Retreat

Once a year a retreat will bring together for two days all junior researchers and PIs from the GRK2062 in a pleasant location near Munich/Alps. Final year doctoral researchers, postdoctoral fellows, and invited guests will give talks. All other doctoral researchers present posters on their research.

Please note: Participation on three retreats is compulsory for GRK2062 doctoral students (1.0 ECTS/retreat).

Retreat 2016:

Date: April 7-9, 2016

Place: Benedictine abbey of Frauenwörth on the Fraueninsel (The Women’s Island) in Lake Chiemsee

Programme:

Doctoral researchers, postdoctoral fellows, and invited guests will give talks. Newly started doctoral researchers present posters on their research.

Our new PIs Chase Broedersz and Kai Papenfort will give talks about their research. Sheref Mansy (University of Trento) has accepted our invitation and will give insights in his exciting Synthetic Biology projects.

Nina Köhler (Bayerisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit) will give an overview about the tasks of the Bayerisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit with special focus on Synthetic Biology.

Additionally, the artist Pinar Yoldas will give a presentation about “An Ecosystem of Excess (the new plastozän)”. Of course we will also spend time to make a boat trip to the island Herreninsel and visit the great Royal Palace of Herrenchiemsee.