Twice a year the Graduate School organizes international meetings – the Spring Meetings and the Fall Meetings. The meetings are attended by speakers of international renown who address current and future developments in the field of Molecular Medicine, and provide the opportunity for students to integrate themselves into the scientific community. The students give presentations or talks and seek advice for their work from professional international scientists. Additionally, poster sessions provide the possibility for all doctoral students to participate actively in the meeting and to discuss issues with the invited speakers. Thus, our meetings provide a platform for getting to know each other personally and fostering research collaborations and networking.
The intermediate examinations of our students take place during the meetings. Furthermore the doctoral student award is presented and the graduation ceremony for students who have finished their studies takes place. The first meeting of this series took place in October 2006.

Please see below when our next meetings will take place:

Meeting	Date
Spring Meeting 2013	April 11 - 13, 2013
Fall Meeting 2013	October 10 - 12, 2013
Spring Meeting 2014	March 27 - 29, 2014
Fall Meeting 2014	September 25 - 27, 2014

Here you can find information about our past meetings:

Meeting	Date
Spring Meeting 2012	March 29-30, 2012
Fall Meeting 2012	October 4-6, 2012
Fall Meeting 2011	October 6-8, 2011
Spring Meeting 2011	April 7-9, 2011
Fall Meeting 2010	October 7-9, 2010
Spring Meeting 2010	March 25-27, 2010
Fall Meeting 2009	October 5-7, 2009
Spring Meeting 2009	April 2-4, 2009
Fall Meeting 2008	October 16-18,2008
Spring Meeting 2008	April 3-5, 2008
Fall Meeting 2007	October 11-13, 2007
Founding Symposium	October 26-28, 2006

Among others, we have hosted speakers from:

• Aberdeen (UK)
• Barcelona (Spain)
• Brussels (Belgium)
• Camebridge (USA)
• Chapel Hill (USA)
• Colombus (USA)
• Essex (UK)
• Geneva (Switzerland)
• Groningen (Netherlands)
• Innsbruck (Austria)
• Leuven (Belgium)
• Lexington (USA)
• Lund (Sweden)
• Lusanne (Switzerland)
• Oulu (Finland)
• Oxford (UK)
• Palermo (Italy)
• Philadelphia (USA)
• Pittsburgh (USA)
• Plymouth (UK)
• Rome (Italy)
• Rotterdam (Netherlands)
• Singapore
• Tel Aviv (Israel)
• Tokyo (Japan)
• Vienna (Austria)
• Vancouver (Canada)
• Wuhan (China)