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Professor Susan Lindquist from the Whitehead Institute Receives Max Delbrück Medal in Berlin

The American molecular biologist Susan Lindquist from the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, is the 2010 recipient of the Max Delbrück Medal awarded in Berlin, Germany. Lindquist, who is also a biology professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), was honored for her work on protein folding.

Institute & Campus October 14, 2014

Halfway around the globe – and possibly back again

You might not remember his name, but if you were at the MDC from 2007 to 2010 you’d surely recognize Tiago Jose da Silva Lopes. During that time the Brazilian student completed his PhD thesis on the topic of "Systems biology analysis of the iron metabolism"; on the side, he helped establish the Beer Hour. Today, Tiago lives in Japan, where he works as a bioinformatics consultant at the University of Tokyo.

50th Round of Berlin „Jugend forscht“ competition begins at the MDC

“50 years, that may sound old for young people but curiosity keeps this competition young. And curiosity keeps us young in science.” With these words, Walter Rosenthal, the MDC’s scientific director greeted the 200 guests for the launch of the 50th round of the “Jugend forscht” competition (Jugend forscht translates into ‘yong people do research’).