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Successful Dresden Science Night 2010

The Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften was another great success in 2010: More than 1,200 people visited the MPI-CBG from 18:00-1:00 to see what we do. They tried some pipetting, used the microscope to observe worms or fruit flies, or learned more about transgenic mice or electron microscopy.

A VIP tour with Prof. Sabine von Schorlemer, Saxon Minister of Science and the Fine Arts, Dirk Hilbert, Deputy Mayor for Economic Affairs of the Dresden City Administration, and other prominent science-related people started at the MPI-CBG: Debojyoti Chakraborty played the sitar, a band with Indian, Polish, and German scientists played a song blending Indian and Western music - this was meant to show that science is an international endeavour: 60% of the MPI-CBG staff come from abroad, 45 nations work under one roof in the institute. The VIP guests could also try some pipetting in a competition vs. pipetting robots in the MPI-CBG Screening Facility.

A big thank-you to everybody who did a tiny bit or heaps of work and helped to offer the public a great night: Many scientists at stations, the building maintenance crew, the org team, the canteen staff with tasty food, and a fantastic kids programme team with the best kids station ever!