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Two science communications projects of the Max Delbrück Center have received funding from the Stiftung Charité. About 100,000 Euro will go to Gary Lewin and illustrator Kat Menschik for a book on unusual animals in research, and to Russ Hodge and Jennifer von Schlichting for a board game on gene expression.

Marta Cipińska coordinates a PhD exchange program between New York University (NYU) and MDC-BIMSB that trains the next generation of systems biologists. No longer a scientist, she has replaced PubMed with browsing the shelves of her local bookstore – and found “Moonwalking with Einstein.”

With its Music Meets Life Sciences series, the Max Delbrück Center aims to build a bridge between art and science as musicians from the Barenboim-Said Akademie meet with biomedical researchers. In late April, Akademie students gave another concert at MDC-BIMSB, this time playing with Michael Barenboim.

22 young women and girls had the opportunity to experience the day-to-day life of an IT specialist at the Corporate IT or as a researcher at the Max Delbrück Center in Berlin-Buch and Mitte during the Girls’Day event. Boys’Day was also held at the same time.