RVB Translational Medicine Book

UMC Utrecht Eureka Summer Course
on Translational Medicine
Participating in the Eureka/UMC Utrecht Summer
Course on Translational Medicine is like entering a
bubble. With a group of about 30 students and almost
as many faculty members, you go through an intense
week with a surprising mix of presentation formats and
content, of social and scientific activities, and of regular
and unorthodox teaching methods.
And you are all in it together.
The first thing you will notice is that the many
inconvenient truths of the scientific enterprise are
openly discussed. This reflects the fact that the
UMC Utrecht is home to Science in Transition, an
initiative that criticizes how incentives and rewards
shape the quality and relevance of science.
At the same time, inside the bubble you will find all the
tools and knowledge to make a positive difference as a
translational researcher. The dedicated faculty has an
outstanding reputation as both translational scientists
and as teachers. The curriculum is developed with the
Eureka Institute, which has a decade of experience in
Translational Medicine.
But the most important part, of course, is your fellow
travelers inside the bubble. They are young and
motivated researchers from around the globe that
meet each other in Utrecht with a common belief:
that biomedical research can improve our lives, and
that they can add to that.
The inspiration and energy are contagious, and long
after leaving the bubble you will feel the effects of the
one-week course. You will no longer take ‘how science
works’ for granted. You will feel empowered to make a
change by reaching out to colleagues, peers and
stakeholders, and together you will give biomedical
research the impact that it should have.
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