Data science

The Helmholtz Association has approved €30.8 million in funding for the Center for AI–Accelerated Molecular Innovations in Medicine to be located at the Max Delbrück Center. Researchers will use new technologies to develop AI-driven strategies for precision treatment and prevention.

Providing computing resources for scientific research – that’s the mission of Helmholtz AI Compute Resources, a Helmholtz Association initiative. The Max Delbrück Center has now joined the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Forschungszentrum Jülich in hosting the program.

Data-driven research is crucial for tackling societal challenges. In a collaboration that is so far unique, Berlin's Universities of Excellence, the Max Delbrück Center, and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, together with the Zuse Institute Berlin, aim to establish a powerful Data and AI Center.

Researchers in Nikolaus Rajewsky’s lab at Max Delbrück Center combined high-resolution, single-cell spatial technologies to map a tumor’s cellular neighborhoods in 3D and identify potential targets for personalized cancer therapy. They describe their findings in two separate papers in “Cell Systems.”

The Helmholtz Association is pooling its commitment to prevention research with the launch of the Helmholtz Health Prevention Task Force. In a strategy paper published in “Nature Medicine,“ the committee outlines initial concepts for integrating prevention more effectively into medical practice.

How does research actually work? What do data scientists and animal caretakers do? This year, 17 girls visited the Max Delbrück Center for Girls' Day – and five boys took part in Boys' Day.

Max Delbrück Center and Helmholtz Imaging scientists have developed open-source software that simplifies the study of cell polarity with fluorescence microscopy. Published in “Nature Communications,” the innovation may streamline research on many basic biological processes such as tissue repair.

How can AI transform scientific research? The Helmholtz Foundation Model Initiative brought together a diverse group of experts during its first workshop. In an interview, Max Delbrück Center scientist Dagmar Kainmüller explains foundation models and why interdisciplinary collaboration is important.

Helmholtz invests €18 million in AI innovation ecosystems: Nine Helmholtz centers open their High-Performance Computing infrastructure to companies and connect businesses with their AI experts. More than €2 million will go to the Max Delbrück Center.

Maike Sander, Scientific Director of the Max Delbrück Center, has been elected Vice President of Helmholtz Health. In this pivotal role, she will drive collaboration among leading biomedical research centers and advance the field of preventative precision medicine over the next two years.