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MPG Trainee Award for Lukas Braun

Lukas Braun, IT specialist/system integration trainee, received the MPG 2021 Trainee Award in a small ceremony [more]

How pruning the cytoskeleton moves the cell

An interdisciplinary team of Max Planck Scientists has unraveled the enigmatic mechanism behind actin branching
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Former MPI Director Prof. Dr Kinne receives the Federal Cross of Merit

Dortmund's Mayor Thomas Westphal has awarded the Federal Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany to Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Rolf Kinne, the former director of the MPI (1983 - 2005) [more]

Characterized drugs show unexpected effects

Known and yet unexpected: many active substances influence the cholesterol homeostasis and thereby possibly a SARS-CoV-2 infection [more]

Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation supports research of Dr. Peng Wu

Dr. Peng Wu receives 90.000 Euros from the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation for his research on the degradation of mRNA [more]

Charles Loh Receives Funding from the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation

The Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation awards 900.000 Euros of funding to Dr. Charles Loh for the development of novel glycosylation reactions to access pharmaceutically relevant carbohydrate derivatives [more]

Manufacturing the Core Engine of Cell Division

By modelling the kinetochore from scratch, Max Planck Institute’s researchers get a step closer to creating artificial chromosomes [more]

What Termites and Cells Have in Common

An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the MPI Dortmund created a synthetic cell with life-like properties that revealed fundamental principles of morphogenesis and perception [more]

Research consortium with Max Planck participation receives 10 million Euros in DFG funding

Research consortium around Prof. Andrea Musacchio receives DFG funding to investigate mechanisms that regulate organismal development and regeneration [more]

Otto Hahn Medal for Elena Reckzeh

Dr. Elena Reckzeh is awarded the Otto Hahn Medal 2020 of the Max Planck Society for her outstanding scientific achievements in the field of chemical biology [more]

Zooming in on Muscle Cells

Max Planck Institute’s researchers use electron cryo-tomography to reveal novel molecular details of skeletal sarcomeres [more]

Herbert Waldmann receives important European Award in Peptide Chemistry

For his lifetime achievements in peptide and protein chemistry Herbert Waldmann is awarded The Josef Rudinger Memorial Lecture Award [more]

Stimulating the Immune System to Fight Cancer

Max Planck scientists from Dortmund find immunoregulatory substances with newly developed test system [more]

Delmic licenses Cryo Workflow Tools developed together with Max Planck Scientists

New product to be launched in March simplifies cryo electron tomography [more]

Dennis Quentin awarded by the largest chemical society in Europe

Dr. Dennis Quentin received the PhD Thesis Award of the Biochemistry Section of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh)
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Cells talk to each other to specialize different functions

The group of Aneta Koseska developed a new concept to describe how cells specialize during development [more]

Protein injections in medicine

One day, medical compounds could be introduced into cells with the help of bacterial toxins [more]

Weak point in pathogenic bacteria

Max Planck researchers make weak point in pathogens visible [more]

VolkswagenStiftung supports corona research in Dortmund

Dr. Peng Wu receives research funding of approximately 120,000 euros for the development of innovative anti-corona therapeutics [more]

Andrea Musacchio receives Leibniz Prize 2020

Andrea Musacchio receives the Leibniz Prize 2020 for his groundbreaking work on the control of cell division. [more]

Richard Willstätter Prize for Chemical Biology awarded for the first time

Herbert Waldmann has been awarded the Richard Willstätter Prize for his outstanding contributions in the field of chemical biology [more]

Max Planck Schools start

The Max Planck Schools - an initiative of German universities and research organisations - start with a unique, innovative doctoral programme [more]

How peroxisomes catch their enzymes

Experts from different fields together reveal the first structure of the peroxisomal docking complex [more]

President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits COMAS

The President of Germany visited COMAS at the MPI to learn more about drug research in Dortmund. [more]

Malte Gersch accepted to the Young College of the NRW Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Art

Malte Gersch's team is looking for new ways to develop innovative therapeutic approaches. [more]

Dortmunder Doktorandinnen und Doktoranden gründen neues ICBS Chapter

PhD Students from the TU Dortmund, the Chemical Genomics Centre and the Max Planck Institute Dortmund have initiated the first European International Chemical Biology Society (ICBS) Students’ Chapter. [more]

Scientists awarded Millions for muscle research

Prestigious ERC Synergy Grant to Stefan Raunser and partners to study the nanostructure of muscles [more]

Controlling intracellular signal network dynamics with light

Optogenetic investigations by the Dehmelt group reveal mechanism for regulation of cell contraction dynamics [more]

Scientists awarded Millions for Re-Engineering Cell Division

Prof. Andrea Musacchio is part of an european research consortium awarded the prestigious ERC Synergy Grant to reconstitute cell division in vitro and in silico [more]

Research funds for measuring the speed of life

The team of Christian Schröter receives research funding from the Volkswagen Foundation to study the time component of life cycles using stem cells. [more]

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