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Michela Di Virgilio

Science December 17, 2020

The DNA repair analyst

In order for the human immune system to effectively fight off pathogens, B cells need to smash up and reassemble their own DNA. Michela Di Virgilio searches for factors controlling this important process, which also have crucial implications for our predisposition to cancer.

Anton G. Henssen

January 26, 2021

Lord of the rings

Anton Henssen of the ECRC has been awarded the Kind Philipp Award for Pediatric Oncology Research for his study of ring-shaped DNA and its significance in the development of childhood neuroblastoma. A publication in the scientific journal Nature Genetics was decisive for this award.

Wolf Schröder-Barkhausen

Institute & Campus January 22, 2021

The house of open science

Its official description, a “specialized science library serving the staff of the MDC,” sounds as dry as a dusty bookshelf. What else does the MDC library have to offer? We answer that question in an interview with Wolf Schröder-Barkausen, in another installment of our series “We at the MDC.”

Science January 20, 2021

“Danger to the Brain” – a Urania lecture on Alzheimer’s

Neuroscience is one of Berlin’s strongest fields of research. The Berlin Brains lecture series at Urania shows the breadth and depth of this research expertise in the capital city – this year under the theme “Junior Meets Senior.” The MDC’s Thomas Willnow and Anna Löwa are kicking off the series.

2 January 18, 2021

How cells move and don’t get stuck

Theoretical physicists from Berlin teamed up with experimental physicists from Munich to determine the precise mechanics involved in cell motility. The findings were published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

Institute & Campus January 18, 2021

We encourage curiosity!

The HIDA Trainee Network is back for a second time in 2021. The exchange program promotes interdisciplinary networking between young scientists at Helmholtz and helps them learn from one another

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Press Release

3/2021 January 26

Lord of the rings

2/2021 January 18

How cells move and don’t get stuck

1/2021 January 11

A potent weapon against lymphomas

59/2020 December 28

Integration of BIH into Charité and the privileged partnership with the MDC

58/2020 December 23

Molecular reporters expose the allies of the brain tumor

January 25, 2021

The original #mdcBerlin press release is available here: https://t.co/cJdJp6X0a6 The paper in @CD_AACR:… https://t.co/NXzHebFImp
January 25, 2021

#mdcBerlin researcher @ggargiul_2020 and his team introduced a technology that can be used to observe the molecular… https://t.co/KWCZb7e3gt
January 25, 2021

Das #mdcBerlin freut sich auf die Zusammenarbeit mit @ChariteBerlin, @bccn_berlin, @ECN_Berlin, @BerlinStroke,… https://t.co/T9F5lbjztl
January 25, 2021

Morgen Abend ist es Zeit für #BrainFood: #Alzheimer-Forscher Prof. Dr. Thomas Willnow ist einer der Vortragenden be… https://t.co/TDH4EUVQMW

Events

Communications Center MDC.C

Communications Center MDC.C

Lab scene – at the microscope

Electronic Lab Notebooks (ELNs) at the MDC

ECRC Forum

SCOG Virtual Lecture Series

Human organoid development through the lens of single-cell genomics

Quentin Sattentau: “Immunological impacts of post-translational protein modification”

Systems Biology lecture

SCOG Virtual Workshop ‘Spatial Single Cell Analysis’

Labor trifft Lehrer

Labor trifft Lehrer: Stammzellen und CRISPR - neue Therapienasätze, um Muskelkrankheiten zu heilen

Film + Panel discussion

International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Media Coverage

Welt / January 24, 2021

Dieser Sommer wird schwieriger

Berliner Zeitung / January 13, 2021

Berliner Forscher: Gegen schwere Corona-Verläufe beim Immunsystem ansetzen

Berliner Zeitung / December 22, 2020

Das sollte man über die veränderte Sars-CoV-2-Linie wissen

Science / December 14, 2020

Protein found in fingertip ‘capsules’ may be critical to our sense of touch

Publications

Mitochondrial bioenergetics and neurodegeneration: a paso doble

Neural Regen Res

The dynamics of chromatin architecture in brain development and function

Curr Opin Genet Dev

Polysialic acid in the rat brainstem and thoracolumbar spinal cord: distribution, cellular location and comparison with mouse

Wnt signalling pathway in bladder cancer

Inhibiting phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase counteracts chemotherapeutic efficacy against MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma

February 01, 2021

Satralizumab in the treatment of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder

Neurodegener Dis Manag

February 01, 2021

Sensory neurons: the formation of T-shaped branches is dependent on a cGMP-dependent signaling cascade

February 01, 2021

MicroRNA-7a2 regulates prolactin in developing lactotrophs and prolactinoma cells

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