Virtual school registration
Teachers of the year
Homochirality; interstellar ices, meteorites, chiroptical spectroscopy
Cornelia (“Conny”) Meinert studied chemistry and environmental sciences in Germany and earned her PhD at the University of Halle-Wittenberg in collaboration with the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Leipzig (2011). She first came to Nice for what was supposed to be a one-year postdoc… and never left. After all, who could trade the Mediterranean sun for German winters? With a CNES fellowship and a CNRS position secured in 2013 at the Institute of Chemistry of Nice, Conny turned her “short stay” into a permanent one. Her research tackles one of science’s greatest puzzles: why life on Earth chose molecules of only one handedness — a phenomenon called biological homochirality. To unravel its origin, her team develops analytical and spectroscopic tools, working closely with physicists at synchrotron ASTRID2 in Denmark. By recreating interstellar chemistry in the lab and exploring molecular asymmetry, her work sheds light on how life’s first chiral building blocks may have taken shape.
Institut de Chimie de Nice – Université Côte d’Azur – 28 Avenue Valrose, 06108 Nice
cornelia.meinert@univ-cotedazur.fr
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This is the registration page for the virtual edition of the RED Training School (June 2nd – 8th, 2026). 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 May 26th, 1 PM CEST (UTC +2).
The registration form is located under the Lecturers presentation. Go to registration form