8th Retreat 20.-21.4.2023 in Wittenberg (Leucorea)
8th Retreat (April 20-21, 2023)
In addition to reporting on the current status of the projects of the SFB TRR 102 "Polymers under Constrained Conditions" after almost 12 years of research, the retreat will feature presentations by external guests from academia and beyond.
Furthermore, the meeting will serve to discuss the content of the formal final report for the DFG.
This time the program is organized by a group of PhD students of the SFB.
(Preliminary) Schedule
| Time | Thursday (20.04.2023) |
|---|---|
| Breakfast (for those who arrived already on Wednesday) Cafeteria and SR 4, 1st floor | |
| 9.30 am | Welcome & speaker's report Lectorium, 3rd floor |
| 10 am | Talk: Wolfgang Binder (MLU) "Hybrid polymers as model entities in fibrillation and folding" Lectorium, 3rd floor |
| 10.20 am | Coffee break (infront of Lectorium) and begin poster exhibition (SR 1/2, 1st floor) |
| 10.45 am | Talk: Matthias Hartlieb (University of Potsdam) "Tales about Antimicrobial Polymers" Lectorium, 3rd floor |
| 11.30 am | Talk: Birgit Strodel (University of Düsseldorf) "Emergence of order in Aβ through molecular interactions and self-assembly" Lectorium, 3rd floor |
| 12.15 pm | Group photo in the courtyard |
| 12.20 pm | Lunch Cafeteria and SR 4, 1st floor |
| 2 pm | Talk: Benedikt Schwarze (Leipzig University) "Amyloid β40 - a research history as devious as its misfolding landscape" Auditorium, groundfloor |
| 2.20 pm | Talk: Wolfgang Hoyer (University of Düsseldorf) "Protofibrils vs. cross-β fibrils: Two alternative amyloid assembly types" Auditorium, groundfloor |
| 3.05 pm | Coffee break Foyer, groundfloor |
| 3.45 pm | PI meeting (PIs only) SR 10, 1st floor |
| 3.45 pm | In parallel: Insights behind the CV: Alycin Rhoades (for iRTG members and PosDocs) Auditorium, groundfloor |
| 6.30 pm | Dinner Cafeteria and SR 4, 1st floor |
| 8 pm | Talk: Matthias Ullrich (Borealis) "Academia & industry: Two career paths, less divergent than one may think" Auditorium, groundfloor |
| Time | Friday (21.04.2023) |
|---|---|
| 7.30-9.00 Uhr | Breakfast (for those who stay at Leucorea) Cafeteria and SR 4, 1st floor |
| 9 am | Talk: Kay Saalwächter (MLU) "Our progress in understanding polymer crystallization" Auditorium, groundfloor |
| 9.20 am | Talk: Kostas Daoulas (MPI Mainz) "Ultra coarse-grained modelling of near-crystalline functional polymers: What can we learn?" Auditorium, groundfloor |
| 10.05 am | Coffee break Foyer, groundfloor |
| 10.45 am | Talk: Michael Büker "Science Communication: From the Lab Out Into the World" Auditorium, groundfloor |
| 11:45 am | Talk: Peter Seeberger (MPI Potsdam) "Synthetic Polysaccharides as Basis for Material Science applications" & a short introduction to the CTC Auditorium, groundfloor |
| 12.30 pm | Lunch Cafeteria and SR 4, 1st floor |
| 1.45 pm | Talk: Alicyn Rhoades (Penn State Behrend, USA) "Flow-Induced Crystallization Polymers Across the Spectrum of Backbone Rigidity" Auditorium, groundfloor |
| 2.30 pm | Conclusion & farewell reception Foyer, groundfloor |
Detailed program (short-edge printing)
Programm Retreat @Wittenberg_2023-04.pdf
(1014.8 KB) vom 19.04.2023
Terms and program details
- Date: April 20-21, 2023
- Venue: Leucorea Wittenberg, Collegienstraße 62, 06886 Wittenberg (Link to the Leucora , Google Maps )
Transfer
- Individual via train or car from Halle and Leipzig