Alumni

The MDC encourages it's alumni to connect, network, engage and collaborate with current staff and project partners.

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Cheryl Stucky
Science

Unlocking skin cells' role in pain and touch

At the Max Delbrück Center, Cheryl L. Stucky learned the techniques for studying pain receptors that she now teaches to young scientists as a professor in the USA. On November 8, the alumna will visit her former workplace and give a talk on how skin cells contribute to the sensations of touch and pain.
Karte von Europa
Institute & Campus

Team project aims to find talents abroad

With its "Back to the roots" Lab, the Max Delbrück Center aims to enable young international researchers to become ambassadors for Research in Germany in their home countries. It is one of the winners of the DFG Community Prize.
Elisa Kieback
Science

📺 Founder Kieback gets T-knife off to a flying start

A young Berlin-based company called T-knife is a rising star in Germany’s biotech sector. Co-founder Dr. Elisa Kieback, along with colleagues, has catapulted the joint spin-off from the MDC and Charité to the top of the German biotech start-up universe.
Keely Bumsted O’Brien
Institute & Campus

A Day to Learn and Network

What comes after my PhD, and how will my title help me? Not just at the MDC, young researchers are asking this question. The Career Day offers them opportunities to receive inspiration and pointers for their career planning.
Chris Fröhlich
Institute & Campus By Jana Schlütter

“My magnifying glass has drastically changed”

An interview with MDC alumnus Chris Froehlich, who is currently working as a postdoc at Columbia University in New York City.
MDC Alumi
Institute & Campus

A happy reunion in San Francisco

Many alumni are now advancing their careers far away from Berlin. In August, the MDC visited some of them abroad. This premiere, titled “25 years of the MDC: Research highlights and career pathways,” took place in San Francisco.
Institute & Campus

Postdoc – what next?  

A doctorate is a key milestone for everyone who wants to embark on an academic career. Numerous postdoctoral researchers – such as Tobias Opialla, who is still unsure about his next steps, or Marina Kolesnichenko, who wants to develop a career in science – are also working in the MDC laboratories. Both are taking up the opportunities provided by the MDC to guide their decision-making.
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Science

MDC alumnus Yves Muller: Crystal clear advice for postdocs

“Ideally as a postdoc you should aim to publish as last as well as first author and gather experience writing grants,” says Professor Yves Muller, formerly researcher at the MDC. The crystallographer emphasises that postdocs wanting to become group leads need to enjoy independence and be ready to follow their own ideas.
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Science

Finding the right chemistry for proteins and scientific relationships

Dr Irene Coin applies chemical knowledge to biological problems, revealing structural information about proteins. At the MDC Alumni Talks and Career Pathways lecture series she spoke about her work and described how human elements can be the secret to the best scientific relationships.
Yasuyuki Fujita
Science

Yasuyuki Fujita: helping cells recognise bad neighbours

MDC alumnus and Professor Yasuyuki Fujita has good advice for budding scientists who want to establish their own group. In his research he investigates the interactions between cancer cells and their neighbouring cells, aiming to find a way to help healthy cells recognise tumour cells and kill them.