Sixteen YEBN members together at a network meeting, in front of the YEBN banner.

Young European Biotech Network

Empowering future life science leaders, together.

A network of local and national life science organisations from every corner of Europe — and the students, researchers and young professionals who make them up.

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What we do

Four ways the network works

YEBN connects young professionals, students and researchers across European borders — online through the year, and in person as often as we can manage.

A YEBN workshop in progress, with a speaker presenting to a seated audience.

01 Career development

The skills a scientific training leaves out

Hands-on workshops in communication, leadership, negotiation and project management — run by people who have made the move from the bench to industry, policy and founding companies.

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A YEBN career panel seated around a table, in discussion with the audience.

02 Career orientation

Ask the people who took the route you are considering

Keynotes and career-path panels where researchers, industry scientists, regulators and entrepreneurs describe how their move actually went — including the parts that do not make it onto a CV.

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Delegates talking over coffee during a break at BioConnect.

03 BioConnect

One European city, once a year, everybody in one room

Our annual congress brings the whole network together for several days of talks, workshops, poster sessions and the conversations that only happen face to face.

About BioConnect
YEBN members on a balcony overlooking a Lisbon street during a social evening.

04 Social activities

Where the network is actually built

Dinners, city walks and evenings with no agenda. The collaborations that come out of YEBN rarely start in a session — they start here.

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Institutional members

12 organisations across 10 countries

YEBN is built out of local and national life science organisations. Each one runs its own community; together they make the network European.

Partners

Who we work with

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