Science

Das BioInnovation Institute (BII) hat Berlin und München als deutsche Standorte für die CardioMetabolic Bridge ausgewählt, eine von der Novo Nordisk Foundation finanzierte europäische Initiative. Sie will Erkenntnisse der kardiometabolischen Forschung in neue Unternehmen und Therapien überführen.

Bioinformatician Pia Rautenstrauch has received a Helmholtz Doctoral Award for developing a deep learning model that integrates omics data from single-cell experiments, even when the data come from different methods. Her work helps to advance biomedical research.

Starting November 2026, Cornelia Schwayer will establish a new research group at the Max Delbrück Center. She will be studying how the human liver can fully regenerate and whether the same mechanisms can be harnessed to promote regeneration in other organs.

In the Deutschlandfunk Kultur podcast “Zeitfragen,” immunologist Katja Simon discusses spermidine and whether the substance can actually have a positive impact on our health and the aging process.

How does academic research become a multibillion-dollar biotech success story? On October 29, 2026 meet the founders and leadership of Tubulis, a company with roots in Berlin-Buch that was acquired by Gilead Sciences in a $5 billion deal. Listen to their story and ask your questions!

How will science change the way we live? Under the theme “In Touch,” Berlin Science Week 2026 explores how research touches our lives and connects us with one another. Several events at the Max Delbrück Center invite visitors to explore the future of medicine — and help shape it.

Aggressive tumors often contain large amounts of exchromosomal DNA. Removing this DNA from the nuclei of cancer cells could improve patient outcomes, an international team led by Anton Henssen of the Experimental and Clinical Research Center reports in “Nature Genetics.”

The Oliver Daumke lab and researchers at Freie Universität Berlin have revealed how a protein complex guards the entrance to channels in mitochondrial membranes called cristae. The work, published in “Nature Communications,” provides a blueprint for modeling human proteins in action.

Using cryo-electron microscopy, the Kudryashev lab has revealed how muscle cell calcium channels open synchronously. The findings, published in “Nature Communications,” may explain a mechanism behind serious muscle diseases.

Klaus Rajewsky is among this year’s winners of Emory University's Max Cooper Prize in Immunology, which recognizes scientists for their “transformative and revolutionary achievements.” The three winners will be formally honored on Sept. 29, 2026, with a $100,000 prize to be shared equally.