Cancer development is associated with the gradual accumulation of DNA defects over time. Thus, cancer is considered an age-related disease. But why do children develop cancer? An international team of researchers, led by Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer…
On December 16, the network “sheHealth – Women in Digital Health” is holding a conference on the topic of women and artificial intelligence in medicine. With regard to both the data with which AI algorithms are “fed” and to the AI developers themselves, women are underrepresented in the field of…
The Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin are the first institutions in Germany to receive funding to create a translational partnership with the UK-based Wellcome Trust. Via its translational partnerships, the Wellcome Trust supports institutions in finding new…
The European initiative RESTORE invites you to join its 1st Advanced Therapies Science Meeting (ATSM) in Berlin on November 25 and 26. The meeting will focus on advanced therapy medicinal products, often known as “advanced therapies” or “living drugs,” which aim to cure diseases rather than to…
Nerve cells communicate with one another via signaling molecules. The rule is: the more of these molecules, the stronger the signal. Drugs and diseases influence these processes and can weaken or strengthen the signal. Together with colleagues of Einstein BIH Visiting Fellow Thomas Südhof from…
There can be no new therapies without research, and there can be no medicine of the future without new ideas: But how do we make the leap from lab to patient care? What steps are necessary to turn a successful experiment into a product that benefits patients? The answer is called “translational…
On 27.10.2019 the World Health Summit will begin in Berlin, one of the most important international conferences for global health issues with more than 2,500 participants from 100 nations. Science, politics, the private sector and civil society come together here to discuss the challenges of global…
During Berlin Science Week and to mark the occasion of the Future Medicine Science Match 2019, the Berlin Institute of Health is holding a BIH Diversithon on November 6. The Diversithon is a Wikipedia edit-a-thon that aims to increase the visibility of women scientists and other underrepresented…
Translation is the key focus at the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH). The aim is to transfer promising results from the laboratory to clinical practice, and to use observations from daily clinical routine as inspiration for new research ideas. For this to happen, certain conditions must be in place.…
“Breaking the Wall of…” is the challenge that the Falling Walls Lab has posed to young scientists and entrepreneurs in about 100 cities around the world. The aim is to promote exceptional ideas and to connect promising scientists and entrepreneurs from all fields on a global level. Participants get…
Antoinette Maassen van den Brink from Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam is the recipient of this year’s BIH Excellence Award for Sex and Gender Aspects in Health Research of the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH). Together with her project partner at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin,…
