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Max Delbrück Center @mdc-berlin.bsky.social · 14h

Congratulations from all of us at #mdcBerlin to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi – winners of the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry for developing metal-organic frameworks!

More information 👇 & 👉: www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemi...

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Max Delbrück Center @mdc-berlin.bsky.social · 14h

Congrats to #mdcBerlin researchers Simone Spuler, Ana Pombo, Gabriele Schiattarella, Clara Vazquez, and Thoralf Niendorf! They are on the @tagesspiegel.de's list of the 100 most important minds in Berlin science.

Read more:
👉 www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/sie-g...
👉 www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/sie-s...

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Max Delbrück Center @mdc-berlin.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations from the #mdcBerlin to Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi, recipients of the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine, “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.” 🥳

More information 👇 & 👉: www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic... @ki.se

Karolinska Institutet @ki.se · 2d

The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for their groundbreaking discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance that prevents the immune system from harming the body 🧪 www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic...

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Max Delbrück Center @mdc-berlin.bsky.social · 2d

#NobelPrize="text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400">#NobelPrizeWeek starts today! If you want to follow the action, there's a livestream on the official @nobelprize.bsky.social website 👇

The #NobelPrize in "Physiology or Medicine" will be announced in less than two hours at 11:30 a.m. (CEST). #mdcBerlin

The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org

The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for the purpose of engaging, inspiring and spreading knowledge about the Nobel Prize as well as the discoveries and achievements of the laureates.

www.nobelprize.org

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Max Delbrück Center @mdc-berlin.bsky.social · 7d

We believe in fostering a community through exchange, dialogue, and mutual respect. 💙

Our "Town Hall Meetings" are a cornerstone of #mdcBerlin's culture. Colleagues from all over the institute come together to share ideas, ask questions, and celebrate progress. Today’s theme: Innovation @ Work

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Max Delbrück Center @mdc-berlin.bsky.social · 7d

Our #community now in action in our Town Hall Meeting!

Four times a year, colleagues from all teams & labs come together to exchange, celebrate, and connect. Today under the theme “Innovation @Work” with a science talk, an interactive session on entrepreneurship, and a Q&A with the Leadership Team.

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Max Delbrück Center @mdc-berlin.bsky.social · 8d

Don't miss this chance for a great opportunity!

MDC-BIMSB @mdc-bimsb.bsky.social · 9d

Passionate about #SystemsBiology and ready to lead your own research group?
Join us at the forefront of discovery — apply now to be a #GroupLeader at the NOVA Institute for Medical Systems Biology, in beautiful Lisbon, PT!

Appl. by Oct 8:
www.nature.com/naturecareer...

#ScienceJobs #JobOffer

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Max Delbrück Center @mdc-berlin.bsky.social · 13d

🥳 Congrats! #mdcBerlin's Erich Wanker has joined the Scientific Advisory Board of the Huntington’s Disease Foundation (HDF)! He's one of the few European voices among U.S. experts advancing Huntington’s research.

👉 Learn more about Wanker and his work: www.mdc-berlin.de/news/news/re... 👈

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Max Delbrück Center @mdc-berlin.bsky.social · 14d

Europe’s competitiveness starts in the lab. From #mRNA vaccines to #cancer therapies and sustainable agriculture – every breakthrough builds on fundamental research. As a proud member of @eu-life.bsky.social, we call for strong and long-term support to secure discovery-driven science in Europe.

EU-LIFE @eu-life.bsky.social · 15d

📣 EU-LIFE brings together the voices of 16 leading #biotech #innovation experts, including scientists, CEOs, investors & #TechTransfer professionals, who all agree on one thing:

𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲’𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴, 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴-𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆-𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵.

➡️ doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

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Max Delbrück Center @mdc-berlin.bsky.social · 21d

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... 👈

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Max Delbrück Center @mdc-berlin.bsky.social · 23d

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... 👈

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Max Delbrück Center @mdc-berlin.bsky.social · 26d

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... 👈

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Max Delbrück Center @mdc-berlin.bsky.social · 27d

🚀 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... 👈

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Max Delbrück Center @mdc-berlin.bsky.social · 29d

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... 👈

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Max Delbrück Center @mdc-berlin.bsky.social · 29d

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...

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Max Delbrück Center @mdc-berlin.bsky.social · Sep 8

🎉 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 #mdcBerlin

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Max Delbrück Center @mdc-berlin.bsky.social · Sep 4

🎉 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

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Max Delbrück Center @mdc-berlin.bsky.social · Sep 3

🎉 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...

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Max Delbrück Center @mdc-berlin.bsky.social · Aug 29

📧 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

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Helmholtz Imaging @helmholtzimaging.bsky.social · Aug 28

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

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Max Delbrück Center @mdc-berlin.bsky.social · Aug 28

📢 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...

Poster for "Afternoon for Immunology" on 4 September 2025 at MDC-Campus Buch, featuring talks, coffee break, and networking.

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Max Delbrück Center @mdc-berlin.bsky.social · Aug 27

🎧 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...

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Svetlana Ugarcina Perovic @svetlanaup.bsky.social · Aug 26

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...

Biopolis - into the microbiome

A young scientist ventures into the human microbiome in search of answers. Biopolis is an original audio series that is part non-fiction and part science fiction.Dutch podcastmaker Michiel van Poelgee...

springcast.app

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Max Delbrück Center @mdc-berlin.bsky.social · Aug 21

🦠 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...

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EU-OPENSCREEN ERIC @eu-openscreen.bsky.social · Aug 20

📢 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

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