Vera van der Velpen

Mass spectrometry scientist 👩🏼‍🔬, European citizen, mum of two, living in Switzerland, working in clinical pharmacology, views are my own

[Vera van der Velpen @VvdVelpen]

Highly recommended! The @swiss_society travel grant helped me attend the 2019 edition in NL! It was a great experience!

[Swiss Metabolomics Society @swiss_society]

The @swiss_society is providing Travel Awards to attend Metabolomics 2024 in Osaka (PhD student or <5 year post-docs, from a Swiss organization; all rules found here: https://t.co/otw6MssCnq)
Apply with your abstract before the deadline (March 14th): https://t.co/2soHfRuW65

[Vera van der Velpen @VvdVelpen]

@AlohaNailoha Metabolomics 2024! Less travelling to get there..

[Concept Foundation @ConceptFNDN]

Access to #contraception w/o prescription safeguards women’s time+money+privacy. #Research Mgr Anne describes a study on regulatory barriers to over-the-counter #RH #medicines+recos to countries to make OTC contraception a reality. https://t.co/RW11Dw47r2 #WorldContraceptionDay

[PharmaBern @PharmaBern]

Congratulations Prof. Carla Meyer-Massetti and coworkers for their publication on medication management among polymedicated, home-dwelling older adults after hospital discharge! @inselgruppe @unibern @MedFacultyUniBE #BIHAM #pharmabern https://t.co/QWvoNCApOu

[Females in Mass Spectrometry (FeMS) @FemalesInMS]

We are now accepting applications for the first round of FeMS Empowerment Awards sponsored by our friend in mass spectrometry! Submit an application by Jan 13th for a chance to receive up to $300. Find out more and apply at: https://t.co/g2JryzraJB

[Vera van der Velpen @VvdVelpen]

@DrLegidoQuigley You can try a local computer shop? We recently repaired our MS computer from 2010 (windows 7) locally.

[Vera van der Velpen @VvdVelpen]

@Zefsci I turn off the LC and autosampler every evening if it is not running a batch of samples overnight. My attempt to greener LC-MS practices..

[Felix Hammann @felixhammann]

@__CharlotteK showing which ivermectin metabolites kill mosquitoes as part of #BOHEMIAproject over at #TropMed2022

@UNITAID @inselgruppe @SwissTPH @UniBasel @ISGLOBALorg

[Vera van der Velpen @VvdVelpen]

@vanaernum Every year I look at the cupboard where I stash these and wonder if they can be upcycled to Christmas decorations, but I haven't come up with anything yet..

[Vera van der Velpen @VvdVelpen]

@JCHarmanLSU @Zefsci Good to hear you fixed it! I usually go for a full power toggle of the autosampler, LC and MS.

[Vera van der Velpen @VvdVelpen]

@mo_mars @WUR_HNH @WUR Wat zijn de locaties in Zwitserland dit jaar?

[Swiss Metabolomics Society @swiss_society]

The final program of the Swiss Metabolomics Society Meeting 2022 is now available online: https://t.co/YNlUSJe8yC

[Canton de Neuchâtel @Etat_Neuchatel]

La campagne «L’énergie est limitée. Ne la gaspillons pas» montre comment en Suisse la population peut faire des économies d’énergie grâce à des recommandations faciles à mettre en œuvre. Le site de cette campagne: https://t.co/3gAkEDEWVI
@UVEK_DETEC

[Vera van der Velpen @VvdVelpen]

Great blog! Any chance your 9 tips are available as downloadable poster? @My_Green_Lab

[My Green Lab @My_Green_Lab]

But fear not - there are ways to save! Read our article on the top 9 actions you can take to improve energy efficiency in the lab: https://t.co/xgmSzJsoHU

[SamSpeaksScience @SamSpeaksSci]

Free coaching opportunity! If you are an early career researcher who wants to improve your presentation skills, if you are based in Switzerland and you have NOT (yet!) taken a training from SamSpeaksScience, this program is for you! More info here: https://t.co/usVgcH70CU

[Vera van der Velpen @VvdVelpen]

Good read! To advance equality for women, use the evidence: 'the evidence is clear: it is not women who need fixing, but entrenched systems of inequality'
https://t.co/KiDP7ZJFKV

[Vera van der Velpen @VvdVelpen]

@Genderongelijk1 Interessant artikel, thanks @Genderongelijk1 !

[Vera van der Velpen @VvdVelpen]

The list for Switzerland is still very short, I'm sure there are more than 3 of us! @swiss_society

[Cristina Legido-Quigley @DrLegidoQuigley]

Join this open list of more than 300✨women organised by country to be used for conferences, media, boards & more! In the field of #omics #metabolomics #lipidomics #datascience #womeninStem
Women allies please edit & retweet, thanks 🙏🏼 https://t.co/begkKsEBPq

[Vera van der Velpen @VvdVelpen]

@ErrantScience So incredibly true!

[ErrantScience @ErrantScience]

You'd be surprised at how much science runs on computers from the 80s and 90s held together with gaffer tape and hope