NeNa 2015 Neurowissenschaftliche Nachwuchskonferenz
by Diljit Singh Kajal
NeNa 2015 Neurowissenschaftliche Nachwuchskonferenz
A report by Renée Hartig
At 10 am, a bus filled with 50 people pulled away from the main train station of the small Swäbisch town, Tübingen. The bus was headed for the outskirts of the Black Forest, or the Schwarzwald, if you care for German translations. It’ s also interesting to note that on the weekend just before the conference, there had been snow in Tübingen, however, this snow didn’ t last long in the small town.
Only the road that carried those 50 graduate students to another little town called Schramberg parted the white trees and grass. Perhaps it felt a little cold outside, but inside the bus, there was a hustle and bustle to finish handing out homemade-but professionally done – abstract books for the event. The whole conference was outlined in the program for everyone to review and get excited over.
Day 1. The first day continued after the bus arrived at Schramberg and the hungry students had their fill of the grub. Attendees were paired into groups of five or six to share temporary homes on the outskirts of the Schramberg conference center. Not too much later, all came together for the commencement of talks and poster sessions. The norm of a scientific conference, yet much more laid-back – the way we would oftentimes prefer. This year, the conference organizers, such as the author herself, evaluated talks and posters; however it must be noted that everyone there presented quality work – data or no data. And that’ s when I realized a thank you is in order to everyone who came out there with us. It does not stop there either. We had Axel Lindner( Uni Tübingen) and Markus Fendt( Uni Madgeburg) team up for a back-to-back discussion on the potential trajectories for the career of a young neuroscientist. This could be summed parsimoniously as‘ academia or industry, which would you prefer?’
Day 2. The second day doesn’ t start
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