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Press release Nov 17, 2023

Heart repair via neuroimmune crosstalk

Unlike humans, zebrafish can completely regenerate their hearts after injury. They owe this ability to the interaction between their nervous and immune systems, as researchers led by Suphansa Sawamiphak from the Max Delbrück Center now report in the journal “Developmental Cell.”

Dec 16, 2022

Discovery for tomorrow's medicine

At the Max Delbrück Center we want to understand the molecular basis of health and disease. But what does that actually mean? Our image film features our research approach.

Science Nov 24, 2023

A new hub for cutting-edge cancer care

From 2024, the Federal Government and the State of Berlin will fund the establishment of the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Berlin. The new site is a cooperation between DKFZ and Charité, BIH, and Max Delbrück Center aimed at closely integrating clinical and translational cancer research.

Industry Lecture

10:00 am - 11:00 am

DEEPCELL: Single Cell Morphology, magnified by AI

NEUE WEGE IN DER BIOMEDIZIN

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Die Geheimnisse des Gehirns: Ein Einblick in die Neurowissenschaften des Verhaltens und der mentalen Gesundheit

Institute & Campus Dec 01, 2023

Gaetano Gargiulo honored for glioblastoma research

For his work on aggressive glioblastomas, Dr. Gaetano Gargiulo of the Max Delbrück Center received a 10,000 euro prize from the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Donated by the Monika Kutzner Stiftung, the prize honors outstanding achievements in cancer research.

Institute & Campus Nov 30, 2023

Kicking off the conversation on DEI in science

Sanja Drakulic, Jean-Yves Tano and Michaela Herzig from the People & Culture department were the catalysts behind the Max Delbrück Center’s first ever Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Week. In this interview, Sanja and Jean-Yves share the inspiration behind the initiative along with some takeaways.

Institute & Campus Nov 30, 2023

What are you reading, Mr. Gotthardt?

Michael Gotthardt studies how the heart adapts in health and disease to develop novel therapies. He shares a comic book, “Asterix in Switzerland,” with his children. But his main recommendation is a book on the art and science of prediction that he enjoys as an audiobook on his bike-ride to work.

Science Nov 29, 2023

No precision medicine without diversity

Biomedical research is mostly geared towards white men. During the Berlin Science Week, researchers discussed how this can be changed and how questions of diversity can be better taken into account in laboratories. Didn't have time to join? We have documented the event for you as a video.

Science Nov 29, 2023

From Barcelona to Berlin

To attract renowned researchers to Berlin, Stiftung Charité is funding “Visiting Fellows” with 1.5 million euros. One of them is Manuel Irimia from Barcelona. He is coming to the Max Delbrück Center for three years to analyze gene regulation.

Institute & Campus Nov 29, 2023

What do scientists actually do in the lab?

Grizzly bears in hibernation or a pineapple in an MRI scanner – at the “Science Day” at the “Robert Havemann” high school in Berlin-Karow, researchers from the Max Delbrück Center presented students of grades 11 and 12 unusual facets of their research.

Institute & Campus Nov 23, 2023

Imagining the research institute of the future

In five essays, research and administration staff at the Max Delbrück Center have outlined their visions for an ideal research institute environment. The occasion was this year's "Utopia Institute of Research Essay Contest," organized by EU-LIFE and the scientific journal "Nature."

Press release Nov 16, 2023

Lisec-Artz Prize goes to Simon Haas

Simon Haas has been awarded the Lisec-Artz Prize, endowed with €10,000, for his single-cell analysis of communication between stem and immune cells in blood cancer. The University of Bonn Foundation established this prize to honor outstanding early-career cancer researchers.

Press release Nov 15, 2023

Influential in their field

Sofia Forslund, Friedemann Paul, and Nikolaus Rajewsky are among the Highly Cited Researchers 2023. Each year the company Clarivate compiles a "Who's Who" list of highly influential researchers.

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