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Training Working Group

Our Aims

Our aim is to collect and coordinate information on training and career development that are of use to core facility personnel. We organize, seek out and publicize courses and training opportunities that could benefit core facility staff and management.
We also establish a networking space for more individualized training such as mentorship, cross facility job shadowing and staff exchanges. Moreover, we aim to determine requirements for a CTLS qualification in core facility management and promote a universal career path for facility staff.

Current Activities

Thanks to all the survey participants, the results of the CTLS Training WG survey are now available on Journal of Biomolecular Techniques, 2021. The paper is entitled ‘An International survey of Training Needs and Career Paths of Core Facility Staff’. Click here to download.

Our on-going activities are carried out by the Focus Groups. The aim and participants of each group are listed below:

CTLS event endorsement

To request CTLS endorsement for your event, please click here.  For more information, please send us an email at training@ctls-org.eu

Our Members

CHAIR

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Luisa Cortes
Coimbra, Portugal

VICE-CHAIRS

Veronica De Sanctis
Trento, Italy

Viktoryia Sidarovich
Trento, Italy

MEMBERS

  • Nathalie Aulner (France)
  • Marion Berard (France)
  • Alexander Botzki (Belgium)
  • Ian Brewis (UK)
  • Rafael Camacho (Sweden)
  • Sally-Ann Clark (UK)
  • Isabel Crespo Torres (Spain)
  • Jana Doehner (Switzerland)
  • Alastair Droop (UK)
  • Pamela Gatto (Italy)
  • Rashi Halder (Luxemburg)

  • Megan Hamilton (UK)
  • Sara Landi (Italy)
  • Sylvie Le Guyader (Sweden)
  • Marta Monteiro (Portugal)
  • Telmo Pereira (Portugal)
  • José Rino (Portugal)
  • Aina Rodriguez (Spain)
  • Josh Rappoport (USA) 
  • Malan Silva (Italy)
  • Courtney Ward (UK)
  • Jacopo Zasso (Italy)  

Focus Group 1:
Shadowing and Staff Exchange

The CTLS Shadowing and Staff Exchange Programme for 2024 is now open.

Chair

Ilaria Guerini
Italy

Members

  • Nathalie Aulner (France)
  • Marion Berard (France)
  • Ian Brewis (UK)
  • Rashi Halder (Luxemburg)
  • Aina Rodriguez (Spain)
  • Viktoryia Sidarovich (Italy)
  • Veronica de Sanctis (Italy)
  • Jacopo Zasso (Italy)

The CTLS Shadowing and Staff Exchange Programme will provide successful applicants with a CTLS Award to fund a visit to a different core facility with priority given to mobility between countries. 

For further information please visit CTLS Shadowing and Staff Exchange or email shadowing@ctls-org.eu. Thank you.

Focus Group 2:
Mentorship 

The CTLS Mentorship Programme was launched in January 2022. See below for details.

Chair

Joshua Rappoport
USA

Members

  • Ian Brewis (UK)
  • Luisa Cortes (Portugal)
  • Alastair Droop (UK)
  • Sara Landi (Italy)

The CTLS Mentorship Programme is a flexible programme with scope for the mentoring to develop as the mentee and mentor decide. Visit CTLS Mentors to see the list of mentors who have volunteered to support this exciting initiative, including information regarding their expertise, from scientific fields to areas of core facility management.  If you are interested in being mentored, please reach out directly to a mentor via their contact information on the CTLS Mentors webpage. If you have any questions about this programme or if you want to serve as a mentor, please email mentorship@ctls-org.eu Thank you.

Focus Group 3:
User training

Benchmarking activities, sharing of best practice for users training and other ideas aimed at improving users training strategies

Chair

Rafael Camacho
Sweden

Members

  • Alexander Botzki (Belgium)
  • Sally-Ann Clark (UK)
  • Luisa Cortes (Portugal)
  • Isabel Crespo Torres (Spain)
  • Jana Doehner (Switzerland)
  • Pamela Gatto (Italy)
  • Megan Hamilton (UK)
  • Sylvie Le Guyader (Sweden)
  • Marta Monteiro (Portugal)
  • Telmo Pereira (Portugal)
  • José Rino (Portugal)
  • Veronica de Sanctis (Italy)
  • Viktoryia Sidarovich (Italy)
  • Malan Silva (Italy)
  • Courtney Ward (UK)

Focus Group 4:
RItrainPlus

CTLS is a partner of the Horizon 2020 RITrain Plus project that aims at designing a training programme to fulfil the competency requirements for the current and future managers of European Research Infrastructures and Core Facilities. The Focus Group will contribute to the following tasks of the project:

  • Competency profile definition and identification of training needs
  • Development of staff and knowledge exchange with a short-term mobility programme
  • Development of a community of practice to structure opportunities of knowledge and best practice sharing

Members

  • Julia Fernandez-Rodriguez (Sweden)
  • Valentina Adami (Italy)
  • Luisa Cortes (Portugal)
  • Natalie Homer (UK)