CEM Summer School 2024

From July 4 to 5, 2024, the annual summer school of the PhD program Cutting Edge Microscopy (CEM) took place at the Seehotel in Bönigen, Switzerland. All students gave scientific presentations on their projects, focusing on applied microscopy and the results obtained. To enhance the interactive style of the presentations, the students presented in teams. The teams had to find a common denominator, usually the research area, which they then presented in the form of a joint presentation. This format encouraged a more lively atmosphere and was much appreciated by all participants. The subsequent individual progress reports from the students delved deeper into the microscopy applications. The review of the scientific part of the summer school took the form of a quiz where each student contributed to a pool of questions. Senior participants of the CEM Summer School 2024 were MIC microscopy specialists Fabian Blank and Yury Belyaev, MIC bioimaging specialist Ana Stojiljkovic from the Data Science Lab (DSL) and CEM PhD program scientific co-directors Benoît Zuber and Steven Proulx. Ruth Lyck, the coordinator of the CEM PhD program, was responsible for the quiz and the organization of the trip. A special guest was Vibor Laketa, Head of the Platform for Infectious Disease Imaging at the University of Heidelberg, who gave a lecture on the topic of ethics in handling and publishing BioImage data. In addition to the scientific program, a discussion about the upcoming activities of the CEM PhD program took place and the new CEM student representatives Marwa Mangattu Parambil and Jasmina El Fata were elected. The beautiful landscape, the pleasant accommodation and the free time to enjoy Lake Brienz or to go jogging contributed to a perfect learning atmosphere.