Author: katjakobow
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Freedom to think
Since 2002, every summer in July (except for a short break during COVID), a small group of international students and tutors in the epilepsy field gather on San Servolo, a quiet green island just across the water from Venice. Removed from the noise of everyday clinical routines and research deadlines, this setting over 12 days…
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Normalize changing your mind
If there’s one constant in the life of a researcher, it’s this: things rarely go exactly as planned. Experiments fail. Hypotheses break. Data surprise us in all the wrong or the most enlightening ways. But let’s face it, it’s not about always being right. It’s about being willing to learn when you’re wrong. Shifting hypotheses…
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The joy of teaching – when curiosity meets context
Teaching has always been more than a task or responsibility for me. It’s a passion. Whether I’m discussing physics with my kids over breakfast, explaining molecular genetics and epigenetics to future epileptologists and diagnostic specialists (like last week in Barcelona), or introducing pathology and molecular biology to computer science students exploring biomedical applications, each experience…
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Running the Distance
Do you you run or do another sport or extra activity? Many scientists do. On the surface, science and running may seem like two completely different worlds—one grounded in hypotheses and data, the other in motion and breath. But anyone who has trained for a half/marathon (or whatever distance is a challenge to you) while…
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A wave of exciting news and momentum
At the recent Dreiländertagung in Salzburg (26.-29.3.2025), which is the joint meeting of the Austrian, German, and Swiss ILAE chapters, Katja Kobow was unanimously elected as the 2nd Chair of the German Society for Epileptology (DGfE) – a historic first for the society, as she is the first woman to take on this leadership role.…
