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Daily impressions from the GDNÄ Conference 2024

The Young GDNÄ on the podium, a Nobel Prize winner during his lecture lecture, discussions during the coffee break, the ambience on the Griebnitzsee Griebnitzsee university campus: impressions of the 133rd meeting can be found on this page. A picture and a short text – here you will find brief and succinctly about highlights and nice side events. A detailed photo documentation will soon be available on this homepage.

Thursday, 12 September 2024

Science-Slam auf der 133 Versammlung in Potsdam

In GDNÄ hands for four days: Lecture theatre building at the University of Potsdam in Griebnitzsee.

Paul Mühlenhoff, der Leiter des GDNÄ-Schülerprogramms, grüßt vom Versammlungsort 2024 auf dem Campus Griebnitzsee der Universität Potsdam.

A crowd-puller: the GDNÄ Science Slam.

Paul Mühlenhoff, head of the GDNÄ student programme, greets from the 2024 meeting venue on the Griebnitzsee campus of the University of Potsdam. Here, more than a hundred students prepare their performances at the conference.

Science is fun: A look into the audience at the ‘Science in 5 minutes’ competition

Science in 5 minutes: In a packed lecture theatre at the University of Potsdam, ten pupils and students gave their presentations to be judged by the audience. The topics ranged from innovative wind turbines and laboratory meat to the neglect of diversity in medicine. GDNÄ President Heribert Hofer (on the podium) moderated the evening event.

GDNÄ President Heribert Hofer with the acoustically determined winners of the ‘Science in 5 Minutes’ competition. The decisive factor was the intensity of the applause from the audience, which was also measured by app for the first time. In the centre, first-placed Anne Marie Bobes (18), who presented her project ‘Wind2Light’, to the left of medical students Sebastian Paschen and Moritz Roloff (‘Sick Systems – In Search of Fair Healthcare’, 3rd place). 17-year-old Bielefeld student Felix Gross (right) came second with his contribution on pattern recognition using artificial intelligence.

Science is fun: A look into the audience at the ‘Science in 5 minutes’ competition

Michael Dröscher, Treasurer and Secretary General of the GDNÄ, with participants of the student programme.

Anne Marie Bobes wowed the audience with her development of a wind turbine for street lamps.

Deep-sea biologist Dr Stefanie Kaiser was connected via video and captivated the audience with a report on the ‘Aleut Bio’ expedition to the Northwest Pacific.

Friday, 13 September 2024

Sought-after discussion partner: Nobel Prize winner Ben L. Feringa – during the coffee break, surrounded by young people .

Professor Eva-Maria Neher from Göttingen is being honored with the Alexander von Humboldt Medal for her great services to the GDNÄ. To her left is the speaker, Professor Michael Dröscher, and to her right Professor Heribert Hofer.

Lively and entertaining: Professor André Bardow from ETH Zurich in his plea for a sustainability strategy to transform the industry.

Nobel Prize winner Ben Feringa during his lecture “The art of building small”, in which he explains the structure and function of molecular machines.

Professor Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus with Junge-GDNÄ members.

The birth of the Young GDNÄ: On the morning of September 13, 2024, GDNÄ President Heribert Hofer announces the founding of a youth organization of his research society.

The working group on computer science of the Junge GDNÄ discusses cyber-physical systems and large generative language models such as ChatGPT with the speakers. The round table is being moderated by Professor Peter Liggesmeyer.

Members of the Young GDNÄ discuss with the speakers of the technology session under the moderation of Professor Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus.

Saturday, 14 September 2024

Fully booked Science & Technology Café on the topic of “Storage of renewable energies: What solutions does chemistry offer?”

Professor Caroline Gutjahr discusses her lecture “Secret helpers underground: How plants work together with mycorrhizal fungi” with conference participants.

Questions upon questions about the astonishing placebo effect: Toxicology Professor Bernd Kaina from the Mainz University Medical Center (with microphone) pointed out the possible limits of placebo drugs.

Relaxing after a long day at the conference: Ben Feringa in one of Potsdam’s excellent Italian restaurants.

Exciting, but also challenging: young audience in the biology session.

Professor Wolfgang Lubitz during his introduction to the chemistry session he organised on Saturday morning.

Professor Holger Puchta presents the CRISP7Cas gene scissors and discusses current political developments.

The public Leopoldina lecture will be given by GDNÄ Vice President and pharmacology professor Martin Lohse on the topic of “Placebo or therapy with nothing”. Martin Lohse stepped in at short notice because the originally planned lecture by Professor Liane Benning on the results of current Arctic research could not take place.

Great enthusiasm for discussion: Young conference participants surround Martin Lohse after his presentation.

Sunday, 15 September 2024

Sunny last day of the meeting: the Griebnitzsee campus is still firmly in GDNÄ hands.

Light impression from the lecture hall where lectures and discussions of the GDNÄ meetings took place.

Quantum computers: state of the art – this was the topic of the lecture by Professor Frank Wilhelm-Mauch from Forschungszentrum Jülich.

Magnetic navigation, quantum computers, new materials: the physics lectures offer plenty to discuss.

Sunny last day of the meeting: the Griebnitzsee campus is still firmly in GDNÄ hands.

Self-healing concrete, biological robot drives, drug depots that replenish themselves independently: Professor Wilfried Weber (left, back) was bombarded with questions after his lecture on living materials.

The fascinating magnetic navigation system of animals provided plenty to talk about after the lecture by Professor Michael Winklhofer (left).

Charité Professor Ursula Müller-Werdan talks about facts and myths about healthy living and ageing.