Pictures 2016

(clockwise, from left) MBML Programme Director Rory E. Morty in discussion with Christopher M. Dye (Director: Strategy, Policy & Information at the Office of the Director-General, World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland); His Excellency, Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, The Hague, Netherlands, which was the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2013; MBML student Ipek Vartürk; and Deputy Programme Director Elie El Agha.

The 2016 MBML Annual Retreat participants

Poster session underway at the 2016 MBML Annual Retreat

Some of our 2016 MBML Annual Retreat invited speakers: (Back row, l-r) Christopher M. Dye (Office of the Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland); Programme Tutor Nicole Kuse; Programme Chairman Werner Seeger; programme Tutor Ivana Mižíková; Deputy Programme Director Elie El Agha. (Front row, l-r) Programme Director Rory E. Morty, Julie Bastarache (Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, U.S.A.);  Olga Vagin (University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, U.S.A.); Roger Y. Tsien (University of California at San Diego, USA), the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2008; Wendy Tsien; Paul W. Noble (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, U.S.A.), and Wellington V. Cardoso (Columbia University, New York, U.S.A.).

MBML Chairman Werner Seeger (left) in discussion with MBML student Stephan Ringshandl (Schmeck laboratory, centre) and MBML Programme Director Rory E. Morty (crouching).

MBML Faculty member Poornima Mahavadi (left) in discussion with MBML students Eistine Boateng (Baumgart-Vogt laboratory, centre) and Janga Harshavardhan (Schmeck laboratory, right).

MBML students Stefan Hadžić (Weißmann laboratory; left) and Francesco Palumbo (Morty laboratory, right) with Programme Director Rory E. Morty (centre).

Invited students (l-r), Parker Woods (University of Chicago, USA) and Matthias Klös (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Health, Leipzig) exchanging views at a poster.

Our invited students and fellows: (Back row, l-r) MBML Programme Director Rory E. Morty, invited student Dmytro (“Dima”) Dvornikov (DZL TLRC campus), Programme Chairman Werner Seeger, Programme Tutor Ivana Mižíková, and Deputy Programme Director Elie El Agha. (Middle row, l-r) Programme Tutor Nicola Kuse, invited fellow Andrea Frump (Indiana University, U.S.A.), and invited students Swetlana Scheufele (DZL Campus ARCN), Olivier Burgy (University of Burgundy, France), and Matthias Klös (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Health, Leipzig). (Front row, l-r) invited student Joel Brennan McNeil (Vanderbilt University, U.S.A.), invited fellow Yoko Ito (National Jewish Health, Denver, USA), and invited students Vanessa Welk (DZL CPC-M campus), Kristin Mitschke (DZL ARCN campus), Parker Woods (University of Chicago, USA) and Ozus Lohani (University of Colorado, Denver, U.S.A.).

A captive audience at the 2016 MBML Annual Retreat

MBML student Stefan Hadžić (Weißmann laboratory, left) in discussion with MBML tutor Ivana Mižíková (right).

Invited speaker Wellington V. Cardoso (Columbia University, New York, U.S.A.; centre) in discussions with MBML students during the poster session.

MBML students (l-r) Jennifer Schnieder (Wygrecka laboratory), Stephan Ringshandl (Schmeck laboratory), Alexander Perniß (Kummer laboratory), and Maryam Keshavarz (Kummer laboratory); at the poster session.

MBML student David Brunn (Savai Laboratory) introducing invited speaker Roger Y. Tsien (University of California at San Diego, USA), the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2008.

Roger Y. Tsien (University of California at San Diego, USA), the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2008, presenting his keynote address.

MBML Deputy Programme Director Elie El Agha (front, gesticulating) posing a question to Roger Y. Tsien (University of California at San Diego, USA; left), the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2008, after Dr Tsien’s keynote address; under the watchful eye of session chairman David Brunn (Savai Laboratory, centre).

Invited speaker Wellington V. Cardoso (Columbia University, New York, U.S.A.; centre, gesticulating) holding a meet-the-professor session with MBML students (l-r, omitting Dr Cardoso) Jennifer Tiono (Morty laboratory), Janga Harshavardhan (Schmeck laboratory), Alberto Rodríguez Castillo (Morty Laboratory) and Aglaia Ntokou (Morty Laboratory).

Invited speaker Julie Bastarache (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, U.S.A.; centre, gesticulating) holding a meet-the-professor session with MBML students (l-r, omitting Dr Bastarache) Stefan Hadžić (Weißmann laboratory) and Nasim Alebrahimdelkordi (Weißmann Laboratory).

