The NN Berlin group organized a series of dinners to bring students in Berlin in contact with some of the high profile scientists attending the genetics congress currently held here. The majority of scientists contacted accepted the Phil’s invitation instantly, showing there is a interest in communication, which we can only applaud.
Yesterday night, it was nice to see that we had even reached even undergraduates from the Free University who were later chatting with a Elisa Izaurralde, director at the MPI in Tübingen and Frank Uhlmann, group leader at the Cancer Research UK in London quite openly about pretty much everything about becoming a scientist and in particular, living abroad for an extended period of ones life. I wish I would have had the opportunity when I was a student.
Congrats to you and Phil and other organizers of these dinners. Sounds like they were a success!
Very much so, they said they will come again. Tonight will be interesting too, as we have several interesting participants of the congress who will join in. I just hope the weather holds, otherwise it’ll get very cozy.