Aiming to bridge the gap between cutting-edge biomedical research and real-world clinical application, the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) entered into an agreement with BioLabs, an internationally known innovation laboratory platform with a network of shared lab and office workspaces, to support operations at the full-service BIH…
Dr. Maik Pietzner receives a W2 professorship for life for “Health Data Modeling” at the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH). His aim is to find disease-specific small changes in genes and thus target structures for innovative drugs. Using machine learning (ML) to mine huge amounts of heterogenous data sources, he wants to identify new…
Recovery Cat is an app that provides digital therapy support to people with severe mental illnesses. Effective immediately, patients who are insured with Techniker Krankenkasse (TK) can use the Recovery Cat service free of charge. Further insurances will follow. A spin-off from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Berlin Institute of Health…
When the liver is damaged by chronic diseases, it has the ability to regenerate itself. Cancer, however, can develop during the regeneration process. A team of researchers led by Ludovic Vallier, Einstein Professor for Stem Cells in Regenerative Therapies at the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH), recently showed that liver regeneration…
In cooperation with the BIH QUEST Center, the Einstein Foundation Berlin honors the Dutch microbiologist Elisabeth Bik, the platform PubPeer, and the initiative PixelQuality with the Einstein Foundation Award for Promoting Quality in Research 2024.
Medical research at Charité - Universitätmedizin Berlin and the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) should have the greatest possible impact on society and the economy, according to the mission of Charité BIH Innovation (CBI), the joint technology transfer of Charité and BIH. In order to provide a platform for the exchange of experiences and ideas…
The European Rare Diseases Research Alliance (ERDERA) is holding today, October 28, its official launch event, where it will set out its vision and ambition for tackling rare diseases as part of the EU’s research strategy in this field. Representatives of the European Commission, patients’ organizations and ERDERA project groups will present their…
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, will launch its new “WomenX Collective” programme at the World Health Summit in Berlin on October 14, followed the next day by the opening of its first hub office in a planned global network of centres specializing in the promotion of women's health, especially sexual and reproductive health, in the German…
