Pictures 2013
 The Retreat venue: Rauischholzhausen Castle. |
 Programme Director Dr. Rory E. Morty (l) and Deputy Director Dr. Dorothea M. Peters (r), getting started! |
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 The keynote Address by Prof. Werner Arber (Basel Biocentre), the recipient of the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. |
 MBML students Dijana Iloska (Pullamsetti Laboratory), Nieves Gabrielli (Vadász Laboratory) and Nefertiti El Nikhely (Savai Laboratory) in the audience. |
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 An engaged audience! |
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 Programme Director Dr. Rory E. Morty in general discussion. |
 Invited student Trevor Stevens (University of South Alabama) (l) with Invited Speaker Prof. Eric White (University of Michigan) (r, asking question). |
 Invited Speaker Prof. Michael A. Matthay (University of California at San Francisco) in general discussion with MBML students. |
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 Meet-the-professor session with Invited Speaker Prof. Eric White (University of Michigan) (l) with (clockwise from Prof. White): MBML students Christoph Arens (Weigand Lab), Saket Ahuja (Günther Lab), Invited Students Bettina Oehrle (DZL Munich Campus), Andrea Glasauer (Northwestern University), Jonathan Fallica (Johns Hopkins University), and MBML students Gani Orquaj (Baumgart-Vogt Lab), Oleksiy Klymenko (Günther Lab), and Zaneta Sibinska (Schermuly Lab). |
 (clockwise from top left): MBML students Elisabetta Gamen (Pullamsetti Lab) and Rebecca Hasseli (Voswinckel Lab) speaking with Mrs Laura Canessa, together with MBML students Anita Golec (Voswinckel Lab), Daria Dontireddy (Voswinckel Lab), and Dijana Iloska (Pullamsetti Lab). |
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 MBML students (l-r): Anita Golec (Voswinckel Lab), Elisabetta Gamen (Pullamsetti Lab), Rebecca Hasseli (Voswinckel Lab), Daria Dontireddy (Voswinckel Lab), and Dijana Iloska (Pullamsetti Lab). |
 Meet-the-professor session with Invited Speaker Prof. Troy Stevens (University of South Alabama) (centre), with (clockwise from Prof. Stevens): MBML students Balachandran Selvakumar (Herold/Lohmeyer Lab), Poonam Sarode (Savai Lab), Susan Scheibe (Weissmann Lab), Balram Nepaume (Schermuly Lab), 3 rear-head views, Mirka Didiasova (Wygrecka Lab), and Invited Student Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt (DZL Cluster North Campus). |
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 The Invited Speakers: BACK ROW: (l-r) Programme Chairman Prof. Werner Seeger; Chief Tutor Dr. Florian Veit; and Prof. Troy Stevens (University of Southern Alabama). MIDDLE ROW: (l-r) Mrs. Laura Canessa (Montevideo, Uruguay); Programme Director Dr. Rory E. Morty; Dr. Roberto Canessa (Montevideo, Uruguay), paediatric cardiologist and survivor of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which crashed in the Andes mountains on October 13, 1972; Prof. Lester Kobzik (Harvard University); and Prof. Eric White (University of Michigan). FRONT ROW: (l-r) Deputy Programme Director Dr. Dorothea M. Peters; Prof. Laura Dada (Northwestern University); Prof. Werner Arber (Basel Biocentre) recipient of the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine; Prof. Michael A. Matthay (University of California at San Francisco), and Dr. Norman Thagard (NASA/Florida State University), NASA astronaut, medical doctor, and scientist. |
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 The Invited Students: BACK ROW: (l-r) Hinnerk Schultz-Hildebtrandt (DZL Cluster North Campus), Jan-Philip Schneider (DZL Hannover Campus), Andrea Glausauer (Northwestern University), Jonathan Fallica (Johns Hopkins University); FRONT ROW: (l-r) Michael Shimko (West Virginia University), Bettina Oehrle (DZL Munich Campus), Sajo Kaduthanam (DZL Heidelberg Campus), and Trevor Stevens (University of South Florida). |
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 MBML student Alicia Madurga Hernández (Morty Lab) presenting her research. |
 Programme Director Dr. Rory E. Morty (l) and Programme Chairman Prof. Werner Seeger (r, asking question). |
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 MBML student Ivana Mižíková (Morty Lab) chairing a session. |
 MBML student Cho-Ming Chao (Bellusci Lab) presenting us with his conclusion: “Beer is the answer“. |
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 Invited Speakers Prof. Michael A. Matthay (University of California at San Francisco) and Prof. Trevor Stevens (University of South Florida) in disucssion in the grounds of Rauischholzhausen Castle. |
 MBML student Saket Ahuja (Günther Lab) with Dr. Poornima Mahavadi (Günther Lab). |
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 Chief Tutor Dr. Florian Veit (l) in discussion with Invited Student Andrea Glausauer (Northwestern University). |
 Invited Student Jonathan Fallica (l) with Programme Director Dr. Rory E. Morty (r) in the grounds of Rauischholzhausen Castle. |
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 Participants at the 2014 Annual Retreat.
