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First nGICE year productive despite all corona restrictions
In summary, the first nGICE year has turned out to be productive, despite all corona restrictions. We had the Grand Opening in Lund and Alnarp in January before the pandemic. We have successfully recruited 15 well qualified postdocs and PhD-students internationally, via Skype and zoom interviews. Ten of them have to date started projects in their nGICE institutes and five more are expected to arrive at the beginning of 2021, as soon as corona related issues with VISA, master- and PhD-degrees have been solved. Instead of planned meetings and courses, we have established zoom alternatives and have monthly zoom seminars and a journal club including all new co-workers. Board meetings and PI meetings have also mainly been organised via zoom.
The first physical meeting including all PIs and new co-workers, the on-boarding meeting, is now planned for May 2021 in Jena.
Merry Christmas and a Happy new Year 2021!
The nGICE board
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The official opening of the Max Planck Center next Generation Insect Chemical Ecology was held on January 26-27, 2020, in Lund and Alnarp, Sweden.
Here are some impressions.