Pictures 2015

Invited student Jie Jia (DZL partner campus CPC-M in Munich) delivering his lecture at the 2015 MBML Annual Retreat.

Invited speaker Professor Brigid L. Hogan (Duke University, Durham, U.S.A.) posing a question from the audience, during a lecture session.

Our invited speakers (Part I):Back row (l-r): MBML Deputy Director Dr Elie El-Agha, MBML Programme Director Dr Rory E. Morty, MBML Chairman Professor Werner Seeger, and invited speaker Professor Christopher M. Waters (University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, U.S.A.). Back row (l-r): MBML Tutor Dr Anita Golec, invited speaker Professor Jørgen Vestbo, President of the European Respiratory Society (University of Manchester, United Kingdom, and University of Copenhagen, Denmark), and Professor Brigid L. Hogan (Duke University, Durham, U.S.A.).

(l-r) MBML faculty member Dr István Vadász and MBML Programme Director Dr Rory E. Morty in converstion with invited speakers Professor Christopher M. Waters (University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, U.S.A.) and Professor Jadwiga A. Wedzicha, Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (Imperial College London, U.K.).

The MBML graduating class of 2015. Back row (l-r): Jan Schneider (Schermuly Laboratory), Shalini Venkatesan (Günther Laboratory), MBML Tutor Dr Anita Golec, MBML Programme Director Dr Rory E. Morty, MBML Chairman Professor Werner Seeger, MBML Deputy Director Dr Elie El-Agha, Balram Nepaune (Schermuly Laboratory). Front row (l-r): Luciana Mazzocchi (Vadász Laboratory), Dijana Iloska (Pullamsetti Laboratory), Robin Siebers (Grau Laboratory), Mariola Bednorz (Weissmann Laboratory), Ivana Mižíková (Morty Laboratory), Amit Shrestha (Bellusci Laboratory), Natalia El-Merhie (Baumgart-Vogt Laboratory), and Jordi Ruiz Camp (Morty Laboratory).

Our invited students. Back row (l-r): MBML Programme Director Dr Rory E. Morty, MBML Tutor Dr Anita Golec, MBML Chairman Professor Werner Seeger, MBML Deputy Director Dr Elie El-Agha, and invited student Jie Jia (DZL partner campus CPC-M in Munich). Front row (l-r): invited students Daphne Mous (Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands), Simon Becker (DZL partner campus BREATH in Hannover), Dominik Leitz (DZL partner campus TLRC-H in Heidelberg), and Kaori Oshima (University of South Alabama, Mobile, U.S.A.).

The attendees of the 2015 MBML Annual Retreat.

The poster session gets underway (l-r) MBML Programme Chairman Professor Werner Seeger, invited student Jie Jia (DZL partner campus CPC-M in Munich), MBML students Stephanie Dobersch (Barreto Laboratory) and David Brunn (Savai laboratory), and (across the border!) Philipp Arndt (facing the camera; Morty Laboratory), Alberto Rodríguez Castillo (back to the camera; Morty Laboratory), and Jordi Ruiz camp (Morty Laboratory).

(l-r) MBML Tutor Dr Anita Golec in conversation with MBML student Stephanie Dobersch (Barreto Laboratory), with David Brunn (Savai Laboratory) in the background.

MBML student Agnieszka Pozarska (Morty laboratory) (r) explaining her research to invited speaker Professor Brigid L. Hogan (Duke University, Durham, U.S.A.) (l).

(l-r) MBML student Vahid Kheirollahi (Bellusci Laboratory) explaining his reesarch to MBML Programme Chairman Professor Werner Seeger.

MBML Student David Surate Solaligue (Morty Laboratory) (r) explaining his research to Christoph Strahle (l) and Philipp Jung (m), both also from the Morty Laboratory.

(l-r) MBML affiliate Dr Katrin Ahlbrecht (Morty Laboratory) in discussion with MBML student Aglaia Ntokou (Morty Laboratory).

(l-r) MBML Programme Chairman Professor Werner Seeger in discussion with MBML student Vitalii Kryvenko (Vadász Laboratory) about his research.

Some replanning underway: (l-r) MBML students Maryam Keshavarz (Kummer Laboratory), Paulina Gwozdzinska (Vadász Laboratory), Addi Romero (Barreto Laboratory) and Diogo da Silva (Morty Laboratory).

MBML Students Dijana Iloska (Pullamsetti Laboratory) (l) and Chanil Valasarajan (Pullamsetti Laboratory) (r) in discussion.

(l-r) Invited speaker Professor Oliver Smithies, recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, U.S.A.) in conversation with MBML Programme Director Dr Rory E. Morty.

(l-r) MBML student Ipek Vartürk (Weissmann Laboratory) disucssing her research with invited student Kaori Oshima (University of South Alabama. Mobile, U.S.A.).

(l-r) MBML students Gayathri Viswanathan (Schermuly Laboratory), Christina Herkt (Schmeck Laboratory) and Lina Jankauskaite (Herold/Lohmeyer Laboratory) sharing a joke.

Dean of Medicine Professor Trinad Chakraborty (l) and invited speaker Professor Jørgen Vestbo, President of the European Respiratory Society (University of Manchester, United Kingdom, and University of Copenhagen, Denmark) (r) in discussion.

(l-r) Student Christopher Strahle (Morty Laboratory), MBML Programme Director Dr Rory E. Morty, and student Philipp Jung (Morty Laboratory) at lunch.