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 Invited Speaker Prof. Eric White (University of Michigan) presenting his lecture. |
 MBML student Saket Ahuja (Günther Lab) presenting his lecture. |
 Invited Student Hinnerk Schultz-Hildebrand (DZL Cluster North Campus) presenting his lecture. |
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 Invited Speaker Prof. Michael A. Matthay (University of California at San Francisco) (l) in discussion with Invited Student Trevor Stevens (University of South Florida) (r), during the poster session. |
 (l-r) Invited speakers Prof. Troy Stevens (University of South Florida), Prof. Michael A. Matthay (University of California at San Francisco), MBML student Célimène Koumba (Voswinckel Lab), and Invited Student Troy Stevens (University of South Florida). |
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 Invited Speaker Prof. Eric White (University of Michigan) (l) in duscission with MBML student Ivana Mižíková (Morty Lab) (m) and Programme Director Dr. Rory E. Morty (r), with MBML Student Jordi Ruiz Camp (Morty Lab) (fr) in the distance. |
 MBML student Jan Philip Schneider (Schermuly Lab) (l) presenting his data to programme Chairman Prof. Werner Seeger (r) during the poster session. |
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 Invited Speaker Prof. Laura Dada (Northwestern University) (far right) during a meet-the-professor session with (anti-clockwise from Prof. Dada) Luciana Mazzocchi (Vadász Lab) , Alicia Madurga Hernández (Morty Lab), Lina Jankauskaite (Herold/Lohmeyer Lab), and Natalia El Mehrie (Baumgart-Vogt Lab). |
 The Retreat Committee during the only break that they can have at the Annual Retreat (over the meet-the-professor session)! Chief Tutor Dr. Florian Veit; Deputy Director Dr. Dorothea M. Peters; and Programme Director Dr. Rory E. Morty. |
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 Invited Speaker Prof. Werner Arber (Basel Biocentre), the recipient of the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, (l) in discussion with MBML students (clockwise from Prof. Arber) Prakash Chelladurai (Pullamsetti Lab), Adriana Contreras (Barreto Lab), and Cho-Ming Chao (Bellusci Lab). |
 Invited Speaker Prof. Lester Kobzik (Harvard University) (c) in discission with (clockwise from Prof. Kobzik) MBML students Nefertiti El Hikhely (Savai Lab), N, N, and Invited Student Trevor Stevens (University of South Florida). |
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 MBML students Ivana Mižíková (Morty Lab) (l) and Mariola Bednorz (Weissmann Lab) (r) together with Invited Speaker Dr. Roberto Canessa (Montevideo, Uruguay), paediatric cardiologist and survivor of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which crashed in the Andes mountains on October 13, 1972 (c). |
 (l-r) MBML students Natalia El-Merhie (Baumgart-Vogt Lab), Lina Jankauskaite (Herold/Lohmeyer Lab), and Alicia Madurga Hernández (Morty Lab) in discussion. |
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 Invited Speaker Dr. Roberto Canessa (Montevideo, Uruguay), paediatric cardiologist and survivor of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which crashed in the Andes mountains on October 13, 1972 (c) in discussion with (clockwise from Dr. Canessa) MBML students Tatyana Likhoshvay (Morty Lab), Mariola Bednorz (Weissmann Lab), and MBML Programme Director Dr. Rory E. Morty. |
 MBML Faculty Dr. Susanne Herold (l), Dr. Konstantin Mayer (c), and MBML Chairman Prof. Werner Seeger (r), in discussion. |
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 Invited Speaker Prof. Lester Kobzik (Harvard University) during the meet-the-professor session. |
 (l-r) MBML students Jordi Ruiz Camp (Morty Lab), Marco Schlappkohl (Mayer Lab), and Invited Student Sajo Kaduthanam (DZL Heidelberg Campus), in discussion. |
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 MBML student Tatyana Likhoshvay (Morty Lab) clarifying a point during her presentation. |
 MBML students Elpidoforos (Akis) Sakkas (Morty Lab) (l) and Cho-Ming Chao (Bellusci Lab) (r). |
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 MBML Director Dr. Rory E. Morty with the graduating class of 2013. |
