VDSEE Symposium 2025
Join us for the VDSEE Symposium 2025
We are excited to announce the 2nd annual VDSEE Symposium on 21 February 2025!
This is an opportunity for members of our Doctoral School to share their latest research achievements with their peers and the larger university community.
Attendees can look forward to an engaging program of poster presentations and talks delivered by our own PhD students, PIs and external speakers.
NEW: In the evening before the Symposium, on 20 February, we're hosting an Arts&Science event at WUK.
Meet your colleagues for a drink and get inspired by the diversity of research at the VDSEE. We're inviting all VDSEE-members to get creative and display their research in the form of paintings, drawings, photography, microscopy, sculptures, audio, video, text,etc. Collaborations are very welcome! There will be a goodie for all exhibitors.
Organizing team: Marilena Heitger, Emily Pigott, Paul Knabl, Silvia Bulgheresi
Details
Where:
UBB Hörsaal 1
When:
21 February 2025
9:00-18:00, conference dinner afterwards
Arts & Science pre-Event at WUK:
20 February 2025
18:00-22:00
Deadline for Poster/Oral presentation and Arts&Science Event: 13 January 2025
Abstract: Please use this template. Oral presenters will be selected after the deadline, those who are not selected will be invited to present a poster. Please note that your abstract and presentation should be tailored to a broader audience of biologists from diverse backgrounds.
Arts&Science: Please sign in with your project here.
Deadline for attendance only: 28 January 2025
There will be prizes for the best talks and posters!
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact docschool.vdsee@univie.ac.at
For VDSEE members there will be 1 ECTS for participation, plus 1 ECTS for presentation (poster or oral)
Keynote speakers
Annika Guse
Affiliation: LMU Munich
Research focus
Annika Guse specializes in coral symbiosis, exploring the molecular mechanisms of coral resilience, bleaching, and adaptation to environmental stress. Using the Aiptasia model system, her work bridges molecular biology and ecology to address critical challenges in reef conservation.
Hassan Salem
Affiliation: MPI Tübingen
Research focus
Hassan Salem studies mutualistic symbioses between herbivorous beetles and their microbial partners. His research explores how these partnerships drive ecological adaptations and species diversification. By combining genomics and developmental biology, he investigates the molecular mechanisms sustaining these interactions
