Einstein Center 3R

In a comprehensive systematic review, 35 researchers jointly analyzed 558 primary studies examining how such models were used in COVID-19 research.

The traveling exhibition “TRUST – Trust Through Participation: Shaping the Future of Cancer Medicine Together” will reach its third stop on August 6, 2026, at the Rahel Hirsch Center in Berlin Mitte.

EC3R Co-Spokesperson Prof. Dr. Christa Thöne-Reineke has been awarded the prestigious 2026 Ursula M. Händel Animal Welfare Prize by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

More than 180 participants engaged in lively discussions around 50 posters. Many thanks to everyone who took part! Here are a few impressions from the event.

As part of the Long Night of Science, the traveling exhibition “TRUST” will open in the Si-M research building on the Charité Virchow Clinic campus, accompanied by interactive workshops on the topic.

On the occasion of the Long Night of Science on June 6, 2026, TU Berlin and Charité will present their latest research in the newly opened Si-M (Simulated Human) research building.

Charité 3R and the Einstein Center 3R invite you to the fifth Berlin Networking Event "Human 3D Organ Models" on June 10th in the newly opened Si-M at the Charité Virchow Campus.

The current avian influenza virus can infect human lung tissue: This is what researchers at Charité and the Robert Koch Institute have discovered.

Young researchers from Charité, the BIH, and the BfR have formed an informal group to maintain an active exchange of ideas regarding the 3Rs.

Mina Gouti, a group leader at the MDC and a researcher at the Einstein Center 3R, has been appointed W3 Professor of Complex Organoid Models in Personalized Medicine at Charité.

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.”

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.

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.