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First STMM Summer Symposium on 19 July 2024
More than 60 doctoral students and young researchers of the Medical Faculty Mannheim, as well as of other institutions of Heidelberg University, participated in the first STMM Summer Symposium on 19 July, 2024 at Alte Brauerei in Mannheim.
The Symposium started with inspiring impulse talks by Prof. Dr. Emanuel Schwarz and Dr. Eduard Maier, followed by an interactive Panel Discussion on research-related topics and moderated by the doctoral student Darpan Phagiwala and postdoc Amritha Sathyanarayanan.
Afterwards, selected young scientists presented short talks whereas all participants hat the opportunity to give flash talks advertising their posters after lunch.
During the poster session, the scientists discussed the most diverse research topics presented on the nearly 30 posters. According to the jury's decision, the poster prize winners were Juhyun Kang and Anika Strittmatter. The audience prize went to Yuanhan Ao.
The day ended with another highlight: Prof. Rohini Kuner, Leibniz Prize Winner 2024, gave special insights into pain research with the keynote lecture on “The challenge of chronic pain: neural circuits and molecular plasticity”.
Find more details on the webpage of the Summer Symposium 2024.
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