 MBML Faculty members Prof. Veronika Grau (l) and Prof. Wolfgang Kummer (r). |
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 Invited Speaker Prof. Laura Dada (Northwestern University) (far left) during a meet-the-professor session with (clockwise from Prof. Dada) Jordi Ruiz Camp (Morty Lab), Natalia El-Merhie (Baumgart-Vogt Lab), Lina Jankauskaite (Herold/Lohmeyer Lab), and Alicia Madurga Hernández (Morty Lab), and Luciana Mazzocchi (Vadász Lab). |
 Invited speaker Prof. Laura Dada (Northwestern University) during the poster session. |
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 (l-r) Invited Student Hinnerk Schulz-Hilderbrandt (DZL Cluster North Campus); Programme Director Dr. Rory E. Morty; MBML student Anuar Kalymbetov (Schermuly Lab), Dr. Himal Luitel (Schermuly lab), in discussion with NASA astronaut and medical doctor Dr. Norman Thagard. |
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 (l-r) Invited Speaker Prof. Troy Stevens (University of South Florida) in conversation with MBML students Balachandar Selvakumar (Herold/Lohmeyer Lab) and Poonam Sarode (Savai Lab), and Susanne Scheiber (Weissmann Lab). |
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 Invited Student Jonathan Fallica (Johns Hopkins University). |
 Invited Speaker, NASA astronaut and medical doctor Dr. Normal Thagard, delivering his speech. |
 Invited Speaker Prof. Troy Stevens (University of South Florida) with Chief Tutor Dr. Florian Veit. |
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 The evening programme slowly kicks in: Deputy Programme Director Dr. Dorothea M. Peters and Invited Speaker Prof. Eric White (University of Michigan) in discussion. |
 A view of the same scene, from the other side of Dr. Peters! |
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 (l-r) Invited Student Trevor Stevens (University of South Florida) with his dad, Invited Speaker Prof. Troy Stevens (University of South Florida), MBML Chairman Prof. Werner Seeger, Invited Speaker Prof. Michael A. Matthay (University of California at San Francisco), Programme Director Dr. Rory. E. Morty, and Invited Student Jonathan Fallica (Johns Hopkins University). |
 Invited Student Michael Shimko (West Virginia University) (c) with MBML students Mariola Bednorz (Weissmann Lab) (l) and Ivana Mižíková (Morty Lab) (r). |
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 Invited Speaker Prof. Lester Kobzik (Harvard University) delivering his lecture. |
 (l-r) Programme Director Dr. Rory E. Morty in conversation with Chief Tutor Dr. Florian Veit, Invited Speaker Prof. Michael A. Matthay (University of California at San Francisco), and MBML student Elpidoforos (Akis) Sakkas (Morty Lab). |
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 Mrs Laura Canessa, (l) and Invited Speaker Dr. Roberto Canessa (Montevideo, Uruguay), paediatric cardiologist and survivor of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which crashed in the Andes mountains on October 13, 1972 (r), delivering their joint presentation. |
 Mrs Laura Canessa, (l) and Invited Speaker Dr. Roberto Canessa (Montevideo, Uruguay), paediatric cardiologist and survivor of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which crashed in the Andes mountains on October 13, 1972 (r), with MBML students. |
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 Programme Director Dr. Rory E. Morty (l) with Invited Speaker Prof. Michael A. Matthay (University of California at St. Francisco). |
 Mrs Laura Canessa, (l) and Invited Speaker Dr. Roberto Canessa (Montevideo, Uruguay), paediatric cardiologist and survivor of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which crashed in the Andes mountains on October 13, 1972 (c), with Deputy Programme Director Dr. Dorothea M. Peters, in the grounds of Rauischholzhausen Castle. |
 Chairman Prof. Werner Seeger, making his closing comments. |
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 Invited Speaker Prof. Laura Dada (Northwestern University) delivering her speech. |
