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Berlin Summer Meeting

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A changing of the guard in the MDC’s Administrative Directorate

Professor Heike Graßmann took over as Administrative Director of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) on October 1, 2018. She succeeds Dr. Heike Wolke, who is going into retirement after five years at the MDC and 25 years with the Helmholtz Association.
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Stray proteins cause genetic disorders

Misaddressed proteins are mislocalized, with possibly fatal consequences for the cell.
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Predicting the onset and course of Huntington’s disease

The origin of this incurable nervous disease lies in minute fibers formed by chains of the huntingtin protein.
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A matter of synapses: Nobel Prize winner Thomas Südhof speaks at the MDC

Thomas Südhof gave a talk at the MDC about the role of neuroligins – a video of his lecture can now be watched online.
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Tiny worms are helping reprogram human cells

Switching off “safeguard” genes improves cell reprogramming, aiding future regenerative therapies.
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A fig leaf for dubious research

The shady practices of predatory publishers have been making headlines in recent weeks. Professor Martin Lohse, Scientific Director at the MDC, explains in the following interview why these practices pose a risk to the overall credibility of science.

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Publications

High peak and high average radiofrequency power transmit/receive switch for thermal magnetic resonance

Magn Reson Med

Therapeutic targeting of cathepsin C: from pathophysiology to treatment

Pharmacol Ther

The neural circuits of thermal perception

Curr Opin Neurobiol

Muscle MRI in patients with dysferlinopathy: pattern recognition and implications for clinical trials

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry

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