Name: IMPRS Retreat 2024
Start: 2024-09-30T06:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-10-02T20:30:00+02:00
Location: Harnack-Haus

IMPRS Retreat 2024

from Monday 30 September 2024 (06:00) to Wednesday 2 October 2024 (20:30)

Monday 30 September 2024

06:00 Travel to Berlin
Travel to Berlin
06:00 - 12:00

12:00 Arrival Harnack Haus
Arrival Harnack Haus
12:00 - 12:30

12:30 Lunch at Harnack House
Lunch at Harnack House
12:30 - 13:30
Room: Restaurant
13:30 Workshops I- Excelling in your PhD at the MPG
Workshops I- Excelling in your PhD at the MPG
13:30 - 15:00
Room: Goethe-Saal, Lynen-Zimmer, Humboldt-Zimmer
Contributions

13:30 Science Dreamwork for Grant Applications - Laurel Raffington (MPI for Human Development)

13:30 How to review a paper and how this improves my own writing - Jens Rolff (Freie Universität Berlin)

13:30 Starting Your PhD at MPI: How to get off to a good start - Christin Nyhoegen (Freie Universität Berlin)
15:00 Ice breaker activities
Ice breaker activities
15:00 - 16:00
Room: Goethe-Saal

16:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:30
Room: Planck Lobby
16:30 Workshops II- Career in the MPG
Workshops II- Career in the MPG
16:30 - 18:00
Room: Lynen-Zimmer, Humboldt-Zimmer
Contributions

16:30 Improving figure design - Arne Traulsen (MPI for Evolutionary Biology)

16:30 Job interviews in academic and academia related fields - Nadja Fröbisch (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
18:00 Dinner at Harnack House
Dinner at Harnack House
18:00 - 19:00
Room: Restaurant

19:00 Group Discussion: Inter-disciplinary research in the MPI-EB
Group Discussion: Inter-disciplinary research in the MPI-EB
19:00 - 21:00
Room: Einstein-Lounge
Tuesday 1 October 2024

07:00 Breakfast
Breakfast
07:00 - 09:00
Room: Restaurant

09:00 Scientific Talk 1 - Dr. Edda Schulz, Lise-Meitner Group Systems Epigenetics, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
Scientific Talk 1 - Dr. Edda Schulz, Lise-Meitner Group Systems Epigenetics, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
09:00 - 10:00
Room: Goethe-Saal

10:00 Coffee Break + Poster Session + Networking
Coffee Break + Poster Session + Networking
10:00 - 11:00
Room: Goethe-Saal, Planck Lobby

11:00 Scientific Talk 2 - Dr. Eva J.P. Lievens, Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Constance
Scientific Talk 2 - Dr. Eva J.P. Lievens, Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Constance
11:00 - 12:00
Room: Goethe-Saal

12:00 Short Break
Short Break
12:00 - 12:05

12:05 Scientific Talk 3 - Dr. Bartlomiej Waclaw, Institute for Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, School of Physics and Astronomy - The Centre for Synthetic and Systems Biology at the University of Edinburgh & the Dioscuri Research Centre for the Physics and Chemistry of Bacteria at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Warsaw.
Scientific Talk 3 - Dr. Bartlomiej Waclaw, Institute for Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, School of Physics and Astronomy - The Centre for Synthetic and Systems Biology at the University of Edinburgh & the Dioscuri Research Centre for the Physics and Chemistry of Bacteria at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Warsaw.
12:05 - 13:00
Room: Goethe-Saal

13:00 Group Photo
Group Photo
13:00 - 13:15

13:15 Lunch
Lunch
13:15 - 14:15
Room: Restaurant

14:15 DR Survey report and discussion
DR Survey report and discussion
14:15 - 15:45
Room: Goethe-Saal

15:45 Travel to German Cathedral by coach
Travel to German Cathedral by coach
15:45 - 16:30

16:30 German Cathedral: English guided tour of parliamentary-historical exhibition
German Cathedral: English guided tour of parliamentary-historical exhibition
16:30 - 17:30

17:30 Transit German Cathedral to dome of Reichstag
Transit German Cathedral to dome of Reichstag
17:30 - 18:00

18:00 Visit dome of Reichstag (security check)
Visit dome of Reichstag (security check)
18:00 - 19:00

19:00 Joint Dinner in City Centre - Restaurant Hopfingerbräu
Joint Dinner in City Centre - Restaurant Hopfingerbräu
19:00 - 20:30
Wednesday 2 October 2024

07:00 Breakfast at Harnack House (and Check-out)
Breakfast at Harnack House (and Check-out)
07:00 - 09:30
Room: Restaurant

09:30 IMPRS general meeting Part 1
IMPRS general meeting Part 1
09:30 - 10:30
Room: Goethe-Saal

10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 10:45

10:45 IMPRS general meeting Part 2
IMPRS general meeting Part 2
10:45 - 11:30
Room: Goethe-Saal

11:30 MPG Alumni talk - Dr. Elena Damm, Charité Berlin: MPG resources for career development
MPG Alumni talk - Dr. Elena Damm, Charité Berlin: MPG resources for career development
11:30 - 12:30
Room: Goethe-Saal

12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
Room: Restaurant

13:30 Meeting with IMPRS coordinator
Meeting with IMPRS coordinator
13:30 - 14:15
Room: Goethe-Saal

14:15 Closing session
Closing session
14:15 - 14:30
Room: Goethe-Saal

14:30 Travel to Plön/Kiel
Travel to Plön/Kiel
14:30 - 20:30