz, the generic division of Novartis, is a pioneer in the field of biosimilars and the second-largest generic pharmaceutical company in the world.
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| ÖGMBT YLSA WEST: YLSA Törggelen & Netwörggelen |
November 20th at 19:00 Tiroler Bauernkeller, Meinhardstr. 13, Innsbruck |
The ÖGMBT YLSA West networking event in the form of Törggelen, a mouthwatering tradition from South-Tirol with wine and chestnuts! |
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| ÖGMBT YLSA NORD: Trip to Salzburg Christmas Market |
December 18th at 18:00 Pond of the NaWi Salzburg Hellbrunnerstr. 34 |
YLSA/ÖGMBT members and interested life scientists met at the Salzburg Christmas Market to got to know each other and talked how to expand and foster the YLSA/ÖGMBT community in Salzburg and Upper Austria. |
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ÖGMBT YLSA SÜD: “Start New- Start Up” |
Wednesday, 17.01.2018 at 17:30 | ||||||
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Company visits |
14.2.2018, 10 am, ThioMatrix, Innsbruck |
YLSA visits ThioMatrix, one of Europe´s leading drug delivery companies, specialised on the development of non-invasive drug delivery systems. |
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ÖGMBT YLSA WEST: 1-day workshop on: Effective Visual Communication of Science: how to visualize your scientific ideas and help your audience effortlessly grasp the essence of your research |
Monday, 26th of February 2018 CCB, Innrain 80, Seminar room M01.392 |
The workshop was a great success!
Read a article from the Medical University of Innbruck online! |
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| ÖGMBT YLSA NORD: Career day for biologists |
February 28th, Salzburg |
More than 80 students participate at the Career day and get in contact with 9 speakers from different life science companies. |
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| ÖGMBT YLSA OST: Out of the box talk |
15.3.2018, 7 pm, FH Campus Wien Vienna Biocenter Helmut Qualtinger-Gasse 2, stair 2, ground floor, conference room |
The Out of the box talk with Dr. Chantal Rodgarkia-Dara was very successful! After the interesting talk the students have taken the opportunity to an intensiv exchange. |
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ÖGMBT YLSA WEST: Company visit |
21.3.2018, ViraTherapeutics, Innsbruck |  |
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ÖGMBT YLSA OST: Bio Goes BusinessKarriere in der Biologie ABA-Tagung 2018 |
7.4.2018, Universität Wien, Biozentrum UZA I, HS 1 |
The latest events and activities of YLSA EAST were presented at a booth at the “Bio Goes Business - Karriere in der Biologie” conference organized by the Austrian Biologists Association. |
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ÖGMBT YLSA WEST: @ Life Science PhD Meeting Innsbruck 2018 |
5.+ 6.4.2018, CCB Innsbruck |
Anna-Maria Dietl and Michael Schäfer are the winners of the ÖGMBT/YLSA - Best Poster Award of the Life Science PhD Meeting Innsbruck 2018. Congratulations! |
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ÖGMBT YLSA WEST: Company visit |
23.04.2018 Oroboros Instruments, Schöpfstraße 18, Innsbruck |
Oroboros is engaged in cancer research, with focus on metabolism and mitochondria for novel anti-cancer therapies. | |||||
| ÖGMBT YLSA OST: Company visit at the ERBER Group |
26.4.2018 Getzersdorf & Tulln |
The Company Visit of the ERBER Group Campus in Getzersdorf and the BIOMIN Research Center in Tulln was again a great opportunity for young researchers to get first hand insights and information about job opportunities. | |||||
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ÖGMBT YLSA WEST: Company visit at Gebro Pharma |
25.05.2018 Gebro Pharma, Fieberbrunn |
Together with the Standortagentur Tirol the ÖGMBT organised an excursion to the pharmaceutical company, Gebro Pharma, in Fieberbrunn Gebro Pharma develops and manufactures medicinal products, medical devices, food supplements/dietary products and cosmetics in various pharmaceutical forms. Foundet in 1947 Gebro Pharma has a presence in more than 25 countries and around 300 employees in its headquarter in Fieberbrunn, a small tourist town in the Kitzbühel Alps. |
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| ÖGMBT YLSA SÜD: Company visit at ZETA |
29.5.2018 Lieboch, near Graz |
