11th Young DZHK Retreat
& DZHK Retreat
10 - 11 Sep & 11 - 12 Sep 2025
in Heidelberg, Marriott Hotel
Join us in Heidelberg and meet your peers! Scientists of the Young DZHK can submit their abstract for the Young DZHK Retreat.
Secure your spot for the Young DZHK Retreat!
Registration is open until 1 June 2025.
All participants of the Young DZHK Retreat (10-11 Sep) are automatically registered for participating in the DZHK Retreat (11-12 Sep). Take the chance to present your research in a talk or on a poster to the Young DZHK community and meet the senior scientists from the DZHK partner sites at the DZHK Retreat. The winners of the Young DZHK Retreat Oral Sessions will even have the opportunity to present their talk again to the broader audience of the DZHK Retreat.
Organising Team:
Romy Hribal, Sarah Mempel & Christine Vollgraf, contact: retreat@dzhk.de
Please note that the primary language of the Retreat will be English.
Registration
Participation is free of charge. Please submit your abstract to present your data in a poster presentation or to give a (short) talk.
Start of registration for the Young DZHK Retreat: 22 April 2025
End of registration & submission of abstracts: 1 June 2025, 23:59
Register here for the Young DZHK Retreat (you will be redirected to the DZHK intranet, login required). All participants of the Young DZHK Retreat are automatically registered for the DZHK Retreat.
We will inform all applicants about the acceptance of their abstract in mid-July 2025.
Participation is free of charge.
Start of registration for the DZHK Retreat: mid-May 2025, you will be informed by e-mail.
End of registration: mid-July 2025
Please note: Your registration is preliminary as the number of participants per partner site is limited. Registrations will be considered on a first come first served basis. You will receive a final confirmation after the registration period has ended.
Programme Retreat | 11-12 Sep 2025
We are currently planning the programme for the main retreat.
Programme Young Retreat | 10-11 Sep 2025
The programme for the Young Retreat with short talks, oral and poster sessions will be finalised in mid-July.
All participants of the Young DZHK Retreat are automatically registered for the DZHK Retreat (11-12 Sep 2025).
Keynote, 11 Sep 2025
Dr Christoph Kuppe: Spatial multiomics uncover novel cardiomyocyte signatures relevant for human heart disease
Venue, Travel & Accomodation
This year we are meeting in Heidelberg. The city is picturesquely set on the River Neckar, overlooked by Heidelberg Castle. Home to one of Europe's oldest universities, Heidelberg combines history with young life.
Heidelberg Marriott Hotel, Vangerowstraße 16, 69115 Heidelberg
The Heidelberg Marriott Hotel is 10 minutes walk or 1 stop by tram/bus from Heidelberg Central Station.
We will make the hotel reservations for all participants according to the dates of attendance indicated in the online registration.
Please make your own travel arrangements in compliance with the DZHK Travel Expenses Policy.
Impressions from last year's DZHK Retreat
FAQ
Registration
Young DZHK Retreat
Members of the Young DZHK can register here (you will be redirected to the DZHK intranet). Registration ist open from 22/4/25 - 1/6/25 (23:59). In order to register you need to submit an abstract. All participants of the Young DZHK Retreat are automatically registered for the DZHK Retreat.
DZHK Retreat
DZHK PI, DZHK Scientists and DZHK staff can register from 12/5/25 - 15/7/25.
Young DZHK Retreat
You will be notified via e-mail in mid-July.
DZHK Retreat
You will receive an automatic confirmation e-mail in the end of July.
Young DZHK Retreat
The Young DZHK Postdoc Committee will assess the submitted abstracts and decide on who will get one of the available spots.
DZHK Retreat
If there are more registered people than are spots available your partner site speakers and management will decide on who gets to go. Furthermore, registrations will be considered on a first come first served basis.
No. If your registration for the Young DZHK Retreat was successful you are automatically registered for the main retreat.
Unfortunately we only have a limited number of spots available. If your abstract was not accepted you cannot attend the retreat.
Yes. When registering you can note in the comments on which day(s) you will attend.
Travel
It is a 10 minutes walk or 1 stop by tram/bus from Heidelberg Central Station to the Heidelberg Marriott Hotel (Vangerowstraße 16, 69115 Heidelberg). Please note: We do not cover expenses for taxi rides.
Route Planner
Parking in the hotel’s parking garage is available for an extra fee (€25 a day). Please note that the DZHK will only reimburse parking expenses for up to €10 a day.
Yes. Please make your own travel arrangements in compliance with the DZHK Travel Expenses Policy. Keep all original receipts and tickets as they are needed for claiming your expenses.
Please send original receipts and tickets together with the reimbursement form no later than six months after the retreat to the DZHK head office. We cannot reimburse you for your expenses before the meeting.
Travel expense claims should be addressed to:
DZHK e. V.
Attention: Mareike Leistner
Potsdamer Str. 58
10785 Berlin
Hotel
No. We will make the hotel reservations for all participants according to the dates of attendance indicated in the online registration.
Young DZHK Retreat
You will share a double room with twin beds. When registering for the retreat you can name who you would like to share the room with.
DZHK Retreat
Concerns DZHK PI, DZHK Scientists and DZHK staff: Unless otherwise requested in your registration you will get a single room.
No. The DZHK head office will be billed for the retreat including all hotel rooms. You will be charged for extra expenses such as mini bar, parking garage, alcoholic beverages.
Talk and poster formalities
The meeting language is English. Please prepare your presentation in English.
We do have a DZHK poster template. Posters should be A0 size in portrait orientation. Make sure to include appropriate DZHK affiliation on your poster.
Please hand in your presentation on a portable USB device to the hotel technician or the session chair prior to the start of the session. We do have a DZHK PowerPoint template.
Abstract submission (only for Young DZHK members)
You have to submit your abstract online when registering for the retreat. Deadline for abstract submission is on 1 June 2025 (23:59).
You will be notified via e-mail in mid-July.
All submitted abstracts are evaluated with regard to scientific quality by at least 2 reviewers (members of the Young DZHK Postdoc Committee). After the review process the Postdoc Committee decides which contributions will be presented as talks and as posters and, in case, the number of submissions exceeds the number of available spots, which abstracts are rejected. The Committee members make sure that contributions of all partner sites are represented at the Young DZHK Retreat.
Yes. We make the abstract book available digitally. There will not be a print edition.
Unfortunately we only have a limited number of spots available. If your abstract was not accepted you cannot attend the retreat.