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Graduate School of Life Sciences

Graduate Schools Day

Schedule

Each year the University Würzburg Graduate Schools (UWGS) invite their doctoral candidates, members and alumni for a half-day celebration.

The Graduate School of Life Sciences (GSLS) cordially invites you to celebrate this year's Graduate Schools Day.

We are pleased to have GSLS Alumni talking about their careers and hope for an informative afternoon with interesting insights.

Afterwards our keynote speaker Dipl. Päd. Dominik Egger, Scientific Advisor to the Vice President for Studies, Teaching and Quality Management will give a talk entitled „Between Method and Responsibility: Reflecting on What Makes Science Good“

In the evening, we move on to the casual part of the day as we will have a barbecue at the Graduate Schools Building area in a relaxed atmosphere. 

When:

2nd July 2026

Where:

Graduate Schools Building 
Beatrice-Edgell-Weg 21, 97074 Würzburg

14:30 – 14:45

Welcome by Prof. Wegener, GSLS Dean

14:45 – 16:00

GSLS Career Session - Alumni present their career paths

  • Prof. Dr. Sara Diana Leonhardt (she/her)
    Professor in Plant-Insect Interactions at the Research Department Life Science Systems at the Technical University of Munich (Germany)
  • Dr. rer. nat. Stefanie Krieger (she/her)
    Managing Director, LAUDA Medical GmbH & Co. KG, Würzburg (Germany)
    Highly experienced Project Manager (Clinical Trials)
  • Prof. Antonios Drakopoulos (he/him)
    Assistant Professor (Elected), University of Crete (Greek)
     
  • Dr. Irina Pleines-Meinhold (she/her)
    Research Manager,     Research Advancement Centre, JMU, Würzburg (Germany)

16:00 – 16:30

Coffee break

16:30 – 17:30

Featured talk by Dipl. Päd. Dominik Egger, Scientific Advisor to the Vice President for Studies, Teaching and Quality Management 

„Between Method and Responsibility: Reflecting on What Makes Science Good“

17:30 – 18:30 

GSLS Graduation Ceremony & Supervisor of the Year Award

 
18:30 – 19:30 

Tai-Chi Session (registered participants)
18:30

Start of Barbecue  
19:30

Start of live music from the GS band  
 

Registration here