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Yuzhi Bao
Yuzhi was born in Liaoyang, a “small” city in northeastern China. Interestingly, like in Germany, sauerkraut is a favourite traditional food in Liaoyang. He spent his childhood and most of his school years there. After graduating from Liaoyang No. 1 Senior High School, he went to Nanjing, a city that had been the capital of…
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Xenia Tschurikow
Xenia was born in Karaganda, a big city in the eastern center of Kazakhstan. Just aged three, she and her family moved to Schwedt, Germany, and later on to a small village near Rottweil, where she spent most of her schooldays. Right after graduating from high school in Königsfeld, she went to Karlsruhe to study…
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Hamideh Hajiabadi
Hamideh was born in Birjand, which was a small friendly city and is currently the centre of South Khorasan province in Iran. She graduated from National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents (NODET) high school and then left town to start her Bachelor in Software Engineering at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (FUM). Hamideh’s Master thesis…
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Irina Mamontova
Irina was born in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. At the age of five she moved to Heilbronn/Germany with her family. Initially, she did not want to learn the German language, which in the meantime became her chosen mother tongue. While school was not always easy for her, she did graduate from high school and…
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Indian Cook-Off & Dinner

Past Friday the lab (plus guests Changjing & Isu from Beijing) got together for dinner. It was a high-stakes cook-off between Biryani and a Chana Masala. However, as both the competitors Agnieszka and Roshan started helping each other in the preparation process, a winner could not be determined. Incredibly tasty nonetheless!
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Modellansatz Podcast Interview with Lennart

Lennart went for an interview with the Podcast “Modellansatz”. Find the conversation with Gudrun Thäther, and links to many, many more insightful podcasts here: http://www.math.kit.edu/ianm4/seite/ma-zellkerne/de
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Lab Window Gallery

We have a great view from the lab, with plenty of window space. How would one still upgrade it? Get chalk markers, and start Drawing on the windows! We have reached some pretty good coverage by now, so soon we’ll have to erase and replace…
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Hilbert lab stickers

We had a first batch of 250 of these printed short after opening the lab, let’s see when it’s time for the next one…
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Roshan Prizak

Roshan spent the first fifteen years of his life in Ongole, a hot and dry town on the south eastern coast of India. After spending two years in Hyderabad eating biryanis and reading random fiction from his mother’s book collection, he moved to Mumbai to study Electrical Engineering at IIT Bombay. Five years in this…
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Our first fish embryos…

Thank you for the stereoscope Sepand, and Dickmeis and Weiss labs for fish while our babies are growing!

