Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
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The Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) in Berlin-Buch is one of the sixteen research centers of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres. The Max Delbrück Center was founded in January 1992 as successor of the Zentralinstitut für Molekularbiologie that depended of the German Academy of Sciences Berlin
until 1990. The center is named after Berlin
-born Nobel prize
laureate Max Delbrück
. The institute combines basic research in Molecular Biology
with clinical research
.
The following three disease areas are focused on:
The current scientific director is Prof. Dr. Walter Rosenthal. He is also a professor at the Charité
– Universitätsmedizin Berlin, one of the largest university hospitals in Germany.
German Academy of Sciences Berlin
The German Academy of Sciences at Berlin , later renamed Academy of Sciences of the German Democratic Republic was the most important research institution of East Germany.The academy was founded in 1946 by the Soviet Military Administration in Germany to continue the long tradition of the...
until 1990. The center is named after Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
-born Nobel prize
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
laureate Max Delbrück
Max Delbrück
Max Ludwig Henning Delbrück was a German-American biophysicist and Nobel laureate.-Biography:Delbrück was born in Berlin, German Empire...
. The institute combines basic research in Molecular Biology
Molecular biology
Molecular biology is the branch of biology that deals with the molecular basis of biological activity. This field overlaps with other areas of biology and chemistry, particularly genetics and biochemistry...
with clinical research
Clinical research
Clinical research is a branch of medical science that determines the safety and effectiveness of medications, devices, diagnostic products and treatment regimens intended for human use...
.
The following three disease areas are focused on:
- CardiovascularCardiovascular diseaseHeart disease or cardiovascular disease are the class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels . While the term technically refers to any disease that affects the cardiovascular system , it is usually used to refer to those related to atherosclerosis...
and metabolic diseases - CancerCancerCancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
research - Function and dysfunction of the nervous systemNervous systemThe nervous system is an organ system containing a network of specialized cells called neurons that coordinate the actions of an animal and transmit signals between different parts of its body. In most animals the nervous system consists of two parts, central and peripheral. The central nervous...
The current scientific director is Prof. Dr. Walter Rosenthal. He is also a professor at the Charité
Charité
The Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin is the medical school for both the Humboldt University and the Free University of Berlin. After the merger with their fourth campus in 2003, the Charité is one of the largest university hospitals in Europe....
– Universitätsmedizin Berlin, one of the largest university hospitals in Germany.