Venue

Venue

Drübeck Monastery

Website: https://kloster-druebeck.

The summer school will take place in the conference hotel Kloster Drübeck. The guesthouse offers comfortable rooms in the historical flair of the old monastery. Hotel rooms for all participants will be booked by us from Sunday until Thursday at Kloster Drübeck. Please note that accommodation is in double rooms. Most of the cost at Drübeck monastery will be covered by us, you will just have to pay a small particpation fee of €80 in advance plus your travel cost.

The program will start on Sunday, September 22^nd, with an introduction, a tour through the monastery and a keynote lecture. After finishing the programme at Kloster Drübeck on Thursday mid day, there will be a bus transfer to the IPK. The programme will end on Thursday evening at 6pm, September 26^th after a tour through the facilities of IPK, including the automated phenotyping platform.

Arrival

Wether you are traveling by plane or bus, please arrive at Wernigerode train station. From there we will organize a bus transfer to the monastery. There will be two departure times: 14:30 and 16:30. Please note that the buses leave on time. Participants will be informed of the exact departure point by e-mail in advance.

Departure on Thursday/ Friday

As mentioned before, there will be a bus transfer on Thursday from the Kloster Drübeck to the IPK. After visiting the IPK facilities, you can either make your way home or stay another night at a local hotel in Quedlinburg. Please note, this hotel will need to be paid and booked by yourself. There will be a bus transfer from IPK to Quedlinburg at 6 pm. Hotel recommendations can be found further down the page.

Traveling by airplane

The next airport Leipzig-Halle (LEJ) airport is around 140 km of Wernigerode. You can travel further by train or car (there are rental car services at the airport). Next bigger airports are the Hannover (HAJ) airport, Berlin (BER) airport and the Frankfurt (FRA) airport; they have a huge number of connections to and from Germany, Europe and America.

Traveling by train

Please use the website of Deutsche Bahn to plan your trip. You can search for train connections to Wernigerode from any city in Germany. From central train station in Wermigerode we will organize a transfer to the conference venue.

Traveling by car

Wernigerode is next to the A36 motorway. The city centre can be reached via the following exits.

• Coming from Leipzig via the A14 and A36, take the Wernigerode-Zentrum exit
• From Berlin via the A9 and A36, turn off at the Wernigerode-Zentrum exit
• Driving in from Frankfurt or Hannover via the A36, take the Wernigerode-Nord exit

Route to Drübeck Monastery [Google Maps]