In our first TRAIN Academy Keynote Lecture of 2025, Daniel Keppeler explained how optical cochlear implants could fundamentally revolutionize the hearing perception of deaf and hearing-impaired people. He showed the groundbreaking technology behind it, which will significantly enhance the quality of hearing with an implant.

Last week, our TRAIN Academy participants had the opportunity to visit Octapharma's production site in Springe, near Hannover. Octapharma is the world's largest manufacturer of human proteins.

Networking with LinkedIn. In her workshop on “How LinkedIn can expand your network and improve your visibility”, science coach Dr. Maia George showed us how.

In October, we launched the ninth cohort of the TRAIN Academy, marking our tenth year of advanced training.