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Research at the MDC

Research at the MDC aims to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of health and disease, and translate those findings into medical practice.

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Corona research at the MDC

In light of the pandemic, the MDC is pooling together its resources for projects that advance the understanding of SARS-CoV-2.

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Research Highlights

Our research teams publish around 450 specialist articles every year. The MDC research highlights can be found here, presented in a comprehensible format.

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Selection of research highlights
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Research News & Events

Dagmar Kainmüller
Science

Dagmar Kainmüller receives professorship

Dagmar Kainmüller develops computational methods for analyzing vast quantities of image data. On October 1, 2022, she was named Professor of Integrative Imaging Data Sciences at the University of Potsdam.
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Institute & Campus

Through the eyes of Jeanne Mammen

Seeing the world through the eyes of Jeanne Mammen – this was the theme of a celebratory evening at Campus Buch to mark the 132nd birthday of the artist and friend of Max Delbrück. The reading officially opened the project CampusArt – Science and Art on the Campus.
Michael Sigal, Simon Haas und Gabriele G. Schiattarella

ERC Starting Grants for Berlin scientists

They have their sights set on serious diseases: Gabriele G. Schiattarella analyzes mechanisms of heart failure, Simon Haas wants to improve immunotherapies for leukemia and Michael Sigal would like to prevent gastrointestinal diseases. Now, the ERC is awarding the researchers with a Starting Grant.
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Science

Poor delivery service in the brain

With funding from the Alzheimer’s Association, Melissa Birol hopes to uncover the molecular causes of age-related dementia. Her hypothesis is that a fatal interaction of tau and ApoE proteins prevents neurons from being supplied with sufficient fat, triggering their death.
Ulrike Stein
Science

Cancer researcher Ulrike Stein receives high honor

Ulrike Stein is searching for molecules that play a key role in metastasis, aiming to use them as therapeutic targets for solid tumors and to improve cancer prognosis. The Metastasis Research Society has recognized her work with this year’s Women in Science Achievement Award.
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Highly cited – and influential

Sofia Forslund, Friedemann Paul and Nikolaus Rajewsky are among the Highly Cited Researchers 2022. Each year, the company Clarivate lists researchers who have demonstrated significant influence in their field. In addition, Research.com has ranked Klaus Rajewsky as one of the world’s best scientists.
Hände, Uhren, Ringe
Institute & Campus

Motivation, recognition, and work-family balance

The Max Delbrück Center has been awarded its fifth “Work and Family” audit certificate. It includes a three-year action program focusing on collaborative culture, leadership, personnel strategy, and idea management. Here, Dana Lafuente and Gabriele Kollinger explain all the details.
Diskussionsrunde beim Einstein Center 3R
Science

Is animal research ethically justifiable?

An expert panel met at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities to discuss circumstances in which animal research is ethically justified. The Einstein Center 3R hosted the event.

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Publications

SARS-CoV-2 infection dynamics revealed by wastewater sequencing analysis and deconvolution

Sci Total Environ

Using pERK immunostaining to quantify neuronal activity induced by stress in zebrafish larvae

STAR Protoc

Isotopic tracing of glucose metabolites in human monocytes to assess changes in inflammatory conditions

STAR Protoc

Protocol for fast scRNA-seq raw data processing using scKB and non-arbitrary quality control with COPILOT

STAR Protoc

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