Long Night of the Sciences

It was tropical hot, it was exciting, and it was playful, funny and inspiring. For the Long Night of Science 2019, the MDC attracted its visitors for the first time not only to the Campus Buch, but also to the new research building in Mitte.

Science under the stars: This year’s Long Night of the Sciences brought more than 6,000 interested members of the public to the Berlin-Buch campus – despite the intense summer heat.

Once again the Long Night of Sciences brought thousands of curious visitors streaming onto campus and into the MDC for a glimpse into daily life in our laboratories. The event was an opportunity for exchange for both the scientists who offered tours and the public who will eventually benefit from their work.

On June 11, 2016, the MDC held a Long Night of the Sciences (Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften). Science fans of all ages took the opportunity to go on guided tours of the MDC laboratories, trying out fun activities like sampling “molecule meringues.”

Sun, rain, thunder and lightning – the Long Night of Sciences was pretty diverse and not just from a meteorological perspective. Beating heart cells in a dish, fluorescent worms, cells under the smartphone microscope and a crime scene investigation with the help of DNA samples were only some of the events organized by the MDC, the Leibniz-Institute for Molecular Pharmacology (FMP) and the Gläserne Labor.