Press Release No. 48 November 15, 2023 Berlin Influential in their field Sofia Forslund, Friedemann Paul, and Nikolaus Rajewsky are among the Highly Cited Researchers 2023. Each year the company Clarivate compiles a "Who's Who" list of highly influential researchers.
Press Release No. 46 November 07, 2023 Berlin Hodgkin’s lymphoma: Small change, big effect Swapping just a single amino acid can play a decisive role in transforming healthy B cells into cancer cells. An international team led by ECRC researcher Stephan Mathas describes in “Nature Communications” how a point mutation in the transcription factor IRF4 profoundly alters gene regulation.
Science November 03, 2023 Preeclampsia: What tiny veins can tell us There are few pregnancy diseases as life-threatening as preeclampsia. But the danger doesn’t end after birth: Mothers with preeclamptic pregnancies have a much higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease later in life. Kristin Kräker from the Experimental and Clinical Research Center is working on an early warning system.
Science November 02, 2023 Unlocking skin cells' role in pain and touch At the Max Delbrück Center, Cheryl L. Stucky learned the techniques for studying pain receptors that she now teaches to young scientists as a professor in the USA. On November 8, the alumna will visit her former workplace and give a talk on how skin cells contribute to the sensations of touch and pain.
Science October 30, 2023 Microbiome research to get a boost Many researchers in the Berlin-Brandenburg region are studying the microbiome, the community of microorganisms that reside on and in our bodies. Sofia Forslund from the Experimental and Clinical Research Center now hopes to improve networking among them by establishing a virtual microbiome institute.
Press Release No. 45 October 30, 2023 Berlin Controlling organoids with light Organoids help researchers understand biological processes in health and in disease. It is, however, difficult to influence the way in which they organize themselves into complex tissues. Now a group led by Nikolaus Rajewsky has found a new way to do so. They report their work in Nature Methods.
Press Release No. 44 October 16, 2023 Berlin Mutation puts women at higher risk of heart failure When the PRDM16 gene mutates, heart muscle cells undergo changes in their metabolism. This increases the risk of congenital heart failure in women more than men, as a ECRC research team led by Sabine Klaassen and Jirko Kühnisch reports in “Cardiovascular Research.”
Press Release No. 43 October 11, 2023 Berlin Why research needs diversity A data gap that threatens timely diagnosis and treatment for half the population, the visibility of female researchers in Wikipedia, and myriads of microbes in and on our bodies – the Max Delbrück Center's program for the Berlin Science Week 2023 is focused on dimensions of diversity.
Press Release No. 42 October 04, 2023 Berlin Avatars to help tailor glioblastoma therapies Scientists have created a new zebrafish xenograft platform to screen for novel treatments for an aggressive brain tumor called glioblastoma, according to a new study by the Gerhardt and De Smet labs published in “EMBO Molecular Medicine.”
Science September 27, 2023 Research collaboration to improve immunotherapies The Berlin biotech Glycotope and the Max Delbrück Center have signed an agreement to explore the potential of combining Glycotope’s tumor-specific antibodies with CAR technology developed by the Max Delbrück Center. Their common goal: advancing immunotherapies against solid tumors.