7/12/2022

First SPRIND Challenge Days

Antivirals-Teams treffen in Leipzig aufeinander

SPRIND's A Quantum Shift for New Antivirals Challenge kicked off in the fall of 2021. Since then, all nine Challenge teams have been researching, testing and developing their ideas. In order to get to know the other teams, coaches, experts and, last but not least, SPRIND better, the Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation organized the first Challenge Days in Leipzig on June 27 and 28.

Several people sitting in a circle of chairs in the conference room, engaged in conversation
A view of the audience at the Challenge Days
Rafael Laguna de la Vera is giving a speech
Close-up of a person giving a presentation, holding a microphone
Three people in conversation

The approximately 60 guests also took the opportunity to talk to each other, share their experiences and gather a lot of new impressions and ideas in Leipzig. The participants were able to build on first-hand input, receive feedback from Curevac founder Ingmar Hoerr or Viratherapeutics COO Lisa Egerer. In addition, they were able to benefit from the spin-off experiences of researcher and multiple founder Eicke Latz and Thomas Hanke from Evotec.

Several people in a meeting gathered around a table
Peter Leibinger of SPRIND talking with another person
Two people are talking. Two others walk past them.
A man is presenting his project on stage, with his back turned toward a screen behind the stage
A woman is giving a lecture

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Four people are sitting at a table and talking
A man is handed a T-shirt by a woman
Several people in a meeting gathered around a table
Two SPRIND banners in the conference room
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