Postdoctoral researchers are vital to any laboratory: they possess both the theoretical and practical expertise that drives innovation, spearhead groundbreaking projects, and mentor junior scientists throughout their academic journeys. The SFB1551 takes great pride in its thriving postdoc community and, together with dedicated partners like Dr Chiara Galante from the International Postdoc Programme at the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), actively supports their career development. A recent example is the 2nd Life Sciences Postdoc Symposium that took place on June 26th at the Landtag in Mainz.

A day dedicated to networking, connecting & learning. Guest speakers included representatives from both academia and industry:

• Christian Tidona from BioMed X Institute,
• Prof. Eckhard Thines from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz,
• Marie-Theres Weil from BioNTech SE
• Verawan Boonsanay from Sanofi