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Vienna BioCenter Summer School 2023 ends with symposium at IMP

The 13th Vienna BioCenter Summer School concluded with the traditional symposium. The event at the IMP lecture hall gave the 22 students from 18 countries an opportunity to present their progress and discoveries from the past two months.

The Vienna BioCenter Summer School started at the beginning of July and ended on 31 August with the traditional symposium. This year in its 13^th edition, the summer school was attended by 22 students. The summer school is organised by the five participating institutions (IMP, IMBA, GMI, Max Perutz Labs, and CeMM) and funded by these, as well as through generous support from the Max Birnstiel Foundation.

This year’s summer school attracted one of the most diverse groups of students so far, drawing from 18 countries from around the world. The increase in diversity was in part due to the newly launched initiative ‘Talents for Future’. This program aims at attracting up to five talented and highly motivated students from underprivileged backgrounds, from countries underrepresented in the scientific community – colleagues who would benefit most from this opportunity.

“Looking at the community of 22, it was fantastic to see such a diverse group of fellows working together, growing as scientists and people, and forming a thriving peer group during their time as summer students on our campus,” said Andrea Pauli, Dean of the summer school and IMP Senior Group Leader.