Research at Berlin-Buch
The Berlin-Buch Campus is a unique site for medical research and development in Germany. The Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), founded in 1992 as a model for clinical research from three institutes of the GDR Academy of Sciences, was the initial driving force for the development of the campus into a research and biotechnology site of supraregional significance. Since 2000, the Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) has played a major role in this development.
Today, on the 32-hectare site which can look back on a long scientific tradition, institutes for basic medical research, research clinics and biotechnology companies are located in close proximity to each other. Buch's researchers, doctors and entrepreneurs are collaborating in the development of new treatments and diagnostic procedures for cancer, cardiovascular and nervous system diseases.
A modern Congress Center with integrated laboratories on the campus offers multiple opportunities for scientific interaction.
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Equality in research drives innovation
Marking International Women's Day, Federal Research Minister Dorothee Bär met with female researchers at the Max Delbrück Center
more ...Gut microbes affect the heart via the brain
Researchers at the Max Delbrück Center have uncovered how a bacterial metabolite produced in the gut regulates heart function through specific brain cells. The findings, published in “Circulation Rese...
more ...Similar kinases play distinct roles in the brain
Researchers at the Max Delbrück Center show that two closely related enzymes, MNK1 and MNK2, act on the brain to regulate different behaviors. Their findings, published in “Molecular Psychiatry,” coul...
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18.03.2026, 08:30
vocatium Berlin focus 2026: Fachmesse für Ausbildung+Studium
Entdecke berufliche Möglichkeiten, informiere dich und sprich mit Expert:innen über Einstieg, Voraussetzungen und Bewerbung.
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Einladung: UniStem Day für Berliner Schülerinnen und Schüler aus Biokursen
Das German Stem Cell Network (GSCN) lädt die an Biologie interessierten Berliner Schülerinnen und Schüler (Biologie-Leistungskurse und Grundkurse) mit ihren Lehrkräften herzlich zum UniStem Day – zum ...
more ...22.09.2026, 09:00
GMP Biotech Summer School
Knowing and applying the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) regulations is one of the key elements in the manufacture of medicinal products for clinical trials and on an industrial level.
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