Conference Events
Highlights of the events organized by the ECR Committee at the 2023 SFRR-E Annual Meeting in Vienna
From 6–9 June 2023, the SFRR-E Annual Meeting took place in Vienna. It was a fantastic conference, featuring inspiring talks from outstanding speakers and providing a great opportunity for networking among early-career researchers.
The ECR Subcommittee organised two activities specifically designed for young researchers. First of all, we would like to thank everyone who joined us! It was a pleasure to see so many of you willing to participate, connect, and have some fun before the conference officially kicked off.
One of the activities was the “Meet the Professor” session. We were delighted to have so many professors join us and answer the tricky questions that you had submitted through our social media channels. Some answers made us laugh out loud, while others certainly gave us food for thought! Would you rather publish one excellent paper or several ordinary ones? Do you value quality over quantity? Do you think having a mentor is important for career development? (Hint: Check out our mentoring programme!).
After the “Meet the Professor” session, we hosted a Networking Event exclusively for ECRs. We know you loved our redox stickers; don’t worry we will bring them again next year in Istanbul!
During the networking event, we had the chance to meet many researchers at the same career stage, enjoy some drinks, and come up with some of the most bizarre research paper titles imaginable. Here is one of the brilliant ideas our ECRs came up with:
“High resolution microscopy reveals lying-induced generation of hydroxyl radicals in the brain which promotes liver-myocyte communication through Pinocchio protein in human patients affected by nose hypertrophy”.
The authors of the most original paper titles won science-themed pens to use in the lab!
We had an incredible time together during the SFRR-E conference and were delighted to recognise the outstanding science presented by young researchers at the meeting. The SFRR-E awarded 8 prizes to the best presenters: Palina Nepachalovich (Germany), Sara Marchese (Italy), Vanesa Cepas-López (Italy), Aseel Saadi (Israel), Nejra Cosis Mujkanovic (Austria), Susana Delgado Martín (Spain), Pablo Marti-Andres (Sweden), and Tim Baldensperger (Germany).
Congratulations to all the awardees! We look forward to seeing where your excellent science takes you next!