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Sofia Forslund, Friedemann Paul and Nikolaus Rajewsky are among the Highly Cited Researchers 2022. Each year, the company Clarivate lists researchers who have demonstrated significant influence in their field. In addition, Research.com has ranked Klaus Rajewsky as one of the world’s best scientists.

Malaysia’s last male Sumatran rhino, Kertam, died in 2019. Now, a team from the Max Delbrück Center has successfully grown stem cells and mini-brains from his skin cells. As they report in "iScience", their goal is to create sperm cells that may help to save the endangered species from extinction.

An expert panel met at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities to discuss circumstances in which animal research is ethically justified. The Einstein Center 3R hosted the event.

Neurobiologist Gary Lewin heads the Molecular Physiology of Somatosensory Perception research group. His reading recommendation takes us into the world of the Tudor statesman Thomas Cromwell.

Botanical rarities, a science museum full of historical exhibits and microscopes, impressive sculptures by various artists* and the paintings of the great painter Jeanne Mammen: The Berlin-Buch campus is rich in treasures. An invitation for the curious.

Ubiquitin is everywhere. The protein regulates a vital cellular recycling system and plays a crucial role in health and disease. Thomas Sommer is investigating the molecular basis for its functioning, hoping to lay the scientific foundation for future therapies.

As a visiting lab leader, biologist Susanne Wolf will spend five years at the Max Delbrück Center researching how microglia change in psychiatric diseases – and how these cells help the diseases develop and progress. In doing so, Wolf hopes to identify new targets for medicines.

Klaus Rajewsky has received two awards recognizing his lifetime achievement in science. Both came in October: The German Society for Hematology and Medical Oncology awarded him honorary membership at a ceremony in Vienna, while Masaryk University awarded him the Mendel Medal in Brno, Czech Republic.

Walter Birchmeier has spent many decades researching how cells organize themselves in tissues and how these processes go awry in cancer. Now 80, and just as he is approaching the end of his third decade at the Max Delbrück Center, Birchmeier is retiring.