yEBSA hosts a monthly online seminar series tailored for young scientists. Each seminar will explore a key aspect of academic and professional growth, including career choices, communication skills, paper writing, and funding opportunities.
Career paths in academia and beyond
14:20-16:00 (CET), 20th November 2025
For this inaugural seminar, with a topic of “Career paths in academia and beyond”, Sarah F. Köster and Bruno L. Victor will pass on their experience to the yEBSA group, with time for discussion and questions from the audience. Below you’ll find information about the speakers and the programme for the seminar.
- 14:30-15:00: ACADEMIA, Sarah F. Köster
- 15:15-15:45: NON-ACADEMIA, Bruno L. Victor
The link to join the seminar will be sent to registered members of the yEBSA group a few days before the meeting. If you aren’t already a member and would like to attend the seminar, complete and submit the registration form to join the yEBSA community.
The meeting link is also available below, visible only to members logged into the website.
Speakers
Sarah F. Köster is a Professor of Physics at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, where she leads a research group focused on the physics of living systems. With a background in physics from the University of Ulm, she obtained her PhD in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization in Göttingen, before moving to Harvard University for her postdoctoral work. Since returning to Göttingen, she has progressed from W1 tenure-track to W3 professorship, establishing herself as a leading figure in biophysical research. Her group combines advanced microscopy, microfluidics, and physical modeling to investigate the structure, dynamics, and mechanics of biological macromolecules and cells. Professor Köster’s scientific achievements have been recognized with numerous awards, including the Otto Hahn Medal of the Max Planck Society, the Helene-Lange-Preis, and an ERC Consolidator Grant. She was also honoured with the EPS Emmy Noether Distinction for Women in Physics and, in 2025, was elected member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
Bruno L. Victor is the Computational Medicinal Chemist of AccelBio. He is also an Invited Auxiliary Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon (FCUL). Before joining AccelBio, Bruno worked at BSIM Therapeutics as a computational chemist, where he developed and applied proprietary approaches to identify and develop therapeutic agents targeting proteins involved in neurodegenerative diseases. Following his work at BSIM Therapeutics, he returned to academia to work on drug discovery and development projects at FCUL and the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon (FFUL). In 2019 he became the Principal Researcher of the Structure-based Drug Discovery research group at FCUL/BiolSI, and in 2023, he joined Zymvol Biomodeling, a biotech company dedicated to protein discovery and engineering. Bruno earned his degree in Biochemistry from the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra and his PhD in Biochemistry from the Institute of Chemical and Biological Technology (ITQB), NOVA University of Lisbon (UNL).