{"entity":{"id":"maike-sander","kind":"person","name":"Maike Sander","aka":[],"tldr":"Stem-cell and pancreas biologist who has led the Max Delbrück Center as Scientific Director since November 2022.","summary":"Maike Sander is Scientific Director and Chair of the Board of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin. Her research uses stem-cell-derived pancreatic islet organoids and organ-on-chip systems to understand beta-cell development and failure in diabetes. As head of the MDC she oversees its molecular medicine portfolio, including its cancer research programmes.","asOf":"2026-09-10","links":[{"label":"Institution profile","url":"https://www.mdc-berlin.de/maike-sander"},{"label":"PubMed","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Sander+M%5BAuthor%5D+pancreas"}],"tags":["leadership","stem cells","molecular medicine"],"related":[],"cancers":[],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["mdc-berlin"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":["nature"],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"role":"Scientific Director and Chair of the Board","institutionId":"mdc-berlin","specialisms":["Stem cell biology","Pancreatic islet biology","Organoid models","Research leadership"],"profiles":[{"label":"Institution profile","url":"https://www.mdc-berlin.de/maike-sander"},{"label":"PubMed","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Sander+M%5BAuthor%5D+pancreas"}],"papers":[{"title":"Loss of Pten and Activation of Kras Synergistically Induce Formation of Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasia From Pancreatic Ductal Cells in Mice","journal":"Gastroenterology","year":2018,"doi":"10.1053/j.gastro.2017.12.007"},{"title":"Image-based detection and targeting of therapy resistance in pancreatic adenocarcinoma","journal":"Nature","year":2016,"doi":"10.1038/nature17988"}],"orcid":"0000-0001-5308-7785"},"route":"/people/maike-sander/","neighbours":{"institution":[{"id":"mdc-berlin","kind":"institution","name":"Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine","route":"/institutions/mdc-berlin/"}],"journal":[{"id":"nature","kind":"journal","name":"Nature","route":"/journals/nature/"}]}}