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Renée Schroeder (born in João Monlevade, Brazil) is a highly acknowledged Austrian scientist and professor at the University of Vienna, Department for Biochemistry, located at the Max F. Perutz Laboratories. Her numerous works concerning RNA were crucial to move Vienna towards a center for RNA research.
Interview with Renée
Renée, you are ‘Schirmfrau’ (patrona) of punkt international. What is your idea in this position and what inspired you to support punkt international? RS: The concept of punkt international to help researchers with the increasing amount of managing and organisational tasks is very innovative. punkt guides researchers through their multi-tasking enterprise - and enables them to keep up their scientific focus. When Brigitte offered you her service, what was your motivation to work with punkt international? RS: I planned to organize a network and to apply as a coordinator for a STREP project, but was discouraged by the mass of bureaucratic papers that had to be dealt with. Then Brigitte stepped into my office, explaining to me what kind of services she could offer. I immediately saw that this was the way to go. And I was right! Is the service of punkt international decisive for a successful scientific career? RS: Maybe not for a scientific career, because you need punkt’s services at a quite advanced stage of your career. Why do you appreciate working with punkt international? RS: I value punkt’s services and concept, because outsourcing tasks is the only way to handle large project proposals in future. Now I can focus on my science - even as an EU project coordinator - while punkt coordinates, supports with entrepreneurial thinking and advices on strategic decisions. punkt does all that with the individual approach required by considering the needs of every single project and every single coordinator. What could a collaboration between punkt international and the universities look like to support scientists most efficiently and successfully? RS: The universities are well advised to support project leaders in getting help with organizing large project applications and with managing project budgets. The best way of doing so would be to keep up their profound initial service and additionally inform project leaders about the possibility to get additional support: In a competitive and transparent procedure, where the researchers can choose how they want to get their work done. More about Renée Schroeder: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renee_Schroeder http://www.mfpl.ac.at/index.php?cid=72 |
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