Gene Engineering

MDC researchers can now induce diverse genetic mutations and track their effects on a large scale in microscopic worms. The team describe their in vivo parallel genetics approach and new analysis software called crispr-DART in the journal Cell Reports.

Harnessing jumping genes to advance gene-therapy cancer treatment: In an effort to optimize the Sleeping Beauty system, the MDCell – Helmholtz Innovation Lab is extending its collaboration with PlasmidFactory.

Finnish Artist Emilia Tikka will spend two months as Artist in Residence at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in Berlin to explore the genome editing technology CRISPR-Cas9. The unusual exchange between art and science will result in an exhibition at the Opening of STATE Studio Berlin.

The tissue biobank “MyoPax” was selected as one of six new business ideas that are going to be funded by Helmholtz. It will store patient's muscle stem cells until regenerative therapies are approved.

The conference “Muscle Development, Regeneration and Disease 2018” took place at the MDC in late April. This event has in recent years become an increasingly important international platform for muscle research.