George Square PostDoc Society (G2PD) | Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences

G2PD is a society for all Early Career Researchers (ECRs; PhD students, Post-docs, Research Fellows, early PI’s, etc) at the School of Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Sciences (INCR) at the University of Edinburgh.

Join the comitte

Join the G2PD committee!

We are recruiting new committee members. We are welcome to students, postdoctoral researchers, technicians, and research fellows.

Interact with institute directors, finance and research office departments while leading your initiatives. Add budget, decision-making and organisational skills to your CV. Plus, expand your professional network.

Send us an email to g2pd@ed.ac.uk

G2PD

We support Early Career Researchers (ERCs) at INCR by promoting a positive and inclusive research culture. We organise events tailored to developing skills, identifying career opportunities and building networks.

We bring colleagues from across different career tracks closer, facilitating conversations around the challenges and opportunities for ERCs, raising awareness on the full breadth of academic and adjacent roles of research.

Email us to: g2pd@ed.ac.uk or join our mailing list: g2pd@mlist.is.ed.ac.uk

G2PD committee

Hello there

Dr Constantinos Eleftheriou

Postdoctoral Researcher - Duguid lab

Dr Cristina Martinez Gonzalez

Postdoctoral Researcher - LSM3D

DR Francesco Gobbo

Postdoctoral Researcher - Morris lab

News and Events

Our latest news and events.

Lunch talk: Paperstars, Goodreads for Science

Paperstars is a new platform where researchers can review and rate published papers. To move beyond quantitative metrics and instead create a space where rigour, openness, and reproducibility are what matter.

Join us at 12 PM on the 5th November @G6 for coffee, biscuits, and to meet the founder of this amazing project:

During my lunchtime talk, I’ll share a bit about why I started Paperstars, how it works (e.g. weighted parameters, star ratings, short reviews, etc.), and how we’re hoping it can make science more transparent and supportive for researchers at all stages. I’d love this to be a conversation. I want to hear your thoughts on what works, what doesn’t, and what a fairer evaluation system for science could look like.

Danny

Read my Draft

Read my Draft (lunch-time session)

A supportive session to sharpen grants, fellowships and project ideas with helpful peer review insights from college ECRs.

Join us at 12 PM on 5th December @G6 for free coffee, cake and mince pies

Quick, constructive reality check about big-picture feedback—just like real reviewers deciding if something is fundable or publishable.

Our last session resulted in a successful lecturer position at the University of Glasgow, and a paper on bioRxiv (no taco truck yet, though).

Everyone is welcome!

Goodbye to Bri and Sooraj

This year, we bid farewell to Brianna Vandrey and Soraj Nair, who are embarking on new academic journeys beyond Edinburgh. I want to extend our gratitude to them for their contributions, especially to Bri, who successfully led the society and its many achievements for several years.

‘Postdoc Appreciation Week’ Awards

Congratulations to Dr Cristina Martinez Gonzalez, member of the G2P2 committee, for winning the Citizenship ‘Postdoc Appreciation Week’ Award. Also, congratulations, Dr Christina Brown (Miron lab), a previous member of the G2P2 committee, runner up for the same category!