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Cats are not allowed in the lab of Oliver Daumke’s research team. Yet they make a valuable contribution to research – and we reveal what that is ...

Instead of holding out in Syria, Souriana Almeer Mahmoud and her family moved to Berlin. Now she is completing an internship at the MDC library thanks to the Helmholtz refugee initiative.

What do short fingers and high blood pressure in common? And how bad is salt really for our health? Fred Luft is more than a researcher, he is a physician as well. Now, he celebrated his 75th birthday.

Our sense of touch tells us whether an object is wet or dry, rough or smooth, hard or soft.

A group of scientists in Israel and Germany, led by Prof. Sebastian Kadener from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, have discovered a protein-encoding function for circular RNA. This kind of RNA molecule is highly active in brain cells and could play an important role in neurodegenerative diseases.

Italian bioinformaticist Anna Tramontano, member of of the MDC Scientific Advisory Board, has died. She was only 59 years old.

The MDC once again took part in UniStem Day this year, which took place for the ninth time overall. That day, 230 students from 14 Berlin schools learned about stem cell research.

A tea strainer is very versatile, even in the lab. It can be used to “harvest” eggs – but what sort of eggs?