Prof. Finn K. Hansen (BIGS DrugS Board) opened the event, welcomed all participants and gave the floor to Dr. Nils Burkhardt (Bayer AG). He awarded the three prizes to:
- Dr. Lukas Paul Henning (AK Prof. Christian Steinhäuser) - Glial Dysfunction in the Pathology of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
- Dr. Lan Phuong Vu (AK Prof. Michael Gütschow) - Tool compounds for the investigation of proteolytic events: Development of von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) ligands and combinatorial generation of serine protease inhibitors
- Dr. Katharina Dauer (AK Prof. Karl Wagner) - Innovative pharmaceutical stabilization and formulation techniques for protein drugs
The awardees followed with presentations of their work. The young scientists presented their research in a competent and exciting way. Their presentations "whetted the appetite for research" of the new BIGS DrugS PhD students.
Dorothee Müssemeier (BIGS DrugS) & Dr. Robert Radu (Bonn Graduate Center) informed the BIGS DrugS PhD students about the three-year BIGS DrugS training program as well as the many opportunities that the Argelander Program at the University of Bonn offers PhD students.
The closing remarks were held by Prof. Alexander Pfeifer, speaker of the Pharma Center Bonn. He thanked all participants and invited everyone to a get-together outside with fresh draft beer, which he personally tapped - "o-zapft is"!