Sylvia Sibilak and Andrea Salerno-Schwarz are in charge of the Welcome & Family Office at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC). Their job is to facilitate a smooth start in Berlin and at the MDC, especially for new employees from abroad. A new installment of “We at the MDC.”

To strengthen Berlin’s reputation as an international science hub, the capital’s non-university research institutions have come together to form Berlin Research 50 (BR 50). Together, they want to develop research strategies and foster dialogue between science, politics and society. The initiative will also facilitate and strengthen cooperation with Berlin’s universities.