CIID goes Lübeck

Last week we – sev­en med­ical stu­dents – rep­re­sent­ed our insti­tute and its diver­si­ty of infec­tious dis­ease research at the DZIF Autumn School 2023 in Lübeck (Ger­many).

We were delight­ed to gain insight into a wide range of infec­ti­o­log­i­cal prob­lems and their approach­es: Micro­bio­mes, Las­sa fever and Histo­plas­ma cap­su­la­tum were only a few of the dis­cussed top­ics. As you can imag­ine – we learned a lot! At the same time, there was also a big focus on men­tor­ing and career deci­sions with sev­er­al work­shops con­cern­ing net­work­ing and future research pos­si­bil­i­ties for clin­i­cians. Dur­ing the cof­fee-breaks and on the Christ­mas mar­ket we put our new­ly acquired net­work­ing skills to the test and social­ized in an open-mind­ed environment.

Over­all, this event was a great chance to get our feet wet in the sci­ence-pond by pre­sent­ing our find­ings in front of a diverse audience!

Nico­lai Koch, Paul Lemp­ka, Smil­la Stein­brück, David Lubot­sky, Tomke Arand, Amelie Belo­se­vic and Marie-Elise Ben­del. Mem­bers of AG Frischknecht and AG Gan­ter (Malar­ia), AG Lohmann (HCV), AG Urban (HDV) and AG Grimm (AAV-vec­tors).