ADPKD affects 1 in 1,000 children – but only one drug exists, and it mainly targets symptoms. Now, an international team led by #mdcBerlin / #mdcBIMSB's Michael Kaminski shows how base editing can restore protein function and shrink cysts in mice. Full story: 👉 www.mdc-berlin.de/news/press/g...#mdcBerlin👈

Cells use nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) to destroy faulty RNA before it can cause harm. Researchers at the #mdcBerlin and the University of Cologne uncovered hidden RNA variants and built a free database for the field. Check out the full story: 👉 www.mdc-berlin.de/news/press/h... 👈

Nearly 50 new cancer drugs are approved each year – but which one fits which patient? At the #mdcBerlin, @al2na.bsky.social’s team built Flexynesis, a deep learning toolkit to guide precision cancer care. Learn more: 👉 www.mdc-berlin.de/news/press/u... 👈

🚀 Deadline approaching: apply by September 17 and become a GLOBAL POSTDOC FELLOW at the #mdcBerlin. You'll co-develop projects with two supervising labs, tackling biomedical grand challenges – with full salary, modern infrastructure, and career support. More: 👉 www.mdc-berlin.de/postdocs#t-g...#mdcBerlin👈

Researchers at the #mdcBerlin developed a new method called TESLA-seq that links gene regulatory elements to their targets – faster and more precisely. The team mapped 200+ CaREs in the PHOX2B region, revealing new connections to disease-relevant genes. More: 👉 www.mdc-berlin.de/news/press/u...#mdcBerlin👈

Dominik Müller has been awarded the 2025 Excellence Award for #Hypertension Research by American Heart Association. In his talk, he asks how science can be made more #sustainable: “what good is all our work if we’re destroying the very foundations of life?” 👉 www.mdc-berlin.de/news/news/do...

🎉 Congrats to Mahak Singhal on his €1.5M European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant! He explores how shifts in vascular rhythms impact organ health, aging, and the onset of disease. More details: 👉 www.mdc-berlin.de/news/news/hi... #ERCStG @uniheidelberg.bsky.social#ERCStG#mdcBerlin

🎉 Congratulations to Markus Mittnenzweig on receiving an ERC Starting Grant! With €1.5 million in funding from the @erc.europa.eu, he will investigate @mdc-bimsb.bsky.social how early-stage embryonic zebrafish cells become specialized tissues. 👉 Details: www.mdc-berlin.de/news/press/m...  #ERCStG

🎉 Ashley Sanders has been awarded W3 professorship from Charité Berlin. Congratulations! This honors her contributions to the field of #SingleCell #DNA sequencing, where she has helped redefine understanding of genomic structure and variability. 🔗 Details: www.mdc-berlin.de/news/news/pr...

📧 Sleeping #tumor cells, boosting #vaccine efficacy, and a sci-fi #podcast Curious about the latest in biomedical research? Get our "Insights" #newsletter delivered to your inbox every month – sign up here: 👉 www.mdc-berlin.de/newsletter

Oct 16: Last, but not least: Dagmar Kainmüller (Helmholtz Imaging, @mdc-berlin.bsky.social) on current machine learning models for image segmentation—including how to apply such models to large data. Register for the series 👉 bit.ly/6-image-proc... @helmholtz.de #imaging #Segmentation

📢 Interested in #immunology research? Join our “Afternoon for Immunology”! Scientists at all career stages will present their research. 📍 September 4, 15:00-18:00 Robert-Rössle-Str 10 Dendrit 2/3 13125 Berlin 🔗 www.mdc-berlin.de/Afternoonfor...

🎧 A #sciencePodcast about bacteria – told as a sci-fi adventure: “Biopolis” invites you to explore the #microbiome. You can listen to all episodes of the podcast by @theda.bsky.social and Michiel van Poelgeest now. Interview and podcast: www.mdc-berlin.de/news/news/th...

Podcast recommendation: oh, I just discovered–Biopolis–A young scientist is looking for answers in the human microbiome! Michiel van Poelgeest talks with Theda Bartolomaeus, a microbiome scientist. Brilliant! springcast.app/biopolis-int...

🦠 Trillions of microbes live in us – but what do they mean for our health? 🎧 Biopolis – into the microbiome: a new podcast by Michiel van Poelgeest with Dr. Theda Bartolomaeus (#mdcBerlin). Ep1 🔊 springcast.app/biopolis-int...

📢 Last chance to register for the #CytoData2025 Hackathon! 🗓️ Nov 17–19, Berlin. Join cross-disciplinary teams to explore Cell Painting data from 100,000 compounds at EU-OS. ⏰ Reg closes Aug 27! More info 👉 cytodata25.eu-openscreen.eu @fmp-berlin.de @mdc-berlin.bsky.social @cytodata.bsky.social

🧬 What if targeting receptor clusters could make cancer therapies safer? Congrats to Dr. Igor Maciel Souza Silva (#mdcBerlin), awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship to study how EGFR clustering shapes cancer biology using cryo-electron tomography. 🔗 www.mdc-berlin.de/news/news/ig...

