Meeting of the FOR5560 in September/October 2024 in Erlangen
This year the meeting of the DFG-Research Group FOR5560 took place on September 30th. - October 1st, 2024 in Erlangen. A workshop on the topic of “Public Outreach” was organized by Julia Jellusova for the associated students and postdocs of the research group. The group developed ideas for creating videos to make research and specific subject areas accessible to the general public. The guest speaker Sandra Jeleazcov from the University Hospital Erlangen gave the group exciting insights into her work around the development of the digital strategy games “Inflammania” and “Inflammania 2”. By using the apps, the user is given playful information about inflammation and chronic diseases as well as the various defense mechanisms of our immune system. Afterwards, the members of the research group met to discuss ongoing projects and general topics. Next year the meeting will take place in Freiburg.
First Meeting in November 2023 in Munich
The first meeting of the newly founded DFG-Research Group FOR5560 took place in november 2023 in Munich at the Klinikum rechts der Isar. This meeting should be held once a year at the various locations where the associated working groups are located in order to promote personal exchange. As part of this meeting, the ongoing projects are presented and discussed and workshops are offered for the associated doctoral students. The next meeting will take place in Erlangen this fall.