Helmholtz

Are prototype vaccines key to prepare for future pandemics? And how does an infection with SARS-CoV-2 impact the cardiovascular health of patients? Together with partners, the Max Delbrück Center (MDC) is hosting panel discussions on COVID-19 at World Health Summit and Berlin Science Week.

EMBL (European Molecular Biology Laboratory) and the six Helmholtz Centers of the Research Field Health (Helmholtz Health) are expanding their collaboration. The two research organisations are cooperating to expand the frontiers of health research and advance scientific progress for human health.

As a researcher, Hermann von Helmholtz covered a lot of ground. That much is clear from the translation of his dissertation from Latin, which includes the description of basic principles of the nervous system that hold true to this day. An interview.

The HIDA Trainee Network’s third call for application is open. Once again, it offers doctoral researchers and postdocs the opportunity to gain interdisciplinary experience in an exchange with another Helmholtz center. In this way, the Trainee Network provides new impulses for collaboration between the centers and builds a vibrant community of data scientists.

This year marks a special anniversary for Berlin's scientific community, and our recommended book relates to this event. 200 years ago, in 1821, two men were born who would make a huge impact on science, not just in Berlin but beyond: Rudolf Virchow and Hermann von Helmholtz.

As a scientist you can be expected, even encouraged, to work in different countries during your career, but what about when that decision isn’t a choice. Anita Waltho, PhD Researcher at MDC, spoke with a Syrian refugee, who is now working at Campus Buch.

Hermann von Helmholtz is considered one of the most influential natural scientists of his time. To mark the Potsdam-born physicist’s 200th birthday on August 31, a joint exhibition has been organized by the proWissen Potsdam association, the University of Potsdam, and the Helmholtz Association in honor of the “Genius from the Havel.” The MDC is participating with an exhibition panel.

The Helmholtz Association, which consists of 18 centers, including the MDC, is setting high international standards through its research. This is reflected in the latest Nature Index rankings, in which Helmholtz took the No. 2 spot among the world’s fastest-rising research institutions.

In the anniversary year of its namesake, the Helmholtz Association is seeking to build bridges between science and art. A joint fellowship scheme with Dortmund’s Academy for Theater and Digitality is supporting two projects that bring data science to life through art. The MDC is also involved.

How can we use the knowledge gained so far to better overcome the COVID-19 crisis and prevent future pandemics? Two MDC labs are taking part in a collaborative Helmholtz project that aims to answer this question from an immunological, virological and economic perspective.