3rd Annual SFB1315 Women’s Networking Retreat 2025
Programme
Dec 15, 2025
Check-in & Welcome
Introduction: Coordinator Marylu Grossman (HU Berlin), Dr. Lisa Scheuenmann (FU Berlin), Dr. Fatemeh Yavari (Bochum)
Themed Discussion* Roadmap: Status quo or new measures? Group brainstorming sessions.
Dinner & scientific discussions
Invited talk #1 Livia de Hoz (Prof. Cambridge U) “Behind the curtains: decisions along the way, support and dual careers”
Motivational impulse: Lisa Scheunemann. Collegial consulting
Dec 16, 2025
Short presentations (5)* (5’ talk + general presentation feedback 10’ per session = ca. 1 hour). Maria Alcobendas (B05 PhD); Tania Fernandez (A07 PhD); Isabella Balles (A07 Charité), Greta Melega (B05 Postdoc); Anina Morgner (BCCN MSc) | Feedback moderated by Lisa Scheunemann and FatemehYavari
Coffee break
Short presentations (5)* cont. | Iryna Schommartz (B04 Assoc Postdoc Frankfurt); Julie Kührt (B04 Guest Frankfurt PhD); Katharina Pittner (B04 Postdoc); Anais Servais (B04 quest, postdoc); Elene Mchedlishvili (A01, Tzilivaki MSc) | Feedback cont.
Coffee break
Short presentations (5)* cont | Shokoofehsadat Hosseini (BCCN MSc); Sara Silva (Bochum PhD); Alexandra Tzilivaki (A01 Postdoc); Sharie Kossatz (PhD Viana da Silva); Marina Rodrigues (Postdoc Viana da Silva) | Feedback cont.
Lunch & scientific discussions, more feedback (optional)
Motivational impulse | Ronny Fischer (ZOOM) Research Funding, DFG/EU funding, from the Charité Research Grants Office. Zoom-Meeting, Meeting-ID: 775 491 0236
Coffee break
Networking – walk / swim / discuss – bring warm clothes and/or swim suit, and, if you wish, join the lecture at BCCN of Flavio Donato 4:00 pm ZOOM ID: 7754910236
Dinner & scientific discussions
Individual Feedback with Lisa Scheunemann and Fatemeh Yavari, ca. 5-10 min. Dinner meetings
Invited talk #2: Marieke Scholvinck
Dec 17, 2027 Check out (10 am)
Group presentations** | Introduction, group-forming and topic-forming sessions, ca. 4 groups × 5 persons – flexible, collaborative projects
5 groups, 10-min presentation + feedback session
Lunch & scientific discussions
Notes *Short presentations: a 5-minute pitch – purely scientific = 1 min for science, 2 min for methods/how, 2 min for findings – feedback after the session (e.g., 8 persons x 5 minutes, + 10’ feedback)
**Group presentations: 10-minute group talks – themed discussions based on topics chosen in group- & topic-forming sessions, followed by 10-min feedback after session
Participating Institutions
B-BMA, Berlin-Bochum Memory Alliance; BIH, Berlin Institute of Health at Charité; CHA, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin; DZNE, Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen; HUB, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; RUB, Ruhr Uni Bochum; TUB, Technischen Universität Berlin; GU-FFaM, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main