Focus
Basic research in the fields of biochemistry, molecular biology and genetics as well as cell and evolutionary biology
Company Profile
The Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology carries out basic research in the fields of biochemistry, molecular biology and genetics as well as cell and evolutionary biology. It has a staff of around 325 and is located on the Max Planck campus in Tübingen. The MPI for Developmental Biology is one of 80 institutes and research institutes belonging to the Max Planck Society for the Promotion of Science.
The institute was established in 1937 as a working group of the Unit for Virus Research attached to the Kaiser Wilhelm Institutes of Biochemistry and Biology in Berlin-Dahlem, which was renamed MPI for Developmental Biology when it relocated to Tübingen 40 years later.
The working groups run by the institute directors focus on the evolutionary history of proteins and protein systematics (Lupas), the genetics of embryonic development in Drosophila melanogaster and zebrafish (Nüsslein-Volhard), the evolution of developmental processes (Sommer), the integration of environmental and genetic factors during the development of Arabidopsis thaliana (Weigel), the post-transcriptional mechanisms of gene expression (Izaurralde) and the embryonic development of Arabidopsis thaliana (Jürgens).
Management
Prof. Dr. Detlef Weigel (Managing Director) Directors: Prof. Dr. Andrei Lupas Dr. Elisa Izaurralde Prof. Dr. Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard Prof. Dr. Ralf Sommer Prof. Dr. Gerd Jürgens Prof. Dr. Detlef Weigel
Address
Spemannstraße 35
D-72076 Tübingen
Tel.: +49(0)7071-601350
Fax: +49(0)7071-601300
mpi.entwicklungsbiologie@tuebingen.mpg.de
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