The weekly national particle physics meeting took place at the Weizmann Institute yesterday. After the seminar and the tasty lunch, the agenda said "Introduction of the 3 new postdocs" (Ryosuke, Matthias and me). We had been asked to prepare short presentations to introduce ourselves and our research interests. What a nice opportunity to start discussions with our new colleagues from the Weizmann Institute, Tel Aviv University and the Technion in Haifa. Each of us prepared 10-13 slides and we thought it would take ca. 15 minutes per person. We had underestimated the seminar & discussion culture in this country ;-) During our talks, there were already very many questions so that it was quite interactive and took twice as long as estimated... But the audience stayed awake.
This weekly joint meeting is a really interesting format of seminar, journal club and discussions. Next week, we will all go to Haifa (in the north of the country) and I am looking forward to the trip and the physics!
This weekly joint meeting is a really interesting format of seminar, journal club and discussions. Next week, we will all go to Haifa (in the north of the country) and I am looking forward to the trip and the physics!