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Zhexin “Eric” Wang receives the International Birnstiel Award 2022

Max Planck PhD Student from Dortmund is one of six brilliant young scientists awarded [more]

ERC Starting Grant for Peter ‘t Hart

Max Planck Researcher from Dortmund receives €1.5 million to develop innovative molecular glues with therapeutic potential [more]

A pocket full of water molecules – how actin filaments drive the cell’s motion

Max Planck researchers from Dortmund reveal the tiniest details of actin filaments [more]

Mechanism of bacterial toxins in deadly attacks

Cryo-EM and protein NMR 3D snapshots reveal sophisticated mechanism of action of a bacterial Tc toxin
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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]

Andrea Musacchio appointed new Vallee Visiting Professor

Internationally recognized leaders in the biomedical sciences honored by Vallee Foundation [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]

Award for the best biology high school graduates in NRW

Karl von Frisch Award ceremony for best biology high school graduates at the MPI Dortmund [more]

Herbert Waldmann honoured for pioneering contribution to Chemical Biology

The European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology has awarded Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Herbert Waldmann the „Nauta Pharmacochemistry Award in Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology“ [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]

Structure of key protein for cell division puzzles researchers

Max Planck Institute’s researchers provide a first 3D snapshot of the CCAN protein complex and raise fundamental questions towards the creation of artificial chromosomes [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]

Special Honour for Max Planck Researcher Stefan Raunser

Stefan Raunser has been elected to the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Arts [more]

Crowning a quest into a very well-guarded secret: Structure of the kinetochore corona finally revealed

Max Planck researchers in Dortmund uncover what constitutes the "crown” of the kinetochore [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]

Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation supports research of Dr. Peter ‘t Hart

Dr. Peter ‘t Hart receives 90.000 Euros from the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation for his research on cyclized peptides [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]

Sunit Pal receives highly-coveted Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship

Congratulations! [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]