Congratulations to Klaus Rajewsky, honored by EFIS with its first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to immunology. 🔗 www.mdc-berlin.de/news/news/kl...

Can fasting boost vaccine protection as we age? A trial at #mdcBerlin is testing intermittent fasting before flu & COVID shots to strengthen immunity in adults 60+. Aging weakens the immune system, but fasting may restore autophagy and improve vaccine responses. 🔗 www.mdc-berlin.de/news/news/bo...

When science education meets research At the @glaeserneslabor.bsky.social, 24 teens spent a week investigating genetics, immune responses & allergy diagnostics. The new course is part of a collaboration between #mdcBerlin, Charité, DZKJ & @drfzberlin.bsky.social. 🔗 www.mdc-berlin.de/news/news/pr...

🧬 How do immune cells talk – and what happens when they don’t? A new technology by Simon Haas & Daniel Hübschmann maps millions of cell contacts 🔬 It shows how immune responses shift in disease & therapy. 📊 A step toward personalized medicine! 🔗 Read more: www.mdc-berlin.de/news/press/h...

Lead your independent research project as a #postdoc in our 3-year #fellowship. The program includes full-time employment with competitive salary, budget, structured co-supervision, mentoring and advanced training Apply from August 4 to August 28 👉 www.mdc-berlin.de/postdocs#t-g...#postdoc#fellowship Please share!

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Celebrating #PrideMonthBerlin, the @mdc-berlin.bsky.social @mdc-bimsb.bsky.social hosted 'Pride at MDC – Resilience in Times of Change' — a powerful event that reminded us why inclusive science matters.

We're taking a clear stand against sexism and strive to create a respectful environment where diversity is recognized and valued. During #PrideMonthBerlin we launch an exhibition at @mdc-bimsb.bsky.social making the issue of sexism and sexual harassment visible. www.mdc-berlin.de/about/values...

It's that time of the year - @mdc-berlin.bsky.social Pride Symposium in its 4th edition with great talks and discussions on intersectionality and DEI in general. As Neil Young said on Waldbuehne the other day - "Times are rough, we gotta look out for each other" 🫶 #MdcDiversity

Don't miss our @mdc-berlin.bsky.social Pride Symposium starting at 13:00 today! I'll be moderating the panel discussion with @inanna-nalytica.bsky.social and others about resilience in the LGBTQ+ community. #MDCdiversity www.mdc-berlin.de/news/events/...

Weiterhin freuen wir uns vorstellen zu können: Clara Vázquez García vom @mdc-berlin.bsky.social.

🏆 Images from #mdcBerlin received top honors in the @helmholtzimaging.bsky.social “Best Scientific Image Contest”! Jury Award for @janakroll.bsky.social, Daumke Lab Public Choice Award for Dr. Rafael Deliz Aguirre, @coscialab.bsky.social Full details: www.mdc-berlin.de/news/news/tw...

Cells are like engine rooms. Our researcher Oliver Daumke maps their machinery – molecule by molecule. His lab at the #mdcBerlin studies how protein machines fold, interact, and malfunction – and what that means for disease and therapy. Full portrait: 👉 www.mdc-berlin.de/news/news/ce...#mdcBerlin👈

Developing a new approach to treating heart failure: #mdcBerlin researcher Michael Gotthardt and Alessio Alogna (#Charité) receive €650K from the @dzhk.de to develop a therapy for HFpEF. Their goal: restoring elasticity to stiffened hearts using ASOs. More: 👉 www.mdc-berlin.de/news/news/re... 👈

🎉 Congrats to #mdcBerlin researcher Thoralf Niendorf on his @erc.europa.eu Proof of Concept Grant! His team is exploring whether MRI heat could one day help treat brain tumors – with fewer risks than surgery. 👉 Read about the project: www.mdc-berlin.de/news/news/tr... 👈 #ERCPoC

🏳️‍🌈 Resilience in Times of Change: Join #mdcBerlin’s LGBTQI+ community for the 4th Pride Symposium on July 18 at #mdcBIMSB. Talks, panel discussion, bake sale, and a Pride After Hour – amplifying queer voices in science. Info and registration: 👉 www.mdc-berlin.de/news/news/me...#mdcBerlin’s👈

🏅 Double win for Clara Vázquez García! She receives both a @helmholtz.de Doctoral Award and a Field Study Fellowship for her work on immune fitness and DNA repair. Clara is a #postdoc in Kathrin de la Rosa's lab at the #mdcBerlin. Read the full story: 👉 www.mdc-berlin.de/news/news/cl... 👈

