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On April 1, Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Virginia, spoke to a full house at the MDC. She talked about “Eukaryotic cell compartmentalization: Insights from imaging”.

Professor Simone Spuler’s team has developed a method to isolate muscle stem cells so that they retain their regenerative potential. Dr. Verena Schöwel was awarded the Science4Life Award for her concept, which uses this technology for patients suffering from muscle disorders.

As part of a series of events co-organized by the Berliner Ensemble and the Helmholtz Association, a science day was held on Sunday with a focus on the topics of distrust and responsibility. Our researcher Uwe Ohler joined a a panel discussion on artificial intelligence. PhD student Andreas Ofenbauer explained what humans can learn from tiny worms in his Science Slam – and won the first prize

How do cellular sugar chains influence the development of the placenta and complications during and after pregnancy? This is what new group leader Dr. Sandra Blois investigates in her research. The immunologist started her new lab at the Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC) at the beginning of 2019.

The MDC welcomes the agreement reached between the State of Berlin and the federal government regarding the future of the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH). The term “privileged partnership” has to now be filled with life and backed up with funding.

He is a molecular biologist, physician, GDR revolutionary, civil rights activist, bioethicist, and – still to this day – a formative researcher and ombudsman at the Max Delbrück Center. We celebrate the 80th birthday of Professor Jens Reich.

EASI Genomics: an EU-funded project to provide free-of-charge access to sequencing technologies

Professor John Ioannidis of Stanford University comes to Berlin as an Einstein BIH Visiting Fellow. Among others, Professor Martin Lohse, Scientific Director of the MDC, welcomed the guest.

Ingo Kahl has for more than a decade been chairman of the Staff Council of the MDC. As part of the “We at the MDC” series, he reveals what to him is so unique about his work.

Titin is the largest molecule in the human body – and together with actin and myosin plays a pivotal role in the ensemble of muscle proteins. A team led by Professor Michael Gotthardt from the MDC describes in the journal “Circulation” how mutations in this protein lead to various heart diseases.