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With funding from the Alzheimer’s Association, Melissa Birol hopes to uncover the molecular causes of age-related dementia. Her hypothesis is that a fatal interaction of tau and ApoE proteins prevents neurons from being supplied with sufficient fat, triggering their death.

Ulrike Stein is searching for molecules that play a key role in metastasis, aiming to use them as therapeutic targets for solid tumors and to improve cancer prognosis. The Metastasis Research Society has recognized her work with this year’s Women in Science Achievement Award.

The Max Delbrück Center has been awarded its fifth “Work and Family” audit certificate. It includes a three-year action program focusing on collaborative culture, leadership, personnel strategy, and idea management. Here, Dana Lafuente and Gabriele Kollinger explain all the details.

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.