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Together with Charité and WIS, the MDC is establishing the German-Israeli Helmholtz International Research School iNAMES – an interdisciplinary training program for PhD students interested in imaging.

By mid-2020 two new cryogenic electron microscopes (cryo-EM) will be available to scientists at the Buch campus. The building is almost finished, and the first crates of equipment were delivered in December. There’s still a lot to do, however, before everything is up and running.

The DFG is funding two new research projects at the MDC: More than half a million euros will be available to researchers to study the signaling processes of receptors.

Doing a PhD is challenging, no doubt about it. But we can only find strategies to cope with anxiety and detect stress sources if we start the debate about mental health. This is not admitting defeat, this is taking care of ourselves. Let’s break the taboo!

The MDC held a ceremony to honor young researchers who completed their PhDs in 2019. Prizes were awarded during the ceremony for the best scientific papers and for the best scientific images.

Sometimes our life needs some structure to help us manage the stress of a huge project without clear goals. There are so many creative ideas such as inclusion of routines, going to stress reduction courses, practice meditation, as well as regularly seeing a therapist or a life coach. Some of these ideas can improve your life tremendously. However, what works for some does not work for others, that’s why I encourage you to find your way, you can start by the resources below.

We all experience stressful times during our PhD which can be fueled by failing experiments, guilt for taking time off, jealousy successful colleagues or by being overwhelmed when we don’t set proper boundaries with our boss or colleagues. Here are some strategies to prepare for stressful times and also relieve acute stress.

Our mental health fluctuates as our life changes. We all have times when we feel down, stressed, or angry, and most times these feelings pass. But sometimes, they develop into complex mental health problems.

The winners* of this year’s Helmholtz Doctoral Prize were announced at the Helmholtz Horizons Symposium. For the first time, five of the six young researchers are women - in the research field Health, Katrina Meyer from MDC was awarded. The prizes were presented by the Helmholtz President during a ceremony at Futurium in Berlin.

What comes after my PhD, and how will my title help me? Not just at the MDC, young researchers are asking this question. The Career Day offers them opportunities to receive inspiration and pointers for their career planning.