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From 1 to 10 November 2019, researchers will gather in Berlin to discuss current issues - with each other and with the public. The Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) will be contributing to exciting events.

Modern light microscopic techniques provide extremely detailed insights into organs, but the terabytes of data they produce are usually nearly impossible to process. New software, developed by a team led by MDC scientist Dr. Stephan Preibisch and now presented in Nature Methods, is helping researchers make sense of these reams of data.

Anyone wishing to uncover the mysteries of life must explore the realm of molecules and genes. At the Long Night of the Sciences, visitors to the MDC will voyage through this fascinating cosmos in the company of experts.

More than 450 scientists, clinicians, patients, and stakeholders from 20 European countries have gathered in Berlin at the LifeTime Opening Conference. The pan-European initiative aims to revolutionize healthcare.

The Opening Conference of LifeTime will take place on 6 and 7 May 2019 in Berlin. The pan-European research initiative aims to develop new technologies for the treatment and early detection of diseases.

An MDC research team has discovered surprising new properties in fluconazole, a long approved fungal drug. The substance helps to draw water from urine. The researchers found this in rodents. The fungicide could help patients with rare genetic diseases in whom the water transport of the kidneys is impaired. Nevertheless, the path to therapy is not easy.

Why will young people from all Berlin districts travel to the MDC in Buch and spend UniStem Day working on stem cells? Because they have the opportunity to discuss stem cells with a heart surgeon and a basic researcher andbecause they can visit biotech companies, examine cells in the laboratory, discuss ethics and understand the CRISPR-Cas9 gene scissors.

LifeTime is one of the six winners of an EU-wide competition in which ambitious and forward-looking research projects are selected and funded. This was officially announced by the European Commission on Tuesday. The coordinators of LifeTime in Berlin and Paris were pleased that they can now begin the actual work. Chancellor Merkel praised the initiative.

Chancellor Angela Merkel inaugurated on Tuesday the Max Delbrück Center’s new building in the heart of Berlin. Some 250 top researchers of the Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology (BIMSB) will use the facility to study how genes regulate the lives of cells and thus influence health and disease.

The first Immunology & Inflammation Conference has been taking place at the MDC since yesterday, February 24, 2019. Over 300 scientists are participating, including the world’s elite immunology researchers. Over three days, they will present and discuss the latest findings from this emerging field of research.