Training

PRO-NEST offers 24 fellows an integrated, multi-disciplinary training programme to become an independent and all-round scientist and team leader in (prostate) cancer research.

The PRO-NEST training programme consists of the following six core training elements:

1. Basic research of prostate cancer
2. Biomarkers for prostate cancer
3. Clinical research of prostate cancer
4. Technologies used in prostate cancer research
5. Valorisation and Commerce
6. Complementary skills (including scientific writing and presentation, project management, communication skills and job application skills)

The PRO-NEST fellows are trained on these core elements by:

• Individual PhD or post-doc research projects
• Secondments and collaborative research with other partners
• Four PRO-NEST network-wide training courses in which basic and in-depth scientific and non-scientific training is provided by experts in the field
• International conference "The European prostate cancer research floor on stage" scheduled in the autumn of 2012

The first network-training course has been organized in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on 10-12 March 2010. The second course will take place on 9-11 October 2010 in Vilnius, Lithuania, in conjunction with the 19th Meeting of the EAU Section of Urological Research (ESUR, http://esur.uroweb.org).