 Invited Speaker, the NASA astronaut and medical doctor, Dr. Norman Thagard, (l) with MBML student Anuar Kalymbetov (r) (Schermuly Lab). During Dr. Thagard‘s work on the Mir Space Station, he frequented the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Mr. Kalybetov‘s home country of Kazakstan. |
 MBML student Elpidoforos Sakkas (l) (Morty Lab) receives his graduation certificate from Chairman Prof. Werner Seeger (c) and Chief Tutor Dr. Florian Veit (r). |
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 MBML Students Nefertiti El Nikhely (Savai Lab) (l) and Célimène Koumba (Voswinckel Lab). |
 MBML Students Gayathri Viswanathan (Schermuly Lab) (l) and Jan Philip Schneider (Schermuly Lab) (r) chairing a session. |
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 Mrs Laura Canessa, (l) and Invited Speaker Dr. Roberto Canessa (Montevideo, Uruguay), paediatric cardiologist and survivor of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which crashed in the Andes mountains on October 13, 1972 (c), in conversation with Programme Director Dr. Rory E. Morty (r). |
 Invited students Michael Shimko (West Virginia University) (l) and Hinnerk Schultz-Hildebrandt (DZL Cluster North campus) (r) with Programme Director Dr. Rory E. Morty (c). |
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 Invited Speaker Prof. Michael A. Matthay (University of California at St. Francisco) delivering his speech. |
 Programme Director Dr. Rory E. Morty |
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 MBML Students Gayathri Viswanathan (Schermuly Lab) (l) and Natalia El-Merhie (Baumgart-Vogt Lab). |
 MBML Students Dijana Iloska (Pullamsetti Lab), Prakash Chelladurai (Pullamsetti Lab), and Mirka Didiasova (Wygrecka lab). |
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 The rear view of Rauischholzhausen Castle. |
 Invited Student Trevor Stevens (University of South Florida) with his dad, Invited Speaker Prof. Troy Stevens (University of South Florida). |
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 MBML student Nefertiti El Nikhely (front) receiving her graduate certificate from (back, l-r) Chairman Prof. Werner Seeger, Chief Tutor Dr. Florian Veit, and Deputy Programme Director Dr. Dorothea M. Peters. |
 MBML students (l-r) Adriana Contreras (Baretto Lab), Balachandar Selvakumar (Herold/Lohmeyer Lab), Prakash Chelladurai (Pullamsetti Lab), Daria Dontireddy (Voswinckel Lab), and Mirka Didiasova (Wygrecka lab). |
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 The MBML 2013 graduating class with the MBML Committee (front row, l-r) Drs. Peters, Seeger, Morty, and Veit. |
 MBML Students (l-r) Mirka Didiasova (Wygrecka Lab), Zaneta Sibinska (Schermuly Lab, Anita Golec (Voswinckel Lab), Oleksiy Klymenko (Günther Lab), and Daria Dontireddy (Voswinckel lab). |
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 MBML Faculty Member Prof. Andreas Günther at the piano. |
 Night programme underway. |
 Night programme underway. |
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 Programme Director Dr. Rory E. Morty (l) exchanging ideas with Invited Speaker Prof. Werner Arber (Basel Biocentre), recipient of the 1978 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. |
 NO SIGNAL: MBML students (l-r) Tatyana Likhoshvay (Morty Lab), Alena Moiseenko (Bellusci Lab), Alicia Madurga Hernández (Morty Lab) and Saket Ahuja (Günther Lab) dealing with technical problems! |
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 Mrs Laura Canessa, (l) and Invited Speaker Dr. Roberto Canessa (Montevideo, Uruguay), paediatric cardiologist and survivor of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which crashed in the Andes mountains on October 13, 1972 (r), at dinner. |
 A mixture of speakers and faculty at lunch. |
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 Programme Director Dr. Rory E. Morty (c) touching base with MBML students over lunch. |
 Chief Tutor Dr. Florian Veit (l) and programme Director Dr. Rory E. Morty (r), with Invited Speaker Dr. Roberto Canessa (Montevideo, Uruguay), paediatric cardiologist and survivor of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which crashed in the Andes mountains on October 13, 1972 (c). |
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