Press Release No. 57 November 29, 2019 Berlin Käthe Beutler: "Do something!“ The Käthe-Beutler-Haus of the BIH is currently being built on the Berlin-Buch campus - the Medizinhistorische Journal now reports on the life of the Jewish paediatrician, researcher and mother.
Science November 25, 2019 “What if there was no more animal testing?” There are people who are open about the fact that they conduct experiments on animals – and claim they have good reasons for doing so. On November 5 in Berlin’s Urania theater, they fielded questions from the general public and injected reason into a debate often driven by emotion.
Science November 15, 2019 Celebrating Science From 1 to 10 November 2019, the Berlin Science Week connected science communities with the public. Researchers from the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) contributed to this international festival at more than ten events. Here are some impressions.
Press Release No. 47 October 17, 2019 Berlin Cooking, storytelling, and experimenting: The MDC at Berlin Science Week From 1 to 10 November 2019, researchers will gather in Berlin to discuss current issues - with each other and with the public. The Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) will be contributing to exciting events.
Science October 08, 2019 By Christina Anders Copying tricks from the animal kingdom What can we learn from prairie voles, Burmese pythons, shortfin mollies, and naked mole rats? Researchers from across the world are studying unusual laboratory animals with astonishing traits in their quest to answer important questions in the fields of biomedicine and neuroscience.
Science September 06, 2019 EMBO Workshop: Move over, mouse! Researchers from more than 20 countries are gathering in Berlin to share their experiences working with “non-model organisms”, such as pythons, Tasmanian devils and naked mole rats.
Science August 03, 2018 By Jana Schlütter A fig leaf for dubious research The shady practices of predatory publishers have been making headlines in recent weeks. Professor Martin Lohse, Scientific Director at the MDC, explains in the following interview why these practices pose a risk to the overall credibility of science.