The second official EHLRS Retreat took place in July 2023. Eleven doctoral researchers (our ‘Class of 2022’), Research School Management, and Institute Representatives traveled to Herrsching am Ammersee for scientific discussions and networking. Keynote speakers were LMU-Professor Dr. Olivia Merkel (LMU; ‘’New Approaches for Therapeutic Pulmonary RNA Delivery“) as well as Dr. Siegfried Ussar (IDO) in his role as Helmholtz Munich Ombudsperson (‘’Ombudspersons: Guardians of Sanity in the Research Jungle”).