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A potential agent for treating preeclampsia

Researchers at the ECRC have successfully used RNA molecules to treat a dangerous pregnancy disorder called preeclampsia. They were able to alleviate common symptoms of the disorder, like maternal high blood pressure and fetal undernutrition, with virtually no side effects.

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Science May 29, 2020

📺 MDC scientists answer COVID-19 questions

The coronavirus challenges people around the world every day. Here at the MDC, we are giving our best to help fight the pandemic. Some of our scientists took the time to think about a few of the questions surrounding SARS-CoV-2.

Immunfluoreszenz

Science May 28, 2020

Clarifying a culprit in inflammatory bowel disease

It’s been a bit of a mystery: is a particular family of proteins responsible for cell survival or cell death in the intestinal lining? A new mouse model developed at the Max Delbrück Centre for Molecular Medicine (MDC) provides clear evidence and a potential treatment target for inflammatory bowel disease.

Science May 28, 2020

The DNA artist

Anton Henssen works as a paediatrician and researches rare tumours at the Max Delbrück Center. Incidentally, he’s also a conceptual artist with way more to his paintings than meets the eye.

Institute & Campus May 27, 2020

MDC launches a new research school

Together with Charité and WIS, the MDC is establishing the German-Israeli Helmholtz International Research School iNAMES – an interdisciplinary training program for PhD students interested in imaging.

Science May 19, 2020

Cells sound the alarm on chlamydia

A chlamydia infection triggers an inflammatory response at the cellular level. MDC researchers conducted experiments in cell cultures to examine the role that the enzyme GBP1 plays in this response. They have now published their findings in Cell Reports.

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Press Release

Joint press release by the members of the German COVID-19 OMICS Initiative (DeCOI)

GNC study surveys participants on COVID-19

22/2020 April 30

Support for SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics

18/2020 April 24

Laboratory animal report for 2019

19/2020 April 23

Likely Entrypoints for SARS-CoV-2

June 06, 2020

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June 06, 2020

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June 05, 2020

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June 05, 2020

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Events

Communications Center MDC.C

DGMet meeting Braunschweig 2019

Application Round

SAVE THE DATE: SPARK-BIH Validation Fund - Call for translational project proposals starts in May

Elena Timoféeff-Ressovsky Seminar Series

Canceled: "Population genetics and human health"

EMBO Workshop: The Evolution of Animal Genomes

Chemical Biology Seminar - Zoom Meeting

Chemical Biology Seminar - Zoom Meeting

Berlin Summer Meeting Berlin Summer Meeting

Canceled: Berlin Summer Meeting

ECRC Forum

SCOG Virtual Lecture Series

"Single Cell Omics on COVID-19 in DeCOI" (Joachim L. Schultze, DZNE Bonn)

Media Coverage

Der Tagesspiegel / May 11, 2020

Das Cern für Gesundheit

Berliner Zeitung / May 10, 2020

Deutsche Genforscher schließen sich im Kampf gegen Corona zusammen

rbb Inforadio

rbb Inforadio / May 07, 2020

NAKO-Studie: Einfluss von Corona auf die Bevölkerung

Berliner Zeitung / May 07, 2020

Berliner Forscher finden möglichen Angriffspunkt gegen Corona

Publications

August 01, 2020

Performance of compressed sensing for fluorine-19 magnetic resonance imaging at low signal-to-noise ratio conditions

Restriction of memory B cell differentiation at the germinal center B cell positive selection stage

Functional and structural vascular biomarkers in women 1 year after a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy

Pregnancy Hypertens

4D flow imaging with UNFOLD in a reduced FOV

Is APOE ε4 associated with cognitive performance in early MS?

Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm

Longitudinal ultra-high field MRI of brain lesions in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders

Mult Scler Relat Disord

Conservation of a core neurite transcriptome across neuronal types and species

Wiley Interdiscip Rev RNA

The sensory coding of warm perception

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