Meet & Greet on Tour - 29 June 2023

At the Groningen Graduate Schools we strive to organize interesting courses, workshops and events that prepare you for a career after your graduation as a PhD. In the event category we bring you something new this year:

Meet and Greet on Tour!

Instead of asking you to gather in a room and listen to several experts in the field - however interesting that may be! - we want to take you into the actual field this time.
We have found three companies in the city of Groningen who would love to receive a group of young researchers to show off their own research and how it is put to good use. They have already created an interesting programme for you!

A few things we can tell you so far:

• You will get a short tour of each company and ample time to ask your questions about several aspects of their work
• You will have the opportunity to participate in workshops
• We will keep you busy all day so lunch will be included

We are still working out the details of transportation from each location to the next. Since they are fairly close together we may decide to walk! Let us know if that would be a problem for you so we can make arrangements in advance.

Sign up now using the button below and join us to go and literally meet the experts in the field! After registration, you will be the first to receive updates as we continue to work out the programme and add information to this page.

Don't wait because we only have room for a limited number of people!

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The Companies

1. Innocore Pharmaceuticals - Innovative partner in drug delivery

InnoCore specializes in formulation, process development and manufacturing of long acting and minimally invasive injectable drug delivery products. We are a target-driven and cost-efficient organization committed to delivering products and services that offer added value to our partners and improve the quality of life of patients. Flexibility, compliance with the highest international quality standards and a true belief in the value of collaborative partnerships are the key elements of the InnoCore approach. InnoCore is a privately owned company and is based in The Netherlands.

InnoCore is dedicated to develop minimally invasive and long-acting injectable polymer based depot formulation products for precise delivery of small molecules, peptides and protein therapeutics as to contribute to enhanced patient care.

2. GPRI - General Practitioners Research Institute

General Practitioners Research Institute (GPRI) is a young, growing and dynamic scientific institute with passion for clinical research, based in Groningen. In a short time, GPRI has grown into a recognized research institute that conducts leading (inter)national studies with a focus on primary care. Our studies are designed not only to improve current guidelines, but also to improve the lives of every participant participating in one of our studies.

We work with renowned pharmaceutical companies, medical centers, healthcare groups, health insurers and government organizations worldwide. As an ambitious research institute dedicated to advancing science, we publish our study results in highly regarded international journals.

Together with our international network within primary care, we conduct innovative research in the field of chronic diseases, such as asthma and COPD and diabetes. In doing so, we provide tailored support to our partners. Together with, among others, GPs and pharmacists, we ensure that scientific research is enjoyable and accessible to all.

At GPRI, we have an exceptionally high level of freedom and responsibility that allows us to live up to our core values of quality, speed and transparency. To never miss a beat in doing so, we have implemented scrum. Scrum facilitates problem solving and ensures speed. Through regular short meetings with clearly prescribed goals, our teams work efficiently and independently. GPRI stands for respect and openness. This encourages our team members to be honest, critical and continuously improve. Through this approach, we ensure high quality and our teams go above and beyond to deliver an excellent customer experience.

3. iDNA - Institute for Diagnostic Accuracy

The Institute for Diagnostic Accuracy (iDNA) is a privatized scientific institute at the forefront of the early detection of lung cancer, working towards the implementation of national screening programs and the generation of robust evidence to support the introduction of healthcare innovations into clinical practice. iDNA was founded after groundbreaking results obtained from the Dutch-Belgian lung cancer screening trial NELSON and made it its mission to implement and continue to innovate lung cancer screening. iDNA provides research and consulting services to pharma, biotech, medtech and governmental organisations.  

Within iDNA, different departments focus on specific aspects of lung cancer screening and patient care:

- Our CRO team develops and manages multi-country, multi-site lung cancer-related studies, ranging from incidental pulmonary nodules to biomarker trials.

- Our Data Management team provides the IT infrastructure to many pilot programs with its proprietary software N+.

- Our AI team validates and improves different AI imaging software for global companies making use of in-house radiology expertise and our proprietary datasets. 

- Our HEOR and Policy team helps provide arguments to governmental decision-makers and associations on the cost-effectiveness of lung cancer screening and related innovations.

 iDNA partners with an unparalleled community of leading healthcare organizations, researchers, clinicians and KOLs. Fundamental to everything we do is scientific rigour and passion. With a dynamic present and an ambitious future, we are honoured to host the next generation of passionate scientific minds.

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