Invited speaker Olga Vagin (University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, U.S.A.) holding a meet-the-professor session.

Invited speaker Roger Y. Tsien (University of California at San Diego, USA; left), the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2008 (left), holding a meet-the-professor session with MBML and invited students.

Invited speaker Christopher M. Dye (Office of the Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland; centre, gesticulating) holding a meet-the-professor session with MBML students (clockwise, from Dr Dye) David Surate Solaligue (Morty Laboratory) and Christopher Strahle (Morty Laboratory).

Invited speaker Paul W. Noble (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, U.S.A.; centre, gesticulating), holding a meet-the-professor session with MBML students (clockwise, from left) Sara Taghizadeh (Bellusci laboratory) and Sagar Kesireddy (Günther laboratory).

Invited speaker Julie Bastarache (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, U.S.A.; centre) holding a meet-the-professor session with MBML and invited students.

The Italian MBML students in the Morty laboratory (l-r) Claudio Nardiello, Ettore Lignelli and Francesco Palumbo.

(clockwise, from left) Christopher M. Dye (Director: Strategy, Policy & Information at the Office of the Director-General, World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland) in conversation with Programme Director Rory E. Morty and Wendy Tsien.

Invited speakers Wellington V. Cardoso (Columbia University, New York, U.S.A.; left) and Paul W. Noble (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, U.S.A.; right) in conversation.

Invited speaker Olga Vagin (University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, U.S.A.) at lunch!

Invited speaker Christopher M. Dye (Director: Strategy, Policy & Information at the Office of the Director-General, World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland) holding a meet-the-professor session with MBML and invited students.

Time for a break!

(clockwise, from left) MBML Faculty member István Vadász, in conversation with Invited speaker Olga Vagin (University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, U.S.A.) and MBML student Vitalii Kryvenko.

(clockwise, from left) MBML Programme Director Rory E. Morty in conversation with Roger Y. Tsien (University of California at San Diego, USA; left), the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2008, and Wendy Tsien.

Invited students (l-r) Dmytro (“Dima”) Dvornikov (DZL TLRC campus), Olivier Burgy (University of Burgundy, France), Swetlana Scheufele (DZL Campus ARCN) and Vanessa Welk (DZL CPC-M campus) at lunch.

His Excellency, Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague, The Netherlands, which was the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2013, presenting a keynote address at the 2016 Annual Retreat.

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen; at left, standing), the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1995; in discussions with MBML Programme Chairman Werner Seeger (arms raised), under the watchful eye of session chairman Stefan Hadžić (Weißmann laboratory; standing, centre).

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen; standing, left), the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1995, fielding a question from invited speaker Roger Y. Tsien (University of California at San Diego, USA; gesticulating, at right), the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2008, under the watchful eye of session chairman Stefan Hadžić (Weißmann laboratory; standing, centre).

Invited speaker Christopher M. Dye (Director: Strategy, Policy & Information at the Office of the Director-General, World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland) holding his keynote address.

MBML Programme Chairman Werner Seeger with invited speaker Martin Wilkins (Imperial College, London, U.K.) in discussion.

(l-r) Invited students Dmytro (“Dima”) Dvornikov (DZL TLRC campus) and Matthias Klös (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Health, Leipzig) in discussion with Joshua Fehl (Morty laboratory).

(l-r) MBML Deputy Programme Director Elie El Agha with Programme Director Rory E. Morty and MBML student Mario Böhm (Schermuly Laboratory).

(l-r) MBML students Maryam Keshavarz (Kummer laboratory), Aglaia Ntokou (Morty laboratory), Irina Shalashova (Günther laboratory), and Alena Moiseenko (Bellusci laboratory).

(l-r) Invited student Joel Brennan McNeil (Vanderbilt University, U.S.A.), with Programme Tutor Ivana Mižíková, and Deputy Programme Director Elie El Agha.

(l-r) MBML students Addi Josua Romero Olmedo (Baretto  laboratory), and Jordi Ruiz Camp (Morty laboratory).

MBML Deputy Programme Director Elie El Agha (left) with MBML Faculty member Soni Savai Pullamsetti (right).

Our MBML programme Director Rory E. Morty, when he thinks that nobody is watching!

Katrin Ahlbrecht (Morty laboratory, left) with the youngest member of our Annual Retreat, Elisabet (right).