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Oktoberfest is the biggest folks’ festival of Munich. This year it finally took place after two long covid years, when it was cancelled. Due to the recent increase in number of cases in Munich wedecided to celebrate the occasion of Oktoberfest with a traditional lunch in a Bavarian restaurant instead of going to the actual Oktoberfest tents.

Our lab is part of theMarie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network called Secretion Autophagy and role in neurodegenerative diseases (SAND). Third annual meeting of the network took place in the beautiful Scottish city of Edinburgh. Early-stage researchers of the network took part in training events and presented their progress during the meeting.

SyNergy celebrated its 10th anniversary this year with scientific lectures, magic show, ice-cream truck, and a delicious barbecue accompanied by traditional Bavarian music. All SyNergy labs presented their team in form of a creative poster for the science fair. Our lab won the poster prize for representing ourselves as an autophagosome.

For our first outdoor activity this year we decided to make a day trip to the Osterseen. We had a very nice walk around the lake which gave us plenty of time to interact with each other outside the lab. Luckily, we found nice sunny spot next to the lake where we enjoyed a picnic with lots of nice homemade food after our walk. Our day trip concluded with some ice cream and coffee at a local restaurant.

After having left us already over a year ago to start to work as a project manager, Franzi came back to defend her thesis; and she did a great job! As the only PhD student moving with Christian from Frankfurt to Munich, she contributed enormously in setting up the new lab and was key in transferring methods and knowledge to the new group members. We cannot thank her enough for all her efforts and wish her all the best for ...