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MPI welcomes new Max Planck Research Group Leader Sidney Becker

Sidney Becker wants to kickstart evolution to understand how life evolved from pure chemistry
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Finding new channels to selectively target pest insects

Max Planck researchers reveal how potassium channels work in insects and discover new ways to target them [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]

Cool Microscopy

Ultrarapid cooling enables the observation of molecular patterns of life
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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]

Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) supports Peng Wu

MPI of Molecular Physiology supported by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) [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]

Ordered from afar: How germs’ toxins become dangerous

Max Planck Institute’s researchers highlight the mechanism that enhances toxicity of pathogens in the human cell [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]

Stem cells do not (only) play dice

Stem cells work as a team and do not leave their fate to pure chance
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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]

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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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]

MPG Trainee Award for Lukas Braun

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

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]