Students of the GRK2516 organize an international workshop at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz on October 7–9, 2025. It will include a pre-workshop for young researchers on Monday October 6th.
More information here.
Author: Mariana Cosarinsky
GRK2516 Workshop 2025
Congratulations Dr. Vishnu
Many congratulations to GRK student Jude Ann Vishnu for successfully defending his PhD thesis. Bravo, Dr. Vishnu!
The defense took place on December 4th, 2024.
Congratulations Dr. Wani
Many congratulations to GRK student Yashraj Manish Wani for successfully defending his PhD thesis. Bravo, Dr. Wani!
The defense took place on September 19th, 2024.
RDM Workshop 2024
Together with the students Integrated Research Training Group of the SFB1552, we organized a Research Data Management workshop for the students of the GRK2516. The meeting took plance on the C04-C05 lecture halls of the Schulz-Horner Building, JGU campus, on August 27–28th 2024. Johannes Berg, the data steward of the SFB1552, covered all topics concerning:
- FAIR principles
- Documentation, organisation, storage, backup, archiving, and publication of research data
- Electronic lab notebooks
- Basics and Development of a RDM plan
GRK Students Mini-Symposium, 28th Nov. 2023
The student members of the GRK will present research updates and focus on their tandem partnerships. The presentations are limited to the GRK PhD students, while all associate students and PIs are invited and expected to participate.
The students will present as pairs, highlighting their research in a single presentation. There will be 15 minutes for the presentations, followed by 15 minutes for discussions.
Date: Tuesday Nov. 28th
Time: 14–18 hs. (we’ll end with a pot luck party)
Place: Newton Room 01-122, Building 2413, Staudingerweg 9.
Format: hybrid
Program:
14:00 – Research Area A: Phillip + Bhuwan
14:30 – Research Area B: Gokul + Oliver + Leila (20 + 20 minutes)
15:10 – Coffee Break
15:30 – Research Area C: Melis + Yashraj
16:00 – Research Area D: Jude + Torsten
16:30 – Refreshments
Molecular Nanotour Symposium, Mainz 13 Sept. 2023
Maximilian Hielscher, Oliver Stach and the GRK2516 students in Mainz, together with Annemarie Doze, Ilayda Peduk, Alexandra Matei, Max Fellert and Rosa Marquez Garcia from the group of Prof. Ben Feringa in Groningen, organise and host the Molecular Nanotour Symposium 2023. The Symposium takes place in the Schulz-Horner Building of the JGU Mainz campus on September 13th.
For more information about the Molecular Nanotour and details on the Symposium, please visit the website:
https://www.molecularnanotour.com. A scientific program can be found here.
Maastricht – Mainz Mini Symposium 2023, June 1st
The students of the GRK 2516 host a joint Maastricht – Mainz Symposium on 'Interfacing Biomaterials: from Dynamic Materials to Bioprinting', to be held in the Staudinger lecture room of the Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research. Please register to the event using the following registration form (deadline is May 26th).
Date: June 1st, 2023
Time: 13:00 – 17:30
Place: Staudinger Lecture Hall, MPI-P, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz
There will be a barbecue at the end of the day. All registered participants are invited.
Mainz awarded the SFB1552, led by Prof. Seiffert and colleagues of the GRK
We are proud to announce that the DFG approved funding for the Collaborative Research Center SFB1552 "Defects and Defect Engineering in Soft Matter", led by Professor Sebastian Seiffert, together with PIs of the GRK2516 Prof. Dr. Kurt Kremer, Director of the Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Katrin Amann-Winkel and Prof. Dr. Friederike Schmid from the Institute for Physics JGU, Prof. Dr. Andreas Walther and Prof. Dr. Pol Besenius from the Department of Chemistry JGU.
You can read the press announcement here (page in German).
PI Meeting, April 18th 2023
We will have the next meeting of the GRK2516 principal investigators on Tuesday April 18th 2023. It will take place at Wasem Kloster Engelthal in Ingelheim.
On the agenda are an update on current projects and plans for the next cohort of students. In addition, we will start planing the proposal for the next funding cycle.
Workshop 2022, Pictures
The Workshop "Controlling Structure Formation in Soft Materials", held in Mainz on October 10–13, was a success and we would like to thank all participants for their contribution. We are looking forward to the next one, planned for 2025!
Best Poster Awards
Congratulations to Janka Bauer, Rodrique Badr, and Álvaro López-Acosta, winners of the Best Poster Award.
Pol Besenius, Rodrique Badr, Janka Bauer, and Álvaro López-Acosta (l. to r.)
