Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology

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The Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology is located in Tübingen, Germany; it was founded in 1954 as an offshoot of the Tübingen-based Max Planck Institute for Biology. The main topics of scientific research conducted by the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology focus on the molecular mechanisms underlying spatial information within the embryo, communication between cells in the induction process, as well as the formation and differentiation of tissues and organs.

Departments[]

• Protein Evolution - A. Lupas
• Biochemistry - E. Izaurralde (Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2008)
• Genetics - C. Nüsslein-Volhard (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1995, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 1986)
• Evolutionary Biology - Ralf J. Sommer
• Cell Biology - Gerd Jürgens (Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 1995)
• Molecular Biology - Detlef Weigel (Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2007)

See also[]

• Max Planck Society

External links[]

• Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology

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