Career discussion for doctoral researchers and postdocs by Professor Pablo Sáez
Workshop and discussion session by Professor Pablo Sáez from Cell Communication and Migration Laboratory, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany
Time: 25 September 2026, 09:30-10:30
Location: Blokki 3, Medisiina D
Hosts:
Ivan Hidalgo Cenalmor, Doctoral Researcher, Information Technology, Åbo Akademi University
Isabel Stötzel, Researcher in Cell Biology Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Åbo Akademi University
Event description:
Are you a doctoral researcher or postdoc wondering how choose your next career step, where to go next, or what options are available out there? Join the discussion session by professor Pablo Sáez from Cell Communication and Migration Laboratory at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (Hamburg, Germany)! The session is an informal PI-free discussion with Pablo, focused broadly on careers and science. Pablo will briefly introduce his career path, followed by plenty of time for your questions. Coffee included!
About the speaker:
Pablo J. Sáez is a cell biologist from Chile where he did most of his training until the PhD working in cell communication and inflammation in the lab at the Juan Sáez lab (Catholic University). Then, he did a short transition in the same university, in the lab of Marcelo Farías working in organelles, in particular in obesity-induced ER stress. Then, he came to Europe as a postdoc to work in leukocyte migration and organelle polarity in the lab of Ana-María Lennon at the Institut Curie in Paris. From there he move to the lab of Matthieu Piel at IPGG-Curie (in the group of Pablo Vargas) to continue his work in leukocyte migration and microfluidics. In 2020 he started his own group as a Full Professor at the UKE in Hamburg, and since 2022 he leads a HFSP grant team (in collaboration with Yamuna Krishnan and Nir Gov) dedicated to understand directional decision-making. He also has a keen interest in promoting diversity, mentoring, scientific communication, and SciArt, with participations as an eLife ambassador, and member of scientific advisory board of Focal Plane.