Einstein Center 3R

The Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) reports that in 2024, for the first time, there were fewer than 2 million laboratory animals in Germany.

Pneumonia is one of the most treacherous infections. Can research using lung organoids help improve the situation? A film about research on lung organoids at Berlin's Charité hospital.

On the occasion of his article on “3D bioprinting of perfusable cancer models,” an interview with Prof. Jens Kurreck, co-spokesperson for the Einstein Center 3R, was published in the journal “Biospektrum.”

As part of Berlin Science Week, two discussion events on the topic of animal research and alternatives will take place (in German language), which promise to be very interesting and informative.

Prof. Jens Kurreck, co-spokesperson for the Einstein Center 3R, was named one of the 100 most important figures in Berlin science by the Berlin newspaper Tagesspiegel.

The bioprinting laboratory of the TU Berlin and the Einstein Center 3R cordially invite you to a joint lecture with Prof. Dr. Stina Oredsson, University Lund.

This year, the FU Berlin Summer University once again offered a course on biomedical research for students with a focus on the 3Rs. Dr. Laura Behm led the EC3R-supported course on animal testing and organoids.

The Berlin Organoid Symposium will take place for the first time on September 24, 2025. Topics will include the latest advances in the field of organoids, organoid biology, and translation.

Dr. Ines Lahmann has been awarded the Helmholtz Enterprise Field Study Fellowship to explore the commercial potential of her neuromuscular in vitro model for drug testing and disease research.

Dr. Ines Lahmann explains on the podcast Forschungsquartett how organoids are advancing medical research – and how they could help reduce the need for animal experiments in the future.

Charité 3R and the Einstein Center 3R invite you to the fourth Berlin Networking Event "Human 3D Organ Models" on July 10th at the Charité Mitte Campus.

The new Research Training Group headed by Christa Thöne-Reineke focuses on refinement. The stress on the test animals is monitored using AI and behavioral analysis as well as at the metabolic level.

In the BUA (Berlin University Alliance) supplement of the Berliner Tagesspiegel of June 6, 2025, Barara Halstenberg interviews EC3R spokesperson Prof. Dr. Hippenstiel on the topic “The future of 3R research”.

Scientists involved in the Einstein Center 3R (EC3R) will once again be taking part in the Long Night of Science on June 28, 2025 in Berlin.

Interesting lecture by Prof. Daniel Chen on bio-ink and bio-printing and stimulating discussion at joint event of TU Berlin and EC3R

On March 10, 2025, the EC3R Juniors met for a scientific and private exchange on the Charité Mitte campus.