ZETA invites master and PhD students of BOKU, TU Vienna and TU Graz to take part in an excursion to visit their facilities in Lieboch, near Graz on Tuesday, May 29th. This includes the visit of an industrial bioreactor plant. Prior to the company visit you will listen to a varied set of talks about ZETA Biopharma (Important note! While presentation slides are in English, the talks are given in German!!). As a special feature a representative of Boehringer- Ingelheim will inform about carrier opportunities at this global company. | |||||
| ÖGMBT YLSA SÜD: ÖGMBT Science Dinner - eatdrinkconnect |
7.6.2018
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The dinner took place in the Herzl Stube (Prokopigasse 12, 8010 Graz). Our 2 guests were: Dr. Vera Niederkofler representing the industry (from QPS Austria located in Grambach) and Dr. Julia Kargl (from the department of Pharmacology at the Medical University of Graz). They talked about their professional experiences and answered questions regarding academia or industry. |
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| ÖGMBT YLSA OST: Karriereevent im Rahmen der ÖGMBT Jahrestagung | 17.09.2018 |
Vier ExptertInnen stellten ihre Berufsfelder vor sowie ein professioneller Personalrecruiter stellte Dos and Don’ts bei der Bewerbung vor. |
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| ÖGMBT YLSA WEST: Stammtisch |
9.10.2018 |
 Networking, networking, networking! Organizied by the new YLSA WEST branch manager Gregor Ömer. |
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ÖGMBT YLSA OST: Out of the Box Talk |
18.10.2018 |
This "Out of the Box Talk" at FH Campus Wien was given by Dipl.-Ing. Tamara De Zuani, project manager of the biotechnology department at Agrana Research and Innovation Centre (ARIC) GmbH. |
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24.10.2018 |
Academia or Industry - What´s the best choice for me? This "Careers Talk" with Ass.Prof. Dr. Michaela Lackner, group leader at the Division of Hygiene and Medicinal Microbiology and Dr. Florian Widner, development scientist at Novartis in Kundl gave insights on possibilities and chances in academia and industry to find the best choice for your career path. |
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| ÖGMBT YLSA WEST: "Netwörggelen" |
07.11.2018 |
YLSA-WEST traditional "Netwörggelen" |
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| ÖGMBT YLSA WEST: Stammtisch |
13.11.2018 |
Networking, networking, networking! |
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ÖGMBT YLSA OST: Company Visit at AGRANA |
03.12.2018 |
The Young Life Scientists from the Vienna region visited the Agrana Research & Innovation Center and got to know first hand insights into their R&D facilities. |
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ÖGMBT YLSA OST: Christmas Event |
13.12.2018 |
To say thanks to the out of the box talk speakers from 2018, YLSA EAST organized a Christmas Event. |
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| ÖGMBT YLSA WEST Stammtisch | 15.01.2019 |  |
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| ÖGMBT YLSA WEST Company Visit |
23.01.2019 |
Biocrates Life Sciences AG – The deep phenotyping company The Young Life Scientits Austria (YLSA) gave Master- and PhD Students the opportunity to get an insight of this tyrolean company that is an interesting employer for scientists. |
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| ÖGMBT YLSA OST Out of the Box Talk | 24.01.2019 |
The Young Life Scientists Austria Kick Off Event at the Campus of the Institute of Science and Technology (IST) hosted young life science graduates Dr. Elisabeth Mayer, Research Team Leader at Biomin, and Dr. Jonas Ramoni, Project Manager at Ares Genetics. As part of this Out of the Box Talk, Elisabeth and Jonas spoke about their jobs and the associated roles and duties you have in the position as a young life science graduate. |
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| ÖGMBT YLSA OST/NORD Company Visit | 06.02.2019 |
Lenzing AG Following a guided tour through the production halls, participants received information about Lenzing’s actions in biotechnology for pulp, biorefinery and fibers. Lenzing's representatives told participants all about the "Lenzing Fibers" for textile applications, which was followed by a very fruitful and lively Q&A session. The event was completely free for ÖGMBT members and partner organisations. Many thanks for the continued support, and to everyone who joined on this very interesting day! |
