Press releases
News and views on research at the Helmholtz Association - this is the place to look for all the press releases issued by the Helmholtz Association Research Centres. A comfortable search function helps you to view specific news items from the Helmholtz Research Centres in chronological order. Older press releases since 2003 can be found in our archive or on the website of the relevant Helmholtz Research Centre.
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22 May 2013, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch
The American stem cell researcher Professor Irving Weissman of Stanford University School of Medicine, California, USA, has received the Max Delbrück Medal of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), Berlin-Buch, Germany on the evening of May 21, 2013. With this medal the MDC honors the stem cell research of Professor Weissman, who has been at the forefront of this field for decades.
22 May 2013, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
It is known that signs of neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s disease can appear years before the disease becomes manifest; these signs take the form of subtle changes in the brain and behavior of individuals affected. For the first time, an international group of researchers led by the DZNE and the Bonn University Hospital has proven the existence of such signatures for motor disorders belonging to the group of “spinocerebellar ataxias”. The scientists report these findings in the current online edition of “The Lancet Neurology”. This pan-European study could open up new possibilities of early diagnosis and smooth the way for treatments which tackle diseases before the patient’s nervous system is irreparably damaged.
22 May 2013, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
Today, at the Berlin Science Park Adlershof, DESY commissioned the first telescope prototype of the Cherenkov Telescope Array CTA. In an inauguration ceremony, Professor Sabine Kunst, science minister of the German federal state of Brandenburg, Dr. Karl Eugen Huthmacher, head of department at the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research BMBF, Professor Helmut Dosch, chair of the DESY board of directors, and Professor Christian Stegmann, head of the DESY institute in Zeuthen, jointly commissioned the prototype. In the coming months, the fully functional full-scale model of the medium-sized of the planned three CTA telescope types will be used to test all functions for future operation at the CTA facility.
21 May 2013, External partners
The European Energy Research Alliance supports the European Commission's proposal to strengthen coordination of activities in the Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan) as proposed in the recent communication on Energy Technologies and Innovation.
21 May 2013, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) has elected biochemist Frank Bradke of the DZNE as one of its new members. According to the EMBO, 52 scientists joined the organization as new members this year along with Prof. Bradke. Members of the EMBO are considered the world’s most renowned molecular biologists.
