A meeting was held at 8 am on Thursday, 22 February 2018 at ABI. The attendees were the PIs and PhD students in Auckland as well as the Stuttgart PhD students and postdoctoral researchers via teleconference. After a brief introduction of the students about themselves and their projects, detailed plan for the 2018 summer school in Stuttgart was discussed. In addition to the IRTG students and PIs, 10-15 guest PIs will be invited to the 2018 summer school. This teleconference is planned to be held once a month.

        IRTG teleconference. Februrary 2018.