Christian Spahn

"Together the four largest European networks, the two COST Actions Adher'n Rise and ERNEST, as well as the DFG-funded collaborations of the Collaborative Research Center 1423 and the research group FOR2372, have jointly created a platform for scientific exchange around the pharmaceutically important group of G Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCR). In a new format, the conference "4GPCRnet" attracted researchers from all over the world to Leipzig and ended with the awarding of 12 young scientists in the Moritzbastei. The highlight was the appearance of the two Nobel Prize winners: Thomas Südhof and Brian Kobilka (both Stanford University). Around 500 scientists from more than 30 countries came to exchange information on the current state of the art in over 90 presentations in various formats and over 200 posters."