Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch

The Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch combines basic research in molecular biology and genetics with clinical research so that the latest medical discoveries can be brought to the bedside as quickly as possible. For this reason the scientists of the MDC collaborate closely with clinicians of two clinics in its vicinity, which are part of the Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin/Helios Klinikum Berlin - namely, with the Robert Rössle Cancer Clinic (RRK) and the Franz Volhard Clinic for Cardiovascular Diseases (FVK) in Berlin-Buch. The links between the MDC and these Berlin-Buch clinics are many and varied: Clinicians head research groups at the MDC, MDC researchers and clinicians pursue mutual research projects and the MDC supports research in the clinics in many ways including offering young clinicians a special training program in basic research.
MDC scientists and clinicians jointly aim at developing new methods for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer, cardiovascular, and neurological diseases. They work with modern molecular biological methods within all research programs of the MDC. These areas of research are:

  • Cardiovascular and metabolic diseases
  • Cancer Research
  • Function and Dysfunction of the nervous system

http://www.mdc-berlin.de/

Research Teams:

Molecular Biology of Peptide Hormones

Signal Transduction, Invasion and Metastasis of Epithelial Cells

Developmental Biology / Signal Transduction

Molecular Immunology and Gene Therapy

Molecular and Cell Biology of the (Epi)genome

Clinical and Molecular Oncology

Structure and Membrane Interaction of G-Proteins

Clinical Cardiovascular Research

Haematoloy, Oncology and Tumorimmunology

Experimental Pharmacology

Control of DNA Replication

Neuromuscular and Cardiovascular Cell Biology

Macromolecular Structure and Interaction

Experimential Genetics of Cardiovascular Diseases

Molecular Neurobiology

"Mobile DNA"

Physiology and Pathology of Ion Transport

Neuronal Stem Cells

Cellular Neurosciences

Molekulare Genetik allergischer Erkrankungen

Cell Differentiation and Tumorigenesis

Molecular Physiology of Somatic Sensation

Molecular Tumor Genetics

Genetics, Nephrology, Hypertension, and Vascular Injury

RNA Chemistry

RNA Editing and Hyperexcitability Disorders

Molecular Muscle Physiology

Molecular Immunotherapy

Systems Biology of Gene Regulatory Elements

Developmental Neurobiology

Cellular Immunology of Autoimmune Reactions

Cancer, Stem Cells, and Transcription Factors

Chromosomale Domänen und Genexpression

Signal Transduction in Tumor Cells

Surgical Oncology

Differentiation and Regeneration of Kidney Epithelia

Cancer Genetics and Cellular Stress Responses

Intracellular Signalling and Mass Spectrometry

Cell Polarity and Epithelial Development

Intracellular Proteolysis

Bioethics and Science Communication

Cardiovascular Molecular Genetics

Molecular Cell Biology and Gene Therapy

Proteomics and Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegenerative Diseases

Molecular Cardiovascular Research

Mathematical Modelling of Cellular Processes

Genetics of Tumor Progression and Metastasis