GGN Opening Event

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GGN Opening Event
2023-07-03T15:00:00+02:00
2023-07-03T20:00:00+02:00

When

Jul 03, 2023 from 03:00 to 08:00 (Europe/Berlin / UTC200)

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University Main Building, Ludwigstr. 23, Giessen

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	PROGRAM 3 PM Welcome by the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies at JLU, Prof. Dr. Martin Kramer Introduction of the GGN by Prof. Dr. Peter Klar and Prof. Dr. Katja Fiehler (Executive Director and Deputy Director of the GGN) Award of the Dr.-Herbert-Stolzenberg Prize to three outstanding projects in the natural sciences 4 PM Coffee & cake break Career Fair booths: Meet representatives from local companies and JLU services 5 PM Lecture by physicist and astronaut Prof. Dr. Reinhold Ewald: "Citizens of Space - Stewards of Earth" 6 PM Finger food & cold drinks 6:30 PM Science Slam: GGN's research areas presented in a fun way (EN/GER)
IMPRESSIONS (Photos: Rolf K. Wegst)


The Vice President for Research and Promotion of Young Scientists, Prof Dr Martin Kramer, welcomed the guests and opened the ceremony.	The Executive Director of the GGN, Prof Dr Peter Klar, presents the history of the GGN. The deputy Executive Director of the GGN, Prof Dr Katja Fiehler, presents the services offered by the GGN.	The winners of the Dr-Herbert-Stolzenberg-Awards, Marcel Linka, Janis Kevin Eckhardt and Dr Anton Windfelder, with the Executive Board of the GGN and Prof Dr. Hermann Wegner, member of the Board of Trustees.


The keynote speech is entitled Citizens of Space - Stewards of Earth.	Prof Dr Reinhold Ewald studied experimental physics, flew to the Mir space station and is Professor of Space Technology and Space Stations at the Institute of Space Systems (IRS) at the University of Stuttgart.	The guests listen intently to Mr Ewald's report on his time in space.

Dr. Jochen Blom, Von der Bielefeld-Verschwörung zur Bioinformatik	Palina Kot, The Report of the RNA Detective Agency: the Case of Readthrough
Kevin Hartung, Ich find’s nicht. Ich brauch einen Hinweis.	Dr. Meaghan Mcmanus, Perceiving self-motion in microgravity

The Slam-Team — And the winner is: Meaghan McManus! Many thanks to Sophie Göbel and Elef Schellen, who did a great job guiding us through the programme!