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STMM Summer Symposium

The STMM Summer Symposium provides a forum for debate and scientific exchange among doctoral students of all research areas within the Medical Faculty Mannheim, as well as from partnering institutions. Invited speakers offer interesting insights into translational research. Scientific excellence is rewarded during the poster awards.

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Find details about the upcoming Summer Symposium 2025 below.

Poster Awards

At the Summer Symposium, all posters are evaluated for a poster award:

  • Best scientific poster: evaluated by a jury of principal investigators, this award is given for scientific merit.
  • Best poster design: evaluated by the audience, this award is given for visual appeal, clarity, and design.

Poster Awards 2025

Best scientific poster (scientific jury award):
Mrs Zeinab Abbasi (Dr. sc. hum. student, Experimental Pain Research, Mannheim Comprehensive Neuroscience Campus (MCNC), Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, supervisor Prof. Dr. Martin Schmelz) for „Pharmacological targeting of pruriceptors in pigs

and

Mr Tian Lan (Dr. med. student, European Center for Angioscience, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, and Max Delbrück Center, Berlin), supervisor Dr. Chi-Chung Wu) for „Endothelial regulation of ventricular and atrial cardiomyocyte polyploidization

Best poster design (audience award):

Mrs Neda Ordoodary (Dr. sc. hum. student, Vascular Biology and Tumor Angiogenesis, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, supervisor Prof. Dr. Jens Kroll) for „Functional Analysis of Insulin Receptors A and B in Zebrafish Development and Metabolism

Poster Awards 2024

Best scientific poster (scientific jury award):
Juhyun Kang (Pharmacology Institute, University of Heidelberg, supervisor Prof. Dr. Rohini Kuner) for „Exploring MD-NAc Circuit Plasticity and Functionality in Chronic Neuropathic Pain and Therapeutic Interventions

and

Anika Strittmatter (Computer Assisted Clinical Medicine, Mannheim Institute for Intelligent Systems in Medicine, supervisor Prof. Dr. Frank Zöllner) for „Deep Learning-Based Multistep Deformable Medical Image Registration for Multimodal Minimal-Invasive Image-Guided Intervention

Best poster design (audience award):

Yuanhan Ao (I. Medical Clinic, supervisor Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Akin) for „OP2113 Alleviates Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury In Remote Myocardial Tissue Through Regulating Mitochondrial Homeostasis