Ever tried running AI on 100 TB of data? You’ll need more than your laptop. The #mdcBerlin now hosts HAICORE, a @helmholtz.de initiative for GPU-powered science. Think: 🔹 50K GPU hours 🔹 H100 infrastructure 🔹 Projects from cancer to climate 👉 Read more: www.mdc-berlin.de/news/news/ha... 👈

AI can’t replace your doctor – but it might help you find the right one. New study by @al2na.bsky.social from #mdcBerlin: ✔️ 97% accuracy in specialist referrals ✔️ 82% in diagnosis ⚠️ Triage still needs work 👉 Interview: www.helmholtz.de/en/newsroom/... 👉 Study: www.mdc-berlin.de/news/news/ai...

€30 million for AI-driven medicine. Organoids, ion channels, and award-winning images. Last month’s "Insights" #newsletter from the #mdcBerlin is packed full of hot topics! 👉 Read now: www.mdc-berlin.de/insights-june 👉 Sign up: www.mdc-berlin.de/form/newslet...

🌿 Four labs at the #mdcBerlin are now LEAF-certified – and many more are going greener. From shared freezers to adjustable air exchange rates, sustainability starts with small changes. Ready to rethink your own lab habits? Here's how some of our labs did it: 👉 www.mdc-berlin.de/news/news/cu...#mdcBerlin👈

It is now possible for participants to sign up for the "Unconference" focused on taking action on responsible research! Scientists, science managers, journal editors, policy makers & more - take a look at the 10 interesting projects that will be developed on site during the event! 🧪 🌟Please share!🌟

🎉 @embo.org welcomes #mdcBerlin’s Maike Sander! Our Scientific Director joins over 2,100 life scientists shaping the future of research in #Europe. 💬 Learn more about her work and what the #EMBO membership means: 👉 www.mdc-berlin.de/news/press/m... 👈

🫀 From sensing touch to shaping the heart – #PIEZO2 does more than we thought. A new study from the Hammes Lab at #mdcBerlin shows that it plays a role in normal coronary vessel development and congenital heart disease. Read the full story: 👉 www.mdc-berlin.de/news/news/ho... 👈

📣 We’re hiring a Program Coordinator for HEIBRiDS – a unique #PhD#school at the intersection of data science and natural sciences. Position based at the #mdcBerlin on #CampusBuch, starting September 1, 2025. Apply by July 15th! 👉 Details here: www.mdc-berlin.de/career/jobs/...#PhD#school👈

This has been a great #lndw25 on @campusbuch.bsky.social#lndw25 Thank you for everyone who made this happen! 🎉

🎧 What is the microbiome? Is it broken? @theda.bsky.social launched a new #podcast at #LNDW24! Listen to "Biopolis - into the microbiome" on: Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/4weCV7a... Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/b...

Observe a heart attack in virtual space, listen to a science talk, learn about biolocial process - and listen to a concert. There's a lot going on at our #lndw25 @campusbuch.bsky.social#lndw25

Was haben Krebszellen und DNA-Kreise miteinander zu tun? Robin Xu vom @mdc-berlin.bsky.social erklärt es bei der Langen Nacht der Wissenschaft #LNDW25 #mdcBerlin

The Long Night of Sciences #lndw25 just started on @campusbuch.bsky.social! Step inside an artery - and enjoy one of our other highlights: 🌛 www.mdc-berlin.de/long-night-s...

🧠 Berlin is getting a €30M boost from @helmholtz.de for AI-powered medicine. New hubs at #mdcBerlin on #CampusBuch and at #mdcBIMSB will drive precision prevention, single-cell tech, and personalized therapies. Learn more about AI2M: 👉 www.mdc-berlin.de/news/press/b...

🔬 Tiny machines, big impact: Proteins are essential to life. At #LNDW25, #PhD students from the lab of @mishakudryashev.bsky.social explain how these molecular machines impact our health and disease. 📍 June 28 | #CampusBuch ℹ️ www.mdc-berlin.de/long-night-s... 🎟️ lndw-tickets.reservix.de/events

🎉 Today, we are celebrating 30 years @helmholtz.de! Since 1995, the #mdcBerlin has helped advance health research as part of the #Helmholtz Association. Watch the festivities live (6 PM): 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-o4... #mdcBerlin📽️ Maike Sander, our Scientific Director, also has a message!👇🔬 #Helmholtz30

🧬 “We want to shake up medicine.” That’s the aim of ImmunoPreCept – a new research cluster rethinking health and disease from the ground up. The goal: personalized prevention based on understanding immune system signaling at the molecular level. 👉 www.mdc-berlin.de/news/news/im... 👈 #mdcBerlin