Nachwuchs

The DGfI Young Immunologists Nachwuchs

The DGfI especially appreciates its young members. In September 2016 the Young Immunologists (YI) group was founded to support early-career scientists within the DGfI with their scientific career development.

The overall aim of this group is to connect young immunologists throughout Germany. We provide networking opportunities and tackle common problems which many young researchers face such as non-permanent contracts, dealing with publication/time pressure, integrating family plans and obtaining a healthy work-life-balance.

Formally, the main activities of the YI are coordinated by the YI board. The members of the board (currently six) are elected from within the YI group every two years. Importantly, the YI is represented by its spokesperson during the regular board meetings of the DGfI to bring forward relevant topics on behalf of YI members.

Below you find information on all our activities. Please feel free to actively participate and contact us if you have any further suggestions regarding our website or any of the other activities!

You can reach the board members via youngimmunologists@dgfi.org. You can also follow us under our Twitter account. There we regularly report about activities of the YIs and the DGfI. Let us know if you want us to share a publication, free positions or an event. All YI members will also receive a newsletter with an update on current activities.

Tweets by YI_dgfi

The YI Community

Many of us have suddenly become isolated from friends, family and colleagues, working from home for the first time. This can be strange and stressful, but also really productive and motivating, depending on how your day is going.

What better time to set up a virtual community of young immunologists than when we can’t meet in person?

We created a Slack group that we hope will provide you with tips and tricks, peer support, and hopefully some laughs! Follow the link to connect with other early career immunologists in Germany, and across Europe (and the world?!) to expand your network from the comfort of your couch.

Join the YI community via Slack group.

Introducing...you!

Slack lets you create a profile, where you can add a picture, your name and what you do. Filling out these will really help to create our community. Even better, introduce yourself a bit in our #welcome channel...We would like to get to know everyone, so tell us a little bit about yourself. Always easiest to start with the basics: what’s your name, what field are you working in and which city? Add some random facts if you like: early bird or night owl? Coffee or tea? Would you rather live on the moon or under the sea? Favorite immune cell? What motivates you? What are you grateful for? Favourite thing about your city?

Need more info about using Slack? Find out here

We’re looking forward to meeting you!

YI contributions for the Annual DGFI meetings

Young Immunologists Symposium: YI members can present their work on the big stage to gain valuable presentation experience and chances to win attractive prizes!
YI Social Evening to foster networking and exchange
To support researchers with young children we organize on-site childcare.
YI lunch session which includes the YI General Assembly followed by an open discussion round
YI booth at the industry exhibition

Other activities:

For example, in Hamburg and Freiburg regular local round-table meetingsare organized and we encourage to implement this in other cities as well
We are especially keen on engaging in public outreach work, please approach us if you would have time or ideas for implementing this!
Any other ideas? Approach us with new input!

The board 2019-2021

Spokesperson
Kilian Schober
Munich
Physician Scientist

Vice-Spokesperson
Vugar Azizov
Erlangen
PhD candidate

Santiago Costas
Dresden
PhD candidate

Anne Hahn
Erlangen
PhD candidate

Lea Kaminski
Hamburg
PhD candidate

Ellen McAllister
Freiburg
PhD candidate