With passion and dedication in Berlin-Buch
What does good science require? What conditions enable excellent research and innovations? What needs improvement, and what is already in place? These were the questions discussed by the Mayor with Heike Graßmann, Administrative Director, and Holger Gerhardt, Deputy Scientific Director of the Max Delbrück Center. The discussion not only revolved around research topics but also structural improvements at the site. Besides cutting-edge technology and equipment and excellent teams, affordable and attractive housing, reliable public transport connections to the research campus, quality childcare, and sustainable management are important factors for the Campus to shine internationally.
In Katja Simon's lab, Governing Mayor Kai Wegner takes a look through the microscope.
Governing Mayor Kai Wegner (left) with Katja Simon and her group. Her team includes (from left to right) Isabel Panse, Ramona Zummach, Simon Christof Rapp, Elisabeth Greßler, Daniela Keyner, Carolin Knappe, Accompanied by Holger Gerhardt and Heike Graßmann (right in the picture).
f.l.t.r.: Maria Jäpel (FMP), Deputy Scientific Director Holger Gerhardt, Executive Director Leibniz Research Institute for Molecular Pharmacology (FMP) Dorothea Fiedler, Managing Director, Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. (FVB) Nicole Münnich, Governing Mayor Kai Wegner, Administrative Director Heike Graßmann
Head of the Cryo-Electron Microscopy Platform Christoph Diebolder (left) explains the function of the microscope to Governing Mayor Kai Wegner.
During his visit to Professor Katja Simon's laboratory, Berlin's head of government learned about the latest findings on aging processes and autophagy and took a look through the microscope himself. In the recently opened Isolde Dietrich House for cryo-electron microscopy, Wegner inspected the high-performance device, whose potential was presented by Platform Leader Dr. Christoph Diebolder. “I am impressed by the passion and dedication with which important future topics are being worked on here at Campus Buch," said Kai Wegner.
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