Virtual school registration
This is the registration page for the virtual edition of the RED Training School (June 16th – 19th). This online Training School will feature recorded lectures from the current year’s in-person RED event. Each streamed lecture will be followed by a live Q&A session with the speaker. Throughout the week, attendees will have the chance to network with students from all around the world, connect with the lecturers, present their PhD topics (optional), and share and discuss research across disciplines. All lectures will be conducted in English.
Once your registration has been validated, you will get the login to access the interface for this virtual school.
Participants who watch the whole lecture series and succeed in short quizzes about it will receive a certificate of attendance. Live animations and Q&A sessions will be organized at CEST (UTC + 2), but you can watch the lectures and replays of the Q&A session at your convenience in your time zone.
Registrations are open until June 9th, 1 PM CEST (UTC +2).
👉 The registration form is located under the Lecturers presentation. Go to registration form
👉 You can also consult the full programme here (PDF).
Teachers of the year
microbiology, life in extreme environments, radiation biology, photobiology, habitability, planetary protection
Petra Rettberg received her diploma in chemistry in 1983 and her doctorate in biochemistry/molecular biology in 1988 from the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. From 1988 to 1992 she headed the radiobiology working group at the Max-Planck-Institute of Radiation Chemistry in Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany. Since 1993 she is working at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in the Institute of Aerospace Medicine, since 1996 as head of the Research Group ‘Astrobiology’ and since 2005 as deputy head of the Department of Radiation Biology. Her research interests are astrobiology, habitability, microbiology, life in extreme environments, radiation biology, photobiology and planetary protection. She is principal investigator and co-investigator of several space experiments on satellites, space shuttles and space stations. She authored more than 260 articles in peer-reviewed journals in addition to book chapters and conference proceedings. From the International Academy of Astronautics she received the IAF Distinguished Service Award and the IAF Life Sciences Book Award.