Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry
| Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry | |
|---|---|
| Category: | research Institute |
| Carrier: | Max Planck Society |
| Legal form of the carrier: | Registered association |
| Seat of the wearer: | Munich |
| Facility location: | Planegg - Martinsried |
| Type of research: | Basic research |
| Subjects: | Natural sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | Biochemistry , cell biology , structural biology |
| Basic funding: | Federal government (50%), states (50%) |
| Employee: | about 880 |
| Homepage: | www.biochem.mpg.de |
The Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry is a non-university research facility sponsored by the Max Planck Society (MPG) and is based in Martinsried , a district of Planegg near Munich . The institute primarily conducts basic research in the field of natural sciences in the fields of biochemistry , structural biology and biophysics .
history
The institute was created in 1973 from the amalgamation of three Munich-based institutes, the original Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, the former Max Planck Institute for Protein and Leather Research (founded in 1954) and the former Max Planck Institute for cell chemistry (founded 1956). The Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry goes back to the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Biochemistry, which was founded in Berlin-Dahlem in 1917.
The current location of the institute is in the immediate vicinity of the Großhadern Clinic , the gene center of the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , the IZB Martinsried and shares the Martinsried campus with the Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology .
research
The scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry (MPIB) study the structure and function of proteins - from individual molecules to complex organisms. With around 850 employees from 45 nations, the MPIB is one of the largest institutes within the Max Planck Society . In currently seven departments and around 25 research groups, the scientists contribute to the latest findings in the fields of biochemistry , cell biology , structural biology and biophysics .
New methods in molecular biology and genetic engineering have led to the development of biomedically oriented basic research in the field of molecular medicine . In this field of work, medical questions are combined with molecular biological techniques, which opens up promising possibilities in pathogenesis research and the development of new diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.
The institute is divided into the following departments:
- Molecular Structural Biology ( Wolfgang Baumeister )
- Cellular Structural Biology ( Elena Conti )
- Molecular Medicine ( Reinhard Fässler )
- Cellular Biochemistry ( Franz-Ulrich Hartl )
- Proteomics and Signal Transduction ( Matthias Mann )
- Molecular Machines and Signaling Pathways ( Brenda Schulman )
- Cellular and Molecular Biophysics ( Petra Schwille )
Infrastructure
The institute is run by the college of eight directors. Each year three directors take over the management, which is currently formed by the managing director Brenda Schulman and the two representatives Matthias Mann and Reinhard Fässler .
At the end of 2006, a total of around 880 employees were working at the institute, including 492 scientists and 214 of them junior scientists; In addition, there were 236 externally funded employees and 92 visiting researchers in the reporting year.
The institute is also home to the information exchange of the biological-medical section of the Max Planck Society (IVS-BM), which supports MPG-wide staff and guests in accessing, researching, analyzing and managing scientific information.
International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS)
The Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry is involved in the International Max Planck Research School for Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences: From Biology to Medicine , which is located in Martinsried and Munich. An IMPRS is an English-language doctoral program that enables a structured doctorate. Other partners of the IMPRS are the Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology , the Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry , the LMU Munich and the Technical University of Munich .
Persons related to the institute
- Konrad Beyreuther , multiple award-winning scientist, worked at the institute
- Johann Deisenhofer , Nobel Prize Laureate , worked at the institute
- Pehr Edman , who developed the Edman method named after him , was a member of the institute
- Joachim Frank , Nobel Prize Laureate, worked at the institute
- Peter Hans Hofschneider , a pioneer in German molecular biology, was the director of the institute
- Walter Hoppe was director of the institute
- Robert Huber , Nobel Laureate, was director of the institute
- Rudolf Jaenisch , a pioneer in the field of transgenetic research, was a member of the institute
- Klaus Kühn , founder of connective tissue research in Germany, was director of the institute and one of its predecessor institutes (Max Planck Institute for Protein and Leather Research)
- Martin Lohse , member of the National Ethics Council , worked at the institute
- Feodor Lynen , Nobel Laureate, was Director of the Department of Enzyme Chemistry and Metabolism from 1972 until his retirement in 1979, and from 1974 to 1976 “Managing Director” of the MPI for Biochemistry
- Hartmut Michel , Nobel Prize Laureate, worked at the institute
literature
- Kaiser Wilhelm / Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry , in: Eckart Henning , Marion Kazemi : Handbook on the history of the institute of the Kaiser Wilhelm / Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science 1911–2011 - data and sources , Berlin 2016, 2 volumes, volume 1: Institutes and research centers A – L ( online, PDF, 75 MB ), pages 187–224.
Web links
Remarks
- ↑ See Anne Sudrow: Dresden – Munich. The Max Planck Institute for Protein and Leather Research . In: Peter Gruß, Reinhard Rürup (Hrsg.): Denkorte. Max Planck Society and Kaiser Wilhelm Society. Breaks and continuities 1911–2011 . Berlin 2010, pp. 214-221.
- ↑ see homepage of IMPRS at https://www.imprs-ls.de/index.php .
Coordinates: 48 ° 6 ′ 18 ″ N , 11 ° 27 ′ 38 ″ E