Within the CARTHAGO project, several trainings are made available to ESRs, as part of consortium meetings or on site/online with the respective partners, either or not especially organised for the ESRs.

5&8-06-2023  –  Communication research with lay audience. Communication training for informing lay audience, in particular patients, organised by Dutch Arthritis Association, to be published on the CARTHAGO website

17-22-2022  –  Work life balance. Workshop providing handles to deal with pressure in academic life

20-06-2022  –  Scientific writing. Focus on scientific publications; Bioreactor demonstration. Demonstration on the major ex vivo models used in the project at ARI

19-10-2021  until 10-05-2022 –  Research ethics. Five focus group meetings on ethics with ESRs, as part of a novel approach towards embedding ethics into laboratory research

07-04-2022  –  Bias training. Workshop on awareness of bias in professional life, influencing attitude and behaviour towards people with different backgrounds

15-03-2022  –  PCR. Lecture as basis for ESRs unfamiliar with this subject provided by UU

08-02-2022  –  Cell culture. Lecture as basis for ESRs unfamiliar with this subject

24&25-11-2021  –  In vivo imaging. Course provided by VisualSonics

23-11-2021  – Quality by Design; Gene modulation. Principles of 2 technologies featured in CARTHAGO

12-04-2021  – Cartilage physiology intervertebral disc; Osteoarthritis; Biomechanics; IVD degeneration and treatments in development.  Basic background of the diseases to be tackled in CARTHAGO, provided together with UU and MUMC Maastricht