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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

Science under the stars: This year’s Long Night of the Sciences brought more than 6,000 interested members of the public to the Berlin-Buch campus – despite the intense summer heat.

MDC scientists held a citizen science session about their research topics at the re:publica conference in Berlin and discovered the fears and fascination sharing health data holds for the public.

This year in Berlin, the March for Science day was followed by “Kieznerds”: researchers discussed their work in local bars and cafés.

Animal testing opponents wanted to demonstrate in a silent and accusatorial manner against naked mole rat research at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC). However, some 120 MDC employees offered them the opportunity to engage in dialogue.

Why can’t a heart regenerate itself? On March 16, 2018, UniStem Day brought cutting-edge stem cell research into schools to tackle such questions.

Scientists from MDC and Mainz University have collected data on the evolutionary development of pizza in a European field study.