SMARTSTART Alumni Meeting

After four amazing years, we invite all alumni to gather in Berlin for the big SMARTSTART Alumni Meeting!

Take the chance to meet-up with your almost 100 SMARTSTART fellows and get insights in their research and career paths.

The program features alumni keynotes as well as senior keynotes. Submit your own contribution as poster or flash talk (7+3 mins).

Have a look at the full program here!

Confirmed speakers

Senior keynotes:

• Alexander Borst, MPI for neurobiology
• Hermann Cuntz, Ernst Strüngmann Institute & Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies
• John-Dylan Haynes, Charité & Berlin Center for Advanced Neuroimaging

Alumni keynotes:

• Nicolas Berberich, TU Munich, Alumnus 2017/18
• Dominic Gonschorek, University of Tübingen, Alumnus 2017/18
• Alona Kharchenko, TU Munich & Roboy, Alumna 2016/17
• Jan Kirchner, MPI for Brain Research, Alumnus 2017/18
• Karolina Stosio, Volkswagen Data:Lab, Alumna 2016/17
• Roxana Zeraati, MPI for Biological Cybernetics. Alumna 2018/19

Workshop: Scientific Communication

What is scientific communication - and what's it got to do with me? How can I transport what I want? Why should I want it anyways?

In fact, scientific communication is part of the daily life of a researcher - on scientific congresses or in teaching, in your own research blog and in science slams, or with your grandmother on the sunday coffee table.

KlarText awardee Anna Stöckl and SMARTSTART alumni Jens-Steffen Scherer introduce you to the very different formats of scientific communication. Special guests share their experiences and give insights in their daily life.

Eager for more? Bring your own abstract and there we go!

Excursion: Biomimicry

Ever wanted to sneak through a museum at night time? This dream is coming true now! Join neuroscientist Beed Prateep from Biomimicry Germany for a night time stroll through evolution in the Museum für Naturkunde.

Nature has evolved highly complex and surprising solutions to face all kinds of challenges. This workshop invites you to take a deeper look behind the patterns and principles in flora and fauna - and approach modern challenges with the wisdom of 3.8 billion years of evolutionary success!

Registration

Register via mail to smartstart@fz-juelich.de

The meeting has a limited capacity and SMARTSTART alumni take precedence over other students and researchers. After July 01, 2020, all interested students and researchers can register for the talks on a first come, first serve basis.

Contribution of presentations or posters as well as participation in the excursion and the workshop "Scientific Communication" are exclusive for SMARTSTART alumni! Dinner and pubquiz on Monday evening are exclusive for alumni and Faculty members.

Participation is free of charge.