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A toast to our young scientists: On November 30, 2018, the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) held a graduation ceremony for the 50 students who completed their PhDs at the MDC over the course of 2018.

Power imbalances and dependencies make it difficult to discuss lab conflicts. This is especially the case for PhD students. At the Max Delbrück Center, Matthias Selbach serves as their ombudsman. His advice is to seek help early on. This interview kicks off our “We at the MDC” series.

Philipp Wahle of the lab of Robert Zinzen developed a highly resolved virtual model of a fly embryo, which shows which genes are active in which cell. He received the MDC PhD Prize at the annual Graduate Ceremony on November 24, 2017 for the paper in which he published these results. Two second-place publications were awarded a prize for the first time.

A doctorate is a key milestone for everyone who wants to embark on an academic career. Numerous postdoctoral researchers – such as Tobias Opialla, who is still unsure about his next steps, or Marina Kolesnichenko, who wants to develop a career in science – are also working in the MDC laboratories. Both are taking up the opportunities provided by the MDC to guide their decision-making.

Some proteins behave in an unusual way: the older they become, the more stable they are. This is what Erik McShane found out, this year's winner of the annual PhD Prize Award.

Venturing into one of the new big topics in RNA biology, the circRTrain network of eight scientific experts from Europe and Israel will be coordinated by Nikolaus Rajewsky.

What comes after a PhD? This was the key question at last Thursday’s 2016 CareerDay, organized by...

Eleonora Adami of the Hübner lab links the regulation of protein synthesis to disease in the best...

Enlarge Science: the epic fight for truth – and grant money. Picture: Courtesy of PhD Movies Science...

Profiling student research Enlarge At the lab bench: Ekaterina Perets. Photo: MDC Archive/Maimona Id...