HIGRADE Conference 2024

Thursday 30 May 2024, 11:00 → 21:00 Europe/Berlin

KUBUS (UFZ, Leipzig)

Verena Lingnau

At the HIGRADE Conference, doctoral researchers in their final year present their work and there are many possibilities for scientific exchange and networking. All UFZ colleagues and our cooperation partners are invited to join the event!

Programme HIGRADE_2024_Programme_Presenters_Flyer.pdf

11:00 → 12:00 Tech Check & Warm-up (for chairs & poster presenters)

12:00 → 13:00 lunch break (individual)

13:00 → 13:15 Welcome & Opening

UFZ Executive Management: Prof. Dr. Rolf Altenburger
HIGRADE Team

13:15 → 14:30 Poster Pitches

Chairs: Soné Kotze (COMPBC) & Philemon Anuforo (AME)

Poster presenters_titles_HIGRADE Conference 2024.pdf

14:30 → 14:45 small break

14:45 → 16:30 Open Poster Session

Scientific posters

UFZ services:
- HIGRADE
- Statistics Support
- UFZ Career Center
- UFZ Bioinformatics Service and Galaxy Server
- Research Data Management
- WTT Services for (Young) Scientists
- Equal Opportunities
- UFZ Family Office
- UFZ International Office

IFFB - local initiative / ADFC

Poster presenters_titles_HIGRADE Conference 2024.pdf

16:30 → 17:30 Award Session & Keynote

Poster & Pitch Awards
Honoring of PhD Finishers
Keynote event: Prof. Dr. Karsten Rinke (Head of Department of Lake Research & Winner of UFZ Communication Award 2023) "It is not all about papers: The pressure, fear, difficulty and EXCITING FUN in communication to non-scientists"

17:30 → 19:30 After-Event

organized by doctoral researchers