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Since always scientists have been documenting their lab research by hand. Now it is time for a digital solution. In this interview for “We at the MDC,” research data manager Dr. Özlem Özkan explains how a new electronic lab notebook is set to change working life for researchers at the MDC.

In the past year Helmholtz Imaging looked for the "Best Scientific Images" generated by scientist from the Helmholtz Association. Twenty of them are now on display for a short time at the MDC.

Artificial intelligence is poised to fundamentally change healthcare. To find out the current state of research and the challenges that lie ahead, anyone interested can attend the first symposium of the Artificial Intelligence in Digital Health (AIDHeal) Network on January 28, 2022.

It is widely known that Nobel Prize winner Emmanuelle Charpentier currently works in Berlin. But who are the other female researchers who have left their mark on the city? An exhibition by BIH and the Berlin Senate Chancellory is dedicated to all of these pioneering women and can be viewed at the MDC until March 9 or online at any time.

A team led by Professor Ulrich Keller studied genes which are altered in people with lymphoma and identified a key mechanism involved in disease development. This signaling pathway controls the repair of DNA damage, they report in “Nature Communications”.

Biotechnologist Claudia Crocini is starting a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship at the MDC in January 2022. Her research examines how the biomechanical properties of tissue ensure a healthy heartbeat. This might open up a new avenue for treating heart disease.

In order to motivate young researchers from all over the world to consider a research career in Berlin, a team representing different MDC departments proposed a new concept. This project idea has now been selected as one of the winners of the DFG Community Prize.

Researchers at the MDC teamed up with Berlin’s water supply company, Berliner Wasserbetriebe, to develop a computer-based tool that can determine the distribution of coronavirus variants in wastewater – and thus in the population. The tool is now available to other scientists.

Heike Graßmann has been Administrative Director of the MDC since October 2018. Before moving to Berlin, the graduate in business administration was Administrative Director of the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig. In our reading tip, she reveals why facts make her curious.