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From cell biology to CRISPR gene editing technology – the Life Science Learning Lab at the Berlin-Buch research campus offers both students and teachers the opportunity to immerse themselves in science. This year, “Gläsernes Labor” celebrates its 25th anniversary.

In addition to their work at the Max Delbrück Center, many people from research and administration volunteer their time. For "We at the MDC," six everyday heroes tell us how they help others and strengthen the community in their free time.

This year, young researchers from Berlin were once again drawn to the regional competition "Jugend forscht". Pictures and videos provide insight into the colorful competition on the Berlin-Buch Campus.

Campus Berlin-Buch has a new incubator for life science start-ups: 8,000 square meters of state-of-the-art laboratory and office space have been built on the Science and Technology Campus. The BerlinBioCube was ceremonially opened on October 11, 2023 in the presence of the Governing Mayor.

Cryo-electron microscopy allows structural biologists to look at the most minute building blocks of life. We celebrated the opening of the joint Core Facility and the corresponding research building of Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Max Delbrück Center with a symposium.

The Berlin competition "Who cycles the most?" has come to a close, with the Max Delbrück Center and the facilities of Campus Buch took third-place. Approximately nine percent of all employees from administration and science participated in the competition, taking to their saddles.

At the “Hauptstadtforum” of the MINT-EC school excellence network, students had the opportunity to learn about the latest research at the Max Delbrück Center, including how to use machine learning to decode data and enhance immune cells to protect from COVID-19.

“Mach Ideen groß” is the theme of this year’s nationwide “Jugend forscht” competition. At Campus Berlin-Buch the young scientists presented more than 20 projects. Seven of them made it to the regional championship.

After 25 years at the Max Delbrück Center, Dana Lafuente is leaving. She has made her mark as an administrative coordinator, on Campus Berlin-Buch, and in the Society of Friends, always advocating for the interests and concerns of all employees. Now she plans to do something different: open a mushroom school. Max Delbrück would understand.

On November 1, 2022, Professor Maike Sander took over as Scientific Director of the Max Delbrück Center. The diabetes researcher succeeds Professor Thomas Sommer, who had directed the Center on an interim basis since 2019.