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Around 220 high school students from across Berlin came to the conference center of the Max Delbrück Center in Buch in mid-March with one topic on their minds: stem cell research. For the tenth time, the German Stem Cell Network (GSCN, stem cell research dialogue platform at BIH) hosted UniStem Day.

Max Delbrück Center and Helmholtz Imaging scientists have developed open-source software that simplifies the study of cell polarity with fluorescence microscopy. Published in “Nature Communications,” the innovation may streamline research on many basic biological processes such as tissue repair.

Somesh Sai is a postdoc in the Sander lab. He explores how islet beta cells adapt to metabolic stress at the single-cell level. As a Postdoc Representative, he loves to organize events like Postdoc lunches and After Hours. He recommends a Chinese author who gained global fame for his sci-fi novels.

How can AI transform scientific research? The Helmholtz Foundation Model Initiative brought together a diverse group of experts during its first workshop. In an interview, Max Delbrück Center scientist Dagmar Kainmüller explains foundation models and why interdisciplinary collaboration is important.

Researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Max Delbrück Center have detailed the precise mechanism through which the inflammatory signaling molecule IL-12 contributes to Alzheimer’s disease. The study was published in the journal “Nature Aging.”

What does the 3D structure of protein look like? And what does this mean about its function? For decades, structural biologist Udo Heinemann has explored these questions at the Max Delbrück Center. Now, the German Society for Crystallography is honoring his life’s work.

Researchers from Medical University of Vienna, Charité Berlin and Max Delbrück Center have identified the CD74 protein as a new drug target to treat deadly skin lymphoma. The study was published in the “British Journal of Dermatology.”

A study led by Tobias Pischon has found that low socioeconomic status raises the risk of cardiovascular disease in women more so than in men. The study in the "Journal of the American Heart Association" underlines the importance of gender-specific prevention.

From better 3D printers for biological structures to soil remediation with microorganisms – in the 60th round of “Jugend forscht,” regional students presented their exciting research projects on the Berlin-Buch campus.

Dr. Gabriele G. Schiattarella has been awarded a W2 Professorship for Cardiometabolic Diseases at the Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité. He will continue to study one of the biggest challenges in cardiology: heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.