The Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology

Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin-Buch

The Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology is a major new initiative funded by the BMBF and Senate of Berlin (11.9 Mio € from 2008 to 2010), launched at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in Berlin-Buch, Germany. The project supports excellent scientific groups, high-end technologies in genomics and proteomics and a unique international PhD program.

Main research areas include RNA biology, miRNA functions, establishing new connections between variations in DNA sequence and disease, the regulation of translation, the status of the proteome and bioinformatic analysis of large-scale genome and proteome data. Current model organisms include planaria, nematodes, mice, rats and human cells. Click here to view a brochure with information about BIMSB.

Research Topics Currently Explored at the BIMSB

• Comparative genomics
• Differentiation and development
• Evolution of networks
• Model system development
• Proteomics
• Regulatory networks
• Transcriptomics

Contact person for general information:

Dr. Jutta Steinkötter, Manager of BIMSB.

Contact person for student exchange administration:

Jennifer Stewart, Graduate adminstration

Ongoing international exchange:

[will update with information about BIMSB/NYU exchange program]

Funding opportunities:

[pending information]