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A group of international researchers – among them Stephan Mathas from the ECRC – has found that changing a single segment of the genome causes a previously unknown immunodeficiency in humans. The paper, which appears in Science Immunology, reports the discovery of a point mutation in the transcription factor IRF4.

Digitalization is in full swing, and the Max Delbrück Center is no exception. Arno Edinger and his team in the IT Department are responsible for implementing this process throughout the research center. The aim is not to digitalize employees out of existence, but rather to free them from annoying routine tasks that waste their time.

Il-Kang Na, BIH Johanna Quandt Professor and head of a research group at the Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), became the new director of the BIH Charité Clinician Scientist Program on January 1, 2023. Her own journey has made her a role model for aspiring clinician scientists.

After 25 years at the Max Delbrück Center, Dana Lafuente is leaving. She has made her mark as an administrative coordinator, on Campus Berlin-Buch, and in the Society of Friends, always advocating for the interests and concerns of all employees. Now she plans to do something different: open a mushroom school. Max Delbrück would understand.

For nearly two decades, Oliver Daumke has been working to solve the mystery of how a molecular machine remodels cellular membranes. His team has now found the answer with the help of cryo-electron tomography. They report their findings in the journal “Nature Communications”.

When physicist Thoralf Niendorf encounters the impossible, it spurs his creativity. Using ultra high-resolution MRI technology, he peers deeper and deeper into healthy and diseased tissue. He develops novel methods that visualize biological processes within the cell.

The UK’s Physiological Society has named Gary Lewin an Honorary Fellow. Two Nobel Prize laureates in Physiology or Medicine also received the distinction. It is the highest honor that the tradition-rich society presents to an individual.