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Awaiting Pez’s presentation of WAMBIAN - iNAMES efforts to strengthen ties between local and international research and to create a network for West African scientists interested in using microscopy!

Dr. Pez Hayes, alongside our iNAMES students, taught a workshop in Dakar, Senegal, supported by iNAMES, to help transform the landscape of microscopy in West Africa. Today, Pez is presenting their story! @eu-life.bsky.social #ScienceVision

Photograph with text: The image shows a large group of people posing on indoor steps, wearing name badges and green lanyards, with some holding a large printed banner in front. The group consists of individuals of various ages and dress styles. Two large potted plants are visible in the background. The banner contains multiple logos and text, including "LABORATOIRE DE GÉNOMIQUE," "WAMBIAN," "MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER," and "openflexure microscope." The text on the banner describes the “WAMBIAN Bio-Imaging Workshop Dakar 2024” held at Université Cheikh Anta Diop from December 2–7, and lists workshop topics and facilitators.

🔬 Since 2018, WAMBIAN – the West Africa Microscopy & Bio-Image Analysis Network – has been growing imaging expertise across the region.

The latest workshop in Senegal was led by #mdcBerlin scientists, including Peran Hayes.

👉 Read the full story now: www.mdc-berlin.de/news/news/mi... 👈

🎉 A warm welcome to our associate student Lilli from
Weizmann-Institute of Science! Good to have you in iNAMES! 🎓✨ @mdc-berlin.bsky.social

🎉 First Dr. of the iNAMES community! In just 3 years and 5 months at @mdc-berlin.bsky.social, our student Marius Weismehl defended his PhD thesis on "Structural insights into the activation mechanism of antimicrobial GBP1" in Oli Daumke's lab. We're super proud! Congrats, Marius! 🌟🎓

🚀 Proud of our student Gamze! She was in Vienna presenting her research at the FENS Forum 2024. Her poster on "Thermal encoding by GABAergic interneurons in the posterior insular cortex" was a hit! 🌡️🧠 #FENS2024

👀 Don't forget to follow Adrià on LinkedIn for updates on his research:

Meet our amazing student Adrià! 🧬 He is working on the use of a genome-wide shRNA screening with the guidance of Prof. Dr. Michela Di Virgilio from @mdc-berlin.bsky.social and Prof. Dr. Ziv Shulman from Weizmann-Institute of Science

"Attending the workshop right by the beach was incredible! I was pleasantly surprised by the number of young scientists. Networking was a breeze with multiple sunny breaks and a fantastic dinner with delicious tapas. Kudos to the organisers for keeping everything on time!"

🌊 Our student Antonia was in Barcelona for her poster presentation at the "Building networks 2024: engineering in vascular biology" workshop organised by
@embo.org! 🌞 Let's hear how it went from Antonia herself:

In her studies, she is combining different approaches to understand the interactions between CAR-T cells, cancer cells and the tumour microenvironment 👩‍🔬 Don't forget to check her LinkedIn to learn more! 👀 t.co/t4k8t9ls0W

🔬 Meet our brilliant student Franziska! Franziska is working in Dr. Uta Höpken's lab here at @mdc-berlin.bsky.social, and in Prof. Dr. Steffen Jung's lab at Weizmann-Institute of Science 🌟

🎉 A warm welcome to our new PhD student Facundo! Excited to have you in iNAMES 🎓🫰

We were honoured to have three incredible keynote speakers: Ori Avinoam and Tali Kimchi from Weizmann-Institute of Science and Ivano Legnini from Human Technopole Milan 🎙️🥼 A huge thanks goes to them, to our students, and to the organisers for making this an unforgettable retreat ❤️

Last year in spring we gathered at the beautiful Apart Hotel Haveltreff for an inspiring iNAMES PhD Retreat 🏨🌴 We enjoyed the gorgeous nature of Schwielowsee, had chalk talk presentations, workshops, fantastic talks from our keynote speakers ––and also built some spaghetti towers 🗼🫰

Bilguun is working on the 'Development and Application of Radiofrequency Technology for Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging at Ultrahigh Fields' 🥼 Follow him on ResearchGate to not miss any updates on his research 🧠💡 t.co/2i0lFmDHHb

Say hi to our dedicated student Bilguun! 🌐 He is under the mentorship of Prof. Dr. Thoralf Niendorf at Niendorf Lab in
@mdc-berlin.bsky.social, and Dr. Rita Schmidt at Schmidt MRI Lab in Weizmann-Institute of Science 🚀

Lison was visiting Dr. Nancy L Cho’s lab in the department of Neurosurgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital, @harvardmed.bsky.social to explore groundbreaking research! 🧠🔬 During her visit Lison got to work with organoids, chilled at the campus, toured Boston, and ate an enormous burger! 🧫🍔

Meet our inspiring iNAMES student Lison! She is a PhD student in the Niendorf lab here at
@mdc-berlin.bsky.social 🌟 Lison was visiting Boston last year these times! What was she doing there? 👀🔍

Check our webpage to see the exciting research the Lewin Lab for Molecular Physiology of Somatic Sensation is doing 👀 t.co/QHG1EhrZqg

🌟 Meet Letizia, our incredible student! She is exploring the molecular characterisation of protein tethers with the guidance of her @mdc-berlin.bsky.social mentor, Prof. Dr. Gary Lewin, and her Weizmann-Institute of Science mentor, Prof. Dr. Mike Fainzilber from Molecular Neurobiology Group 🤝

Check our page to learn more about what Daniel's MDC lab "In Situ Structural Biology" is doing 👀
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Meet our outstanding student, Daniel! 🌟 He is currently delving into the world of RyR1 in differentiating skeletal muscle using cryo-electron tomography with Prof. Dr. Mikhail Kudryashev from @mdc-berlin.bsky.social and Dr. Ori Avinoam from Weizmann-Institute of Science 🤝

Antonia is also working with Prof. Dr. Karina Yaniv from Weizmann-Institute of Science and with Prof. Dr. Philipp Junker from Charité Berlin 🧪

🔬 Meet Antonia: an iNAMES student delving into endothelial cell complexities and arterio-lympho-venous specifics in zebrafish at Prof. Dr. Holger Gerhardt’s lab in @mdc-berlin.bsky.social

Curious to dive deeper into Ali Osman's research? 👀👀 Connect with him on LinkedIn for more insights:
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Ali Osman says that having different mentors from
@mdc-berlin.bsky.social and Weizmann-Institute of Science makes him feel more competent in solving potential problems in his project ✨

Meet our student Ali Osman! 🔎 He is working on the ground signalling of glioblastoma states with Dr. Gaetano Gargiulo from @mdc-berlin.bsky.social and with Dr. Itay Tirosh from Weizmann-Institute of Science

Follow Clara on LinkedIn for a peek into her fascinating research 👀
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