Summer Party 2024

Dear MDC community, dear friends on campus and dear alumni,

We cordially invite you to celebrate with us:
On Thursday, July 04
from 3:00 p.m.* at the Buch Campus

We have put together a varied program, and there will also be special activities for children! 

This year, all the activities at the festival are being organized by the MDC community itself. Several labs invite you to get to know their research on guided lab tours, and the MDC Society of Friends will honor the Silent Heroes 2024. There will be a pub quiz; colleagues will provide information about various work or community projects; everyone can play sports, hunt for clothes or children's toys at the flea market or swap books. Of course, you can also just enjoy the afternoon on a deckchair listen to the music and chat. 

Drinks and food will be provided: our International Food Bazaar offers delicious food from the countries of origin of the MDC community. Vegetarian and meat dishes will also be available from the grill. All dishes are free of charge and are prepared by MDC colleagues themselves. Donations are of course welcome! They will go to the MDC Society of Friends, which generously supports the festival. The drinks (non-alcoholic drinks are free of charge) will be provided by the CBB - we would like to thank all donors and supporters in advance!

So please sign up and celebrate with us!

We look forward to celebrating with you on the campus in Buch! 

*Until 5 p.m., you can count your participation toward work hours.

On Stage

3:15 p.m.
Welcome by the Directors

3:30 p.m.
Silent Hero Award 2024 by MDC-Freundeskreis

6:15 p.m.
Civil Society Choir – sing along! (MDC Freundeskreis, Genshagener Kreis, MDC)

7:00 p.m.
Pub Quiz (organized by PhD students)

Moderator on stage: Andreas Ofenbauer

Lab Tours

Application within general registration

5:00 p.m.

• Naked mole-rats with a sense of tact (AG Lewin) (max. 10 pers.)               
• AG Sander (max. 10 pers.)                                                                                      
• AG Bunina (max. 12 pers.)                                                                                      

6:00 p.m.

• The good, the bad and the ugly: the “happy hormone” serotonin (AG Bader) (max. 10 pers.)
• ECRC: Translational research. The integration of human studies with Florian Herse – in German - (max. 15 pers.)

Infotainment Booths

from 3:00 p.m.

• Flea market (PhD Reps)
• Book Swap with the MDC Book Club 
• Our Path to a Sustainable MDC (Green Campus and Christian Panetzky)
• Discover Security Jeopardy (Thomas Junge)
• Painting Session (Martina Fernandez)
• Learn about our new Strategy "MDC 2030" (Marie Burns)
• The MDC-Freundeskreis / Society of Friends (Jean-Yves Tano)

Activities

3:30 – 9:00 p.m.

• Trampoline (with friendly support by the Techniker Krankenkasse)
• Reaction Wall (with friendly support by the Techniker Krankenkasse)
• Table tennis
• Table soccer
• Gigantic games: Jenga, Connect Four, Mikado

For Children

3:30 – 7:00 p.m.

• Face painting
• Crafting workshop

Food and Beverages

from 3:30 p.m.

International Food Bazaar with sweet and savory dishes from around the world prepared by MDC colleagues (Timkehet Teffera). Donations are highly welcome!

Vegetarian and traditional BBQ  

Drinks

• Soft Drinks and alcoholic beverages
• Soft drinks are free of charge
• Coffee Experience
• from 5:30 p.m.: Longdrinks

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