The 9th SEC Annual Meeting took place in Magdeburg (6-8 May 24). 187 participants were able to enjoy an interesting lecture programme (see below), a cultivated ambience, a well-organised social programme and, last but not least, many discussions on the sidelines. A detailed report on the meeting will soon appear in the Chemistry News.
On 8 May 24, Prof. Dr Heribert Offermanns was awarded honorary membership, the GDCh's highest honour, by former GDCh President Karsten Danielmeier. After the meeting, Offermann provided us with a quote from Martin Buber that could be used as a motto for the SEC annual meetings: "
When we stop meeting, it is as if we stop breathing."
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Scientific programme
The presentations, their quality and selection were rated by the participants on average with school grades between 1 and 1.5. Klaus Gerwert's presentation on the early detection of Alzheimer's disease was particularly frequently cited as the best presentation.
Monday, 6 May 2024
- Chemistry 4.0 and sustainable locomotion, Marcel Liauw, RWTH Aachen
- Bacillus subtilis - from minimal genome to vegan milk - new ways to nutrition, Jörg Stülke, University of Göttingen
- Combustion and Sustainability, Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus, University of Bielefeld
- Modern Materials and their Sustainable Use Franziska Scheffler, University of Magdeburg
- How to recognise the risk of Alzheimer's dementia at an early stage, Klaus Gerwert, University of Bochum
- Evening lecture: Chemistry of wine flavours, Bianca May, Hochschule Geisenheim University
Tuesday, 7 May 24
- Modern Biocatalysis: Enzyme Search, Optimisation and Applications in Organic Chemistry, Uwe Bornscheuer, University of Greifswald
- Why are potato crisps addictive? - Interaction between diet and brain, Monika Pischetsrieder, FAU Erlangen
- Sustainable polymers for the circular economy of tomorrow, Bernhard von Vacano, BASF
- Startups meet experience, Holger Bengs, BCNP, Frankfurt
- Recyclable bioplastics, Dirk Hollmann, Cell2Green, Bad Doberan
- Generation, storage and transport of renewable energies, Maria Fulde, FLD Technologies GmbH, Bitterfeld-Wolfen/Offenbach
- Lipidomics for Industry and Academia, Oliver Uecke, Lipotype, Dresden
- Evening lecture: Fake science from the pen of AI - and what you can do about it, Bernhard Sabel, University of Magdeburg
Wednesday, 8 May 24
- Chemical strategies in the fight against multi-resistant bacteria, Stephan A. Sieber, TU Munich
- Green hydrogen through water electrolysis, Thomas Turek, TU Clausthal
- Legends surrounding nuclear energy - from enthusiasm to scepticism, Gerhard Kreysa, Epstein
- Tatort Berlin - Who betrayed the Berlin blue? Chemical crime thriller by Senior Lecturer Klaus Roth, FU Berlin