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The new Einstein Center for Alternative Methods in Biomedical Research is officially starting its work. The Einstein Foundation will support the Berlin-based facility to the tune of around €5.3 million through the end of 2026. The funds are being provided by the State of Berlin. The MDC is involved with several projects.

Dr Sebastian Diecke, who leads the stem cells technology platform at the MDC and BIH, doesn't just do science – he also combines it with art. A project by two Australian artists in which he was involved won an Award of Excellence at this year's Japan Media Arts Festival.

When the cells’ power plants don’t function properly, life expectancy is low. Otherwise, little is known about Leigh syndrome. Using organoids, researchers in Düsseldorf and Berlin have now created the first human model for studying this rare disease. They are presenting their work in “Nature Communications”.

Research and conservation are not exempt from the negative effects of the pandemic. The BioRescue research project, a program aiming at saving the northern white rhino from extinction, exemplifies the challenges research and conservation face in an international consortium during these times.

MDC researchers established a new model to study neuromuscular development and disorders. For the first time two distinct human tissues co-developed in the lab from one progenitor cell type and self-organized into a complex, functional neuromuscular organoid.

How to save a functionally extinct species, animal testing in neurobiology, and innovative new cancer therapies – these are just some of the topics covered in the lectures series “New Avenues in Biomedicine.” The series, which includes contributions from three MDC researchers, offers the general public a lens into what’s happening in the world of science.

What does a protein forming the cell’s nuclear envelope have to do with a dangerous heart condition? Aided by stem cell experiments, a team of researchers from Stanford University and the MDC recently answered this question.

Jennifer Pocock from University College London spoke at the Elena Timoféeff Ressovsky lecture on 20 June 2019.

With its large-scale research project BioRescue, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding research into the artificial reproduction of the functionally extinct northern white rhino. MDC researchers are among the project partners working together to create new animals from skin cells.

The artist Emilia Tikka spent three months as a guest in the MDC labs to gather inspiration for her work “ÆON. Trajectories of Longevity and CRISPR.”