Pictures 2023

Invited guest Norbert Suttorp (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin) taking his registration information from MBML Committee member Sezin Czarnecki (left)

Retreat details and the keys are ready to be taken from Sezin Czarnecki (MBML Committee member; left) and Hannah Hofmann (El Agha Lab; right)

Invited speaker Ali Önder Yıldırım (Helmholtz Munich; right-grey jacket) in a conversation with Leigh Matthew Marsh (MBML Alumni; left), Melanie Koenigshoff (University of Pittsburg, PA, USA) and Oliver Eickelberg (University of Pittsburg, PA, USA; left behind)

Invited speaker Melanie Königshoff (University of Pittsburg, USA) giving her talk

MBML former Program Director and invited speaker Oliver Eickelberg (University of Pittsburg, USA) in a discusion during his talk

A captived audience at the 2023 MBML Annual Retreat

MBML Faculty member and invited speaker Soni Pullamsetti (Justus-Liebig University, Gießen) raising a question after a lecture 

Getting in touch during the coffee break

MBML Faculty member and invited speaker Rajkumar Savai (Justus-Liebig University, Gießen) (right; orange t-shirt), MBML student Mohammad Estiri (Herold Lab; middle right), MBML Alumni Siavash Mansouri (left; middle), MBML student Golnaz Hesami (left) enjoying 20th Anniversary of MBML Retreat

Meet-the-Professor Session

MBML Faculty member and invited speaker Susanne Herold (Justus-Liebig University, Gießen) in conversation with the MBML Students during the Meet-the-Prof Session

Invited speaker Melanie Königshoff (University of Pittsburg, USA) talking about her experiences during the Meet-the-Prof Session

MBML Faculty member and invited speaker István Vadász (Justus-Liebig University, Gießen) talking with the students during the Meet-the-Prof Session

MBML Faculty member and invited speaker Soni Pullamsetti (Justus-Liebig University, Gießen) giving her talk

Program Chairman Werner Seeger raising a question in a presentation session

MBML Faculty member and invited speaker Rajkumar Savai (Justus-Liebig University, Gießen) answering the questions during his talk

MBML Faculty member and invited speaker Malgorzata Wygrecka (Justus-Liebig University, Gießen) in a discussion during her presentation

Invited speaker Grazyna Kwapiszewska-Marsh (University of Graz, Austria) raising a question in a presentation session

MBML student Dongzhu Li (Pardo-Saganta Lab; right) presenting his poster to MBML student Samuel Olapoju (Pullamsetti Lab; middle) and to MBML student Mohammad Estri (Herold Lab; left)

MBML student Mahsa Zabihi (El Agha Lab; right) explaining her reserach to MBML Student Zahraa Msheik (Pullamsetti Lab; middle) and MBML Alumni Edibe Avci (Pullamsetti Lab; left) and MBML Alumni José Alberto Rodríguez Castillo (right; behind) during the poster session

Poster session in progress at the MBML Annual Retreat 2023

Program director Elie El Agha (right) and MBML former Program Director Rory E. Morty (Heidelberg University Hospital) (left) enjoying the poster session

MBML student Mahtab Shahriari Felordi (El Agha Lab; right) explaining her reserach to MBML Student Zahraa Msheik (Pullamsetti Lab; left) 

MBML Alumni Oleksiy Klymenko (Alejandre Alcazar Lab; left) asking questions to MBML student Leila Sotoodeh Atefi (Bellusci Lab; right) abour her poster

MBML Faculty member Miguel A. Alejandre Alcázar having a discussion with MBML Alumni Julia Sevilla-Perez

MBML Faculty member and invited speaker István Vadász (Justus-Liebig University, Gießen) presenting his talk

MBML former Program Director and invited speaker Rory E. Morty (Heidelberg University Hospital) giving his talk

Program Chairman Werner Seeger in a discussion during a presentation session

MBML Faculty member Ana Pardo-Saganta (right) in a conversation with MBML Faculty member and invited speaker Susanne Herold (Justus-Liebig University, Gießen) (middle) and with MBML former Program Director and invited speaker Rory E. Morty (Heidelberg University Hospital) 

MBML Alumni Sara Taghizadeh (Pardo-Saganta Lab; middle) in conversation with MBML committee member Ivonne Vazquez-Armendariz (left) and MBML Faculty member Ana Pardo-Saganta (right). MBML Alumni Oleksiy Klymenko (Alejandre Alcazar Lab; right)

Coffee break for small talks between the sessions

MBML Faculty member and invited speaker Susanne Herold (Justus-Liebig University, Gießen) giving her talk 

Invited speaker Grazyna Kwapiszewska-Marsh (University of Graz, Austria) giving her presentation

Invited speaker Ali Önder Yıldırım (Helmholtz Munich) raising a question 

Program director Elie El Agha in discusiion with Invited speaker Ali Önder Yıldırım (Helmholtz Munich) during a presantation session

Invited speaker Ali Önder Yıldırım (Helmholtz Munich) during his talk

MBML Alumni Aleksandar Petrovic (Schermuly Lab; left) in conversation with MBML Alumni Mira Yasemin Gökyıldırım (Adnot Lab; right) during the coffee break

Invited speaker Grazyna Kwapiszewska-Marsh (University of Graz, Austria) in corvation with MBML Faculty member and invited speaker Soni Pullamsetti (Justus-Liebig University, Gießen), MBML Alumni Leigh Marsh and  MBML student Samuel Olapoju (Pullamsetti Lab) 

MBML Alumni Oleksiy Klymenko (Alejandre Alcazar Lab; left) in converstaion with MBML Alumni Natalia El Merhie and MBML Alumni Alena Moissenko

MBML former Program Director and invited speaker Oliver Eickelberg (University of Pittsburg, USA) (left), MBML Faculty member Miguel A. Alejandre Alcázar (left; second), Invited speaker Ali Önder Yıldırım (Helmholtz Munich) (middle), Invited speaker Melanie Königshoff (University of Pittsburg, USA) (right) taking selfie

Invited speaker Ali Önder Yıldırım (Helmholtz Munich) (left) in conversation with MBML Faculty member Poornima Mahavadi (middle) and with MBML Faculty member and invited speaker Rajkumar Savai (Justus-Liebig University, Gießen) (right)

Program Chairman Werner Seeger in conversation with MBML Faculty member and invited speaker Soni Pullamsetti (Justus-Liebig University, Gießen)

MBML student Afshin Noori (bellusci Lab; left) and MBML student Esmeralda Vásquez Pacheco (Bellusci Lab; right) reviewing the MBML program

Program Chairman Werner Seeger saying his thanks to Program director Elie El Agha (right; middle), MBML former Program Director Rory E. Morty (Heidelberg University Hospital) (left; middle) and to MBML former Program Director and invited speaker Oliver Eickelberg (University of Pittsburg, USA) (right)

MBML Committee member Sezin Czarnecki (left), MBML Program Tutor Stefan Hadžić (middle) and MBML Deputy Program Director Ivana Mizik (right) are delighted to receive thanks from MBML Program Director Elie El Agha

Cheers to 20 Years :-)

MBML Program Director Elie El Agha closing the 2023 MBML Annual Retreat