Meetings of the Young Anatomists are also planned for 2026. In addition to the annual meeting as part of the 120th Annual Meeting of the Anatomical Society in Bielefeld and the regular online Meet-ups, there will also be a training and networking meeting in Halle in the spring.
Training and networking meeting from March 12-13, 2026, in Halle
Following last year's successful start, this year's training and networking meeting will take place in Halle from March 12-13 under the theme “Anatomy through the ages – past meets future.” Further details can be found in the flyer.
The YA meet-ups takes place online approximately every three months. Here, mentors share their experiences on topics relevant to a career in Anatomy in an interactive format. All members of the Young Anatomists receive a corresponding link via email.
Meet-ups from the past 3 years:
November 2025:Introduction about the Anatomical Institutes at the Medizinische Hochschule Hannover - with Amelie Eichler, Sophie Gleixner, Pia Kruse, Clara Völz/Hanover
July 2025:Plötzlich Arbeitsgruppenleiter:in - was nun? - with Prof. Volker Spindler/Hamburg
March 2025:Prüfung zur Fachanatomin/zum Fachanatom bzw. zur Fachärztin/zum Facharzt für Anatomie - with Prof. Gundula Schulze-Tanzil/Nürnberg and Prof. Thilo Wedel/Kiel
Dezember 2024:History of Anatomy - with Prof. Jens Waschke/ München
June 2024:Innovative Fixation Techniques and Formalin Replacement – with Prof. Bernhard Hirt/Tübingen
March 2024:Career Paths in Anatomy – with Prof. Andreas Vlachos/Freiburg
December 2023:Appointment Procedures for Professorships – with Prof. Bernhard Tillmann/Kiel and Prof. Max Anstötz/Düsseldorf
April 2023:Body Donation in Anatomy – with Prof. Andreas Winkelmann/Neuruppin
December 2022: Career Paths in Anatomy – with Prof. Karlhans Endlich/Greifswald
Annual Meeting
Next annual meeting in September 2026
The annual meeting, which will be held as part of the 120th Annual Conference of the Anatomical Society in Bielefeld, will start with a pre-conference on Tuesday, September 22, 2026. Further information will follow.
Past annual events
Würzburg 2025
In 2025, a YA pre-conference was again held at the annual meeting of the Anatomical Society. The following topics were on the agenda for this event:
Method Session: Austauschplattform über verschiedene Techniken und Methoden
Workshop "Datenschutz und digitale Medien in der Anatomie - eine ethische Betrachtung" - mit Prof. Dr. Heike Kielstein/Halle, Prof. Christoph Viebahn/Göttingen und Prof. Markus Kipp/Rostock
Socializing Event
Tübingen 2025 (Fortbildung Leichenwesen)
In 2025, in addition to the online meetings and the pre-conference in Würzburg, our first training course on body donation management took place in Tübingen at the invitation of Prof. Bernhard Hirt. In addition to an introduction to the legal and ethical aspects of body donation in German-speaking countries, there was also the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with alternative fixation techniques.
Graz 2024
The annual meeting of the Young Anatomists 2024 took place as part of the Tripartite Meeting with Annual Meeting of the Anatomical Society in Graz.
During the Pre-Conference of the Young Anatomists
Application and Interview Workshop: Dos and don'ts in application and appointment procedures - with Prof. Dr. Heike Kielstein, Halle, and Prof. Dr. Maximilian Lenz, Hanover
Method Session: Exchange platform on various techniques and methods
Socializing Event
Würzburg 2023
Pre-Conference of the Young Anatomists as part of the 117th Annual Meeting of the Anatomische Gesellschaft.
Scientific Session: Scientific project presentations by participants
Grant Writing Workshop – with Prof. Gabriele Rune/Berlin and Prof. Jens Waschke/Munich
Method Lecture – with Martin Seifert, 10x Genomics: Transcriptomics and the future of morphology
Socializing Event
Berlin 2022
Career Paths in Anatomy – with Prof. Carola Meier/Saarland, Prof. Björn Spittau/Bielefeld, and Prof. Jens Waschke/Munich
Innsbruck/online 2021
Career Paths in Anatomy focusing on "Paths to Scientific Independence" and "How to Build a Scientific Network" – with Prof. Gabriela Krasteva-Christ/Saarland and Prof. Niels Hammer/Graz
