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Three minutes – that’s all the time FameLab contestants have to present their research in a dynamic and engaging way. On May 14, 2020, Ian Stewart, a scientist in James Poulet’s lab at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), will be taking part in the competition’s national final.

After nearly seven weeks of minimal operations, the scientists at the Max Delbrück Center will return to their laboratories on May 4, 2020. During basic operations, stringent safety measures will be in place due to the pandemic.

The scientist Dr. Emanuel Wyler studies coronaviruses at the MDC. He’s been using social media and his blog to inform about the novel coronavirus and put current news on the topic into perspective.

On Wednesday, 18 March 2020, 8 a.m., the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) will go into emergency operation. Corona research will be intensified.

Researchers at the MDC have developed a new online tool that displays the development of the COVID-19 epidemic in Germany clearly and by individual state as well as worldwide. The map and timeline showing the spread of the coronavirus are freely available on the internet.

A theme day on distrust and responsibility in science, was organized by the Berliner Ensemble and Helmholtz. Our researchers Uwe Ohler and Andreas Ofenbauer discussed artificial intelligence and explained what humans can learn from tiny worms.

For the “International Day of Girls and Women in Science” on 11 February 2019, the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH ) presents ten video portraits of inspirational women scientists. Among them are four videos about scientists working at the MDC.

Jutta Kramm took over on October 1, 2018, as head of the Communications Department at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC). Kramm, 59, was previously a PR manager and spokesperson at the children’s rights organization Save the Children Germany.

The MDC turned into a summer camp when sixty-four girls and boys found out how the heart works and what it’s like to spend a night in a lecture theater