Review of the 12th „Lange Nacht der Wissenschaft“

On May 20^th, the 12^th „Lange Nacht der Wissenschaft“ took place in Magdeburg. This year, the doctoral students of the MGK 854 came up with something special. In keeping with the theme of “the language of immune cells”, future scientists learned about the immune system.

On the Malstraße, the children learned about immune cells and painted them on stickers that they could take home. The students of the Teddy Clinic patched up lots of plush patients and showed the birthing place of immune cells on organ-shaped teddy bears. Anyone who was interested in performing a small but real experiment could isolate strawberry DNA. Of course, afterwards they proudly brought the isolated DNA home. The rush of visitors showed that the program was very popular among the younger visitors. Maybe we’ll see a few of them in 10 to 15 years as masters students in M. Sc. Immunology!

Photos: Elke Linder, Alexander Lepp and Martina Beyrau.