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Research Highlights

Our research teams publish around 450 specialist articles every year. Our research highlights can be found here, presented in a comprehensible format.

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Research News & Events

Heike Graßmann

Heike Graßmann new State Secretary in Saxony

The Max Delbrück Center congratulates Professor Heike Graßmann, who has served as Administrative Director of the research center since 2018, on her appointment as State Secretary for Science, Culture, and Tourism in Saxony. Graßmann will assume her new role in Dresden on February 1, 2025.
Maike Sander
Institute & Campus

At the helm of Helmholtz Health: Maike Sander

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.
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Developing a CRISPR therapy for muscular dystrophy

Researchers at the Experimental and Clinical Research Center in Berlin are developing a targeted treatment for muscular dystrophy with the help of gene-editing. Preclinical research led by the Spuler Lab published in “Nature Communications” now paves the way for first-in-human clinical trials.
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The real story about probiotics

Probiotics are good for us, right? International experts – including Sofia Forslund – take on the literature in “Nature Reviews.” They find that more research is needed to determine what exactly makes for a healthy microbiome and if probiotics can restore healthy microbes killed off by antibiotics.
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Images of transformation

In her exhibition “Metamorphosis,” Eleonora Adami showcases digital illustrations and cyanotype prints. These works, which invite viewers to reflect on the concepts of change and transformation, will be on display at MDC-BIMSB until the end of January.
Quentin Sattentau
Institute & Campus

What are you reading, Mr Sattentau?

Quentin Sattentau, professor of immunology, has been researching how lymphocytes communicate during cell activation and death since 2022 at the Max Delbrück Center. A passionate reader, he recommends the new novel by a young Irish author, often celebrated as the “voice of a generation.”
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Wonders of the animal world

In collaboration with illustrator Kat Menschik, Max Delbrück Center science writer Russell Hodge has published a book about the bizarre traits some animals have evolved to cope with their harsh environments. He also explores what we can learn from them. The work was supported by Stiftung Charité.
Ana Pombo

Leibniz Prize awarded to Ana Pombo

The German Research Foundation (DFG) has announced that biochemist Ana Pombo from the Max Delbrück Center is among this year’s winners of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize. With a grant of €2.5 million, the Leibniz Prize is one of the highest endowed research prizes in Germany.
Maike Sander
Institute & Campus

Maike Sander elected member of the BBAW

On Einstein Day 2024, the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities elected four new members. Maike Sander is among the new inductees. We congratulate her!

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Publications

Protocol for high-resolution 3D spatial transcriptomics using Open-ST

STAR Protoc

Sex- and site-specific associations of circulating lipocalin 2 and incident colorectal cancer: Results from the EPIC cohort

Int J Cancer

Therapy adherence after interdisciplinary tumour board discussion is associated with improved outcome in soft tissue sarcoma: a Charité Comprehensive Cancer Centre analysis

Int J Cancer

Cytokine-armed vaccinia virus promotes cytotoxicity toward pancreatic carcinoma cells via activation of human intermediary CD56(dim)CD16(dim) natural killer cells

Int J Cancer

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