Dr. Barbara Janssens

Als belgische Biologin leite ich den Career Service & Alumni Relations (CareerCheck.dkfz.de & dkfz-connect.de) am Deutschen Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ) in Heidelberg. Nach meiner postdoktoralen Forschung in Paris arbeitete ich fünf Jahren bei Wiley-Blackwell als Herausgeberin und Managing Editor. Seit 2011 berate ich Doktoranden und Postdocs, organisiere Alumni Veranstaltungen, habe zahlreiche Management- und Führungskräfteschulungen absolviert sowie Workshops geleitet.

Seminars and workshops in Scientific Writing ranging from 2 hours to 2 days to students and postdocs in the life sciences. Topics covered are background to publishing, structuring the writing process, do's and don'ts to make the most out of a scientific publication. Assignments have included HBIGS Graduate School in Heidelberg, DKFZ, EMBO course in Pretoria (South Africa) EMBO YIP meetings (Prague and Heidelberg), Dahlem Research School in Berlin, Heidelberg medical faculty, IMBB in Heraklion, Crete

Co-Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor of Biotechnology Journal www.biotechnology-journal.com Editor of the free magazine www.biotecvisions.com Managing related journals Engineering in Life Sciences, European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology, Lipid Technology From Reference: Dr. Janssens fulfilled all of her responsibilities with ease, enthusiasm and with unequalled high efficiency. Her work was highly appreciated by the Editors and the Society representatives of the journals, which she managed,

Phd thesis on "Functional characterization of novel alpha-catenins". Research involving molecular biology, genetics, biotechnology, cell biology, imaging and many other techniques.