Once again this year, the HUPO Early Career Researcher (ECR) initiative in collaboration with the EuPA Young Proteomics Investigators Club (YPIC), organized mentoring activities during HUPO Connect 2020, where early career researchers could hear from and interact with leaders of the Proteomics field. This year, the mentoring sessions were integrated in the main program of the congress at different time slots to allow people across to globe to connect and exchange. In the first session, trainees and supervisors learned how to get the best out of a mentor-mentee relationship with Lisa Jones (University of Maryland) and Brandon T. Ruotolo (University of Michigan). In the second session, Benjamin Garcia (University of Pennsylvania), Ruth Huettenhain (University of California San Francisco), and Justyna Fert-Bober (Cedars-Sinai) discussed work-life balance and the challenges faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, in the last session, Bernard Delanghe (Thermo Fisher Scientific) and James Anson (Molecular Omics) gave insights about the transition from academia to the industry.
With over 200 attendees participating in all three sessions, the 2020 mentoring activities show the greatest attendance since the beginning of mentoring activities at the HUPO conferences. We thank all mentors for sharing their experience with mentees. We also thank all attendees for their participation and for engaging in stimulating, thought provoking discussions during the congress.
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