(l-r) MBML students Eistine Boateng (Baumgart-Vogt Laboratory) and Changwu Lu (Schermuly Laboratory) discussing data.

(l-r) MBML students Gayathri Viswanathan (Schermuly Laboratory) and Alireza Saraji (Weissmann Laboratory) discussing data.

(l-r) MBML students Luciana Mazzocchi (Vadász Laboratory), Ivana Mižíková (Morty Laboratory), and David Surate Solaligue in discussion at the poster session.

MBML Programme Chairman Professor Werner Seeger (c, drawing) clarifying a point with invited student Kaori Oshima (University of South Alabama, Mobile, U.S.A.) (l) and Philipp Jung (Morty Laboratory) (r), while Srikanth Karnati (Department of Anatomy) (top, l) looks on.

Invited speaker Professor Jørgen Vestbo, President of the European Respiratory Society (University of Manchester, United Kingdom, and University of Copenhagen, Denmark) (l) and Professor Jadwiga A. Wedzicha, Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (Imperial College London, U.K.) (c) in discussion with MBML Programme Director Dr Rory E. Morty (r).

(l-r) MBML student David Brunn (Savai Laboratory) explaining his research to fellow MBML students Claudio Nardiello (Morty Laboratory) and Philipp Arndt (Morty Laboratory).

MBML students Diogo da Silva (Morty Laboratory) and Elsa Tadale Elala (Weissmann laboratory) chairing a lecture session.

Invited speaker Professor Oliver Smithies, recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, U.S.A.) delivering his lecture.

MBML affiliate Dr Katrin Ahlbrecht, (Morty Laboratory) listening!

Dr David Nabarro, United Nations Special Envoy on Ebola (Office of the Secretary-General, United Nations Organisation, New York, U.S.A.) delivering his lecture.

Invited speaker Professor Oliver Smithies, recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, U.S.A.) answering questions after his lecture.

MBML student Ivana Mižíková (Morty Laboratory) chairing Professor Smithies‘ lecture.

MBML student Alberto Rodríguez Castillo (Morty Laboratory) posing a question to Professor Smithies.

The audience, during Professor Smithies‘ lecture.

Our Invited Speakers (Part II): (l-r) Professor, Christopher M. Waters (University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, U.S.A.), Professor Gregory P. Downey (National Jewish Health, Denver, U.S.A.), Professor Brigid L. Hogan (Duke University, Durham, U.S.A.), MBML Programme Chairman Professor Werner Seeger, invited speaker Professor Oliver Smithies, recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, U.S.A.) , MBML Tutor Dr Nicola Kuse, invited speaker Professor Nobuyo Maeda (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, U.S.A.), MBML Tutor Dr Anita Golec, MBML Programme Director Dr Rory E. Morty, and MBML Deputy Programme Director Dr Elie El-Agha.

Invited speaker Professor Brigid L. Hogan (Duke University, Durham, U.S.A.) (l) conducting a meet-the-professor session, with MBML students (clockwise from Professor Hogan) Cho-Ming Chao (Bellusci Laboratory), Alena Moiseenko (Bellusci Laboratory), Ana Ivonne Vázquez Armendariz (Herold/Lohmeyer Laboratory), Alberto Rodríguez Castillo (Morty Laboratory), and Simon Becker (DZL partner campus BREATH in Hannover).

Invited speaker Professor Nobuyo Maeda (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, U.S.A.) (l) conducting a meet-the-professor session with MBML students (clockwise from Professor Maeda) Alireza Saraji (Weissmann laboratory), Aleksandar Petrovic (Schermuly Laboratory), Dapha Mous (Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands), and Kaori Oshima (University of South Alabama, Mobile, U.S.A.).

Invited speaker Professor Christopher M. Waters (University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, U.S.A.) (l) conducting a meet-the-professor session, with MBML students (clockwise from Professor Waters) Philipp Arndt (Morty Laboratory), Jie Jia (DZL partner campus CPC-M in Munich), Dominik Leitz (DZL partner campus TLRC-H in Heidelberg), Ckaudio Nardiello (Morty Laboratory), maryam Keshavarz (Kummer Laboratory), Argen Mamazhakypov (Schermuly Laboratory), and Addi Romero (Barreto Laboratory).

Invited speaker Professor Gregory P. Downey (National Jewish Health, Denver, U.S.A.) (r) conducting a meet-the-professor session, with MBML students (anticlockwise from Professor Downey) Paulina Gwozdzinska (Vadász Laboratory), Eistine Boateng (Baumgart-Vogt Laboratory), Irina Shalashova (Günther Laboratory), Karla Rubio (Barreto Laboratory), Agnieszka Pozarska (Morty Laboratory), Lina Jankauskaite (Herold/Lohmeyer Laboratory), and Jan Schneider (Schermuly Laboratory).

Invited speaker Professor Oliver Smithies, recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, U.S.A.) (r) conducting a meet-the-professor session with MBML students (anticlockwise from Professor Smithies) Shalini Venkatesan (Günther Laboratory), Changwu Lu (Schermuly Laboratory), Natalia El-Merhie (Baumgart-Vogt Laboratory), Christina Herkt (Schmeck Laboratory), and David Brunn (Savai Laboratory).

Invited speaker Professor Nobuyo Maeda (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, U.S.A.) (l) conducting a meet-the-professor session with MBML students (clockwise from Professor Maeda) Alireza Saraji (Weissmann laboratory) and Aleksandar Petrovic (Schermuly Laboratory).