Several times a year, the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) opens its doors to teachers for further education courses such as “Lab meets teacher.” In November 2018, STEM teachers met at the MDC to exchange best practice teaching ideas at the Science on Stage festival.

Breaks in our DNA are usually undesirable – unless the immune system is at work. A new study conducted by Michela Di Virgilio’s research group and published in „Molecular Cell“ shows how creatively and yet precisely cells can break up their genetic material and piece it back together.

Professor Ralf Dechend and Professor Dominik N. Müller were awarded the Franz Gross Science Prize of the Deutsche Hochdruckliga. The German Society for Hypertension and Prevention presented its most prestigious award at its annual congress on 23 November 2018.