Alex presented some recent results on the single-crystal elasticity of Al-Fe-bearing bridgmanite at the AGU Conference in San Francisco. Hauke showed an overview of the group’s activities with a focus on the oppurtunities for experimental high-pressure elasticity studies arising from the use of the focused ion beam sample preparation technique. Hauke also organized an interdisciplinary session about „Slabs in Earth’s Mantle“ together with S. Jacobsen (Nothwestern University), Margarete Jadamec (University of Houston), and Maureen Long (Yale University).