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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.

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.

This year 45 PhD students at MDC successfully defended their doctoral theses. At a graduation ceremony they celebrated the end of an important phase of their lives together with family, friends and colleagues.

Cardiovascular conditions affect life in the intestines. But the opposite is also true: Bacteria in the gut influence the course of cardiovascular disease. A team led by MDC researcher Sofia Forslund reports in "Nature" on the opportunities and risks this presents as well as the role played by drugs.

The 40-year-old scientist from the Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology at the MDC has been selected as one of 26 researchers for the EMBO Young Investigator Programme. Starting in January 2022, Lupiáñez and his team will receive both financial and practical support for a period of four years.