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Supporting Divisions<br />
Safety<br />
The diversity and quality of scientific<br />
research carried out at the <strong>MDC</strong><br />
requires adherence to a wide range of<br />
laws, regulations, guidelines, and<br />
standards. Measures to ensure not<br />
only the quality of science, but also<br />
the security of researchers include the<br />
new Working Protection Law, the<br />
Genetic Engineering Law, the<br />
Radiation Protection Decree, the<br />
Chemicals Law and the Waste Law.<br />
The Safety Group regularly inspects<br />
facilities and compiles internal<br />
operating instructions to prevent<br />
working accidents, work-related<br />
illness, and emergencies. Safety<br />
instructions for working groups,<br />
identification of possible sources of<br />
danger, as well as equipment testing<br />
and the training of safety procedures<br />
are all important functions of the<br />
safety engineers. The Committee for<br />
Working Safety at <strong>MDC</strong> consists of<br />
scientifically trained safety officers<br />
and specialists for technical matters<br />
and radiation protection. The Safety<br />
Group regularly discusses topical<br />
problems concerning health and safety<br />
at work in close cooperation with the<br />
medical officer and the staff council.<br />
Head: Dr. Peter Stolley /<br />
Dr. Regina Möhring<br />
Building Coordination<br />
Engineering and Reconstruction<br />
Renovation of the main working areas<br />
in the <strong>MDC</strong>’s buildings was<br />
completed by the end of 1998.<br />
Following agreement with donors, an<br />
additional working area of 362 m 2 was<br />
constructed in the Max Delbrück<br />
House (MDH) for use in connection<br />
with GMP activities. This facility<br />
allows integration of the basic<br />
concepts of quality assurance, good<br />
manufacturing practice and quality<br />
control of the development and<br />
production of sterile drugs.<br />
As far as the planned construction of a<br />
new combined facility, intended for<br />
animal experimentation and<br />
theoretical studies for the Max<br />
Delbrück Center (<strong>MDC</strong>) and the<br />
Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare<br />
Pharmakologie )FMP), is concerned,<br />
agreement on planning the concept<br />
has been granted and a date of<br />
September 1999 set. The <strong>MDC</strong><br />
intends to start the project in the year<br />
<strong>2000</strong>.<br />
Scientific congresses and seminars are<br />
key components in raising the national<br />
and international profile of the Max<br />
Delbrück Center. With this in mind, a<br />
Communications Center will be built,<br />
incorporating a lecture theatre with a<br />
capacity of 500, on the Berlin-Buch<br />
Campus.<br />
The building plans have been<br />
approved and construction has been<br />
scheduled to start in March <strong>2000</strong>. The<br />
facility is scheduled to be ready for<br />
use by October 2001.<br />
Part of the funding for the<br />
Communications Center and<br />
renovation of the outside of Building<br />
31.1 – MDH – are being met by<br />
money from the European Fund for<br />
Regional Development (EFRE).<br />
Head: Sören-Peter Plöhn<br />
Auditing and Legal Affairs<br />
The duties of Auditing and Legal<br />
Affairs are to plan and implement the<br />
inspection of and adherence to legal<br />
issues. The Auditing Office bears the<br />
responsibility for overseeing whether<br />
laws, practices, regulations and the<br />
directives of the Management Board<br />
are properly observed and whether<br />
allocated public resources are<br />
appropriately, economically and<br />
productively utilized. For these<br />
purposes, examination plans, by<br />
approval of the Management Board,<br />
are instituted yearly to check for<br />
regulatory compliance of<br />
organizational activities, such that<br />
individual actions are inspected on a<br />
case-by-case basis for full propriety<br />
with regard to both form and content.<br />
All checks of regulatory compliance<br />
are undertaken with respect for economic<br />
soundness and productiveness,<br />
so as to ensure that proper judgment is<br />
exercised in establishing regulations<br />
and in the execution of business<br />
matters. These checks result in the<br />
announcement of recommendations<br />
as to how detected oversights might<br />
best be alleviated and avoided in the<br />
future.<br />
In the area of legal affairs special<br />
attention is given to the administration<br />
of cooperative research contracts with<br />
close support from the Finance Department.<br />
The majority of such contracts<br />
are established with partners in<br />
Industry. In addition, jurisdictional<br />
proceedings must be prepared, and in<br />
many individual cases legal<br />
consultation must be provided.<br />
Head: Christine Rieffel<br />
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