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Unfortunately, academia is far from having reached (gender) equality and diversity. To address this important topic, we are extremely happy that we could win Birgit Röschert to give an Impulse Lecture on “Diversity and Inclusion in Practice”.

At the beginning of October, our second RTG Summer School took place at the beautiful monastery of Schöntal. Our members met for three days to expand their knowledge, exchange experiences but also to get to know each other better during our Leisure Activities.

This year we invited Stéphane Ciocchi, Karin Roelofs and Neil McNaughton as our guest speakers!

Impressions of Valeria Gazzola's fascinating talk and Christian Scharun's impactful workshop on Science Communication.

Did you know that there is also an RTG Journal Club? Started in May 2022, a group of Doctoral Researchers meets every two weeks to review and discuss papers relevant to their research.

Before the summer semester officially ends, we want to introduce you to another RTG member.

Nikita Gorbunov is a PhD researcher in project B3 ("Adaptive and maladaptive cortico-striatal processes in impulsivity-driven approach behaviour") under the supervision of Prof. Klaus-Peter Lesch. He is also the speaker for the PhD Researchers at the Executive Board.

On Tuesday, the Kick-Off-Meeting of our coaching "FEMpower Program 2023" took place. Many thanks to Birgit Röschert from the "Fe:male Leadership Development Team" (https://female-leadership-development.com/coaching.html) for this great opening!

The new year starts with another interview of a PhD researcher: Ana Pineau is a PhD researcher in project B3 ("Adaptive and maladaptive cortico-striatal processes in impulsivity-driven approach behaviour") under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Klaus-Peter Lesch.

In this article we would like to introduce you to a part of the programme of the Research Training Group. 

How time flies! A year ago, the first doctoral students started their PhD within the RTG 2660. Since then, a lot has happened in the Research Training Group. Meanwhile, 47 members belong to the RTG: 12 funded doctoral researchers and 13 associated doctoral researchers, 11 PIs and 8 associated PIs as well as 3 postdocs.

Project Area A deals with Circuit Switches for Approach and Avoidance. Project A2 under the supervision of Principal Investigator Prof. Kübler is about "Modulating oscillatory activity to reduce avoidance and increase approach behaviour in humans".

It's time again for the introduction of a PhD researcher: Menghuan Chen is a doctoral researcher in project B1 ("Avoidance and approach conflicts in threatening and rewarding situations") under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Andre Pittig and Prof. Dr. Paul Pauli at the department of psychology.

Recently, a very special part within the RTG programme took place: The Human Brain Anatomy Workshop, in which the PhD students got a completely new insight into the human brain.

This time we introduce Jasper Bischofberger (Project C2).

In the next few weeks, we will be presenting the doctoral researchers and their research areas in more detail. We will start with Sabrina Gado and Janna Teigeler (Project C1).