science policy

The work of researchers is becoming more complex, but the way we evaluate it has not changed much. At the Max Delbrück Center, we have taken on a pioneering role in establishing new criteria. An interview with Chiara Giacomelli on transformation, collaboration, and why small steps matter.

At the Einstein Center for Early Disease Interception, researchers from twelve Berlin institutions will be pooling their expertise to explore new approaches to prevention, long before symptoms appear, and bring them quickly into practice. The center opens today with a ceremony.

Marking International Women's Day, Federal Research Minister Dorothee Bär met with female researchers at the Max Delbrück Center in Berlin-Mitte to discuss advancing equality in science.

On February 18, the new Helmholtz President Martin Keller met with the Max Delbrück Center staff Berlin-Buch and exchanged ideas. He is currently visiting all 18 Helmholtz Centers to gain first-hand insight into the wide range of research conducted across the association.

European research organizations, led by Coimbra Group, EU-LIFE and YERUN, have issued a joint statement calling on the European Commission and Member States to preserve the bottom-up structure of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA).

On January 21, 2025, the Berlin Senate visited the Pankow district and held a session with the district office on the Berlin-Buch campus. The campus is one of Berlin's eleven “Future Locations” (Zukunftsorte). The Senate's tour of the district began with an award ceremony for the campus.

In a commentary, Dr. Sofia Forslund of the Max Delbrück Center and her colleagues outlined challenges faced by transgender scientists and presented ideas on how to tackle them. To commemorate Pride Month in Berlin, Forslund discussed the commentary’s genesis and future efforts at greater inclusion.

The artists Elisabetta Citterio and Claudia Cagliano have created portraits of nearly 60 female researchers from nine countries. Twenty-five of them can be viewed in the "STEM Passion" exhibition until March 12, 2024 in the Rahel Hirsch Center for Translational Medicine Berlin.

Big data, the opportunities of precision medicine, recent advances in organoid technology, and new developments in proteomics: Berlin's Senator for Higher Education and Research, Health and Long-Term Care, Ina Czyborra, visited the Max Delbrück Center in early January to learn about the latest developments in biomedicine.