Campus Concert: Music Meets Science

The Friends of MDC cordially invite you all to our event ‘Music Meets Science’

The musical programme will feature two young talents, Paul and Michael Afonin, aged 22 and 16. Paul Afonin began playing the piano at the age of five and a half and is currently in his fourth semester studying piano with a specialisation in solo piano in Rostock. His younger brother, Michael Afonin, is a violinist and attends the Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Music Gymnasium in Berlin. The brothers will perform works by composers including Beethoven, Brahms and Wieniawski. The concert offers both soloists the opportunity to demonstrate the virtuosity with which they have already achieved considerable success at various music competitions.    

In the academic section, Professor Johannes Huppa will explain ‘How T-cells detect cancer’. The renowned expert in T-cell recognition, together with his research team, aims to elucidate in detail the mechanisms of immunological differentiation between foreign and self-cells, with a particular focus on making cancer therapies more effective and improving the treatment of autoimmune diseases. Since September 2024, Johannes Huppa has held the Chair of Tumour Immunoloéy–at Charitæauml; – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and, in conjunction with this, has taken over as Director of the Institute of Immunology at the Berlin-Buch campus. He conducts research üt the Max Delbrück Centre and within the German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK).

Admission is free; your donations will go towards the MDC-Friends association and the organisation of further musical events in the Berlin-Buch district.

We look forward to welcoming you to the event.

Entrance: Free

Donations: All donations will go to the MDC Friends Association and support the organization of future musical events in the Berlin-Buch district.