Science December 12, 2018 “Follow your heart” A toast to our young scientists: On November 30, 2018, the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) held a graduation ceremony for the 50 students who completed their PhDs at the MDC over the course of 2018.
Institute & Campus November 26, 2018 Berlin hypertension researchers receive prize by German Society for Hypertension Professor Ralf Dechend and Professor Dominik N. Müller were awarded the Franz Gross Science Prize of the Deutsche Hochdruckliga. The German Society for Hypertension and Prevention presented its most prestigious award at its annual congress on 23 November 2018.
Science October 26, 2018 How do immunotherapies get to brain tumors? Dr. Omar Dzaye is investigating ways to help immunotherapy drugs cross the blood-brain barrier more easily, so that they can be more effective in fighting brain cancer. An Else Kröner Memorial Grant will now allow him to carry out further research in this field.
Institute & Campus August 29, 2018 Dormant and aggressive stem cells The German Stem Cell Network awarded their “GSCN 2018 Publication of the Year Award” to MDC cancer researcher Clemens Schmitt in August 2018.
Institute & Campus July 18, 2018 The glia researcher Professor Helmut Kettenmann has devoted more efforts than almost any other scientist to studying a cell type long overshadowed by neurons: the glia cell. The German Neuroscience Society has now awarded him the Otto Loewi Medal for his outstanding work and commitment.
Science May 22, 2018 Ana Pombo elected member of EMBO On May 14, 2018, MDC researcher Ana Pombo was elected a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). She is one of 62 scientists from Europe and around the world chosen this year to join the organization
Science May 03, 2018 Nicola Wilck receives Theodor Frerichs Award The German Society of Internal Medicine (DGIM) has named a study on the connection between intestinal flora, salt consumption, and high blood pressure the best clinical-experimental work in internal medicine of last year. Lead author Dr. Nicola Wilck was given the Theodor Frerichs Award.
Science April 23, 2018 Cracking the code of genetic enhancers The Human Frontier Science Program is now funding a joint research project conducted by teams from BIMSB/MDC, LMU Munich, and the University of Southern California that aims to find out exactly how the DNA's enhancer region work.
Press Release No. 11 April 18, 2018 Berlin New funding for Captain T Cell The MDC start-up project “Captain T Cell” has been awarded several million Euros from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as part of its GO-Bio funding initiative. The aim of the project is to develop new cancer-fighting T-cell therapies.
Press Release No. 9 April 13, 2018 Berlin Two MDC scientists receive ERC grants worth several million euros Basic researchers Gary Lewin and Norbert Hübner are investigating the anchoring of ion channels and micropeptides in heart muscle cells.
