Annual HEAS Gräzlfest takes place at the Natural History Museum Vienna.
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On the 12th December 2025 the 2nd Annual HEAS Gräzlfest: The Annual Meeting took place at the HEAS Partner Institute the Natural History Museum, Vienna.
The focus for this year was on the early career researchers within the network and on HEAS Seed Grant recipients. Overall we had ten tables showcasing some of the research being conducted within HEAS.
| Kayleigh Saunderson | Archaeological textiles |
| Manasij Pal Chowdhury and Emese Végh | Paleoproteomics Analysis and FWF grant ‚HUMEVCOL’ |
| Ginevra Di Bernardo, Petra Šimková and Emily Rajchl | Virtual Anthropology and Morphology |
| Stefan Krojer and Immo Trinks | High-resolution underwater archaeological photogrammetric 3D documentation of the entire UNESCO World Heritage site Station See, Lake Mondse |
| Maximilian Piniel and Valentina Laaha | From Pasturing to Dining – Interdisciplinary Approaches in the Alps |
| Arne Bielke and Meriam Guellil | Ancient Pathogen Genomics and Horses |
| Laura van der Sluis and Maddalena Gianni | radiocarbon group/lab |
| Thomas Beard and Larissa Bartsch | Microarchaeology station |
| Susanna Sawyer and Olivia Cheronet | Non-destructive aDNA methods |
| Michaela Schauer and Tabea Truntschnig | ESPRIT Project |
During the afternoon we also had a photo competition, a stamp card with science questions and refreshments.
