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RECRUITMENT SYMPOSIA: You are cordially invited to attend the following major BIMSB recruitment symposia.
- Independent Junior Group Leader in Systems Biology (MDC) – Tuesday, May 29 + Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - Program
- Associate Professor for Computational Biology (HU/MDC) – Thursday, June 21, 2012 - Program will follow soon.
Both symposia will be held at the Max Delbrück Communications Center in Berlin-Buch. There is no registration required.
NEXT BIMSB SEMINAR by Dr. Christian Frøkjær-Jensen, Department of Biology, HHMI/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
“Probing the C.elegans genome with a recombinant Mos1 transposon: Broad chromosomal domains and periodic A/T clusters determine germline expression”
Friday, May 25, 2012, 11:00 am, Max Delbrück Communications Center, room Dendrit 2+3, Host: Dr. Baris Tursun
NEW LECTURE SERIES: Scientific colleagues from Campus Buch, Berlin and Potsdam join to present the Systems Biology Ringvorlesung Summer Semester 2012 on the topic of RNA Biology. All are welcome to attend. More information to be found here.
Prof. Nikolaus Rajewsky and DFG President Prof. Matthias Kleiner (Photo: David Ausserhofer/Copyright: MDC)
AWARD: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize for Nikolaus Rajewsky
Professor Nikolaus Rajewsky of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin has been honored with Germany’s most important research award, the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize. The award ceremony took place on February 27, 2012 in Berlin. The 43-year-old scientist is the youngest of the eleven prizewinners, who come from different disciplines. The prize is endowed with up to 2.5 million euros. The German Research Foundation (DFG) awards this prize to exceptional scientists and academics for outstanding achievement in their respective fields of research.
DFG award-giving ceremony broadcast
AWARD: Professor Nikolaus Rajewsky of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin has been awarded the highest honour in German research, the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
Nikolaus Rajewsky is Professor of Systems Biology at the MDC and Charité and is the scientific head of the Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology (BIMSB).
His field of research is Systems Biology combining molecular biology, biochemistry, mathematics and physics to determine the function of gene regulatory elements such as microRNAs. He has characterized by experimental and computational techniques the role that microRNAs play in gene regulation, including those genes which govern the onset of disease. Thus, establishing a new research area for the discovery of targets for therapeutic approaches.
Professor Rajewsky has already received a number of academic distinctions, such as the 2009 Science Prize of the Governing Mayor of Berlin. In 2010 he was further elected member of the European Organisation for Molecular Biology (EMBO). He became Global Distinguished Professor of Biology at New York University, USA in 2008.
More information about Nikolaus Rajewsky, his work and the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize:
Press release of the MDC (in English)
Press release of the DFG (in German)
Die Zeit interview (in German)
EMBO interview (in English)
BIMSB Flyer (in English)
Homepage of the Nikolaus Rajewsky lab
Chancellor Angela Merkel pushed the start button for a new state-of-the-art DNA sequencer during her visit at the BIMSB of the MDC Berlin-Buch. Looking on are Dr. Jonas Korlach, co-inventor of the technology of Pacific Biosciences and a native Berliner, Dr. Wei Chen (in front), head of the Scientific Genomics Platform at BIMSB. In the background Federal Minister of Education and Research, Annette Schavan, and Professor Nikolaus Rajewsky (l.), head of the BIMSB of the MDC. (Photo: David Ausserhofer/Copyright: MDC)
Chancellor Angela Merkel Presses Starts Button for New State-of-the-Art Sequencer at the Max Delbrück Center in Berlin - Extended Potential for Medical Systems Biology
Chancellor Angela Merkel pushed the start button for a new state-of-the-art DNA sequencer during her visit on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at the Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology (BIMSB) of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch.
The BIMSB is the first academic research institution in Continental Europe to use this sequencer for research. With this device from Pacific Biosciences it is possible to sequence single DNA molecules in real time and gain deeper insight into gene regulation. Dr. Jonas Korlach, co-inventor of the PacBio technology and a native Berliner, was present at the ceremony. The Sanger Institute in the United Kingdom is currently the only other research institution in Europe with this sequencer.
MDC's press release (in English)
MDC's press release (in German)
Press release from Pacific Biosciences
Student Seminar in Systems Biology at the MDC
Every second Friday, our students present their work in progress and invite fellow students and scientific faculty to join in our lively discussion. The next seminar will take place on May 25, 2012, 12:00 noon at the Max Delbrück Communications Center.
All are welcome to attend.
