12th Young Faculty Meeting, 28th May 2019

摘要

The Young Faculty Meeting (YFM) is an annual meeting of the young chemistry academics in Switzerland promoting scientific exchange and networking. It provides a rather unique opportunity for young group leaders at different stages of their careers to share the experience from their scientific independence with their peers. This year saw the 12th edition of the YFM to take place on May 28th in the Haus der Universitat in Bern. It was organized by Tomas Solomek (Uni Basel), Pablo Rivera-Fuentes (ETH Zurich), and Leo Merz (SCNAT). The program consisted of six talks from outstanding young group leaders covering a rich variety of topics such as cellular signaling, solar energy conversion, machine learning, and others. Traditionally, these were complemented by three talks from senior guests on two hot topics in academia, the challenges and rewards of doctoral supervision, and the scientific outreach using social media platforms. The following informal but dynamic panel discussion of all attendees provided great incentives to think about the way we train the next generation of chemists and the advantages and pitfalls of social media in science.