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In Dresden, Germany, a constellation of institutions, including the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPIPKS) and the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG), collaborate to blur the traditional boundaries between biology and physics. These multidisciplinary efforts drive groundbreaking discoveries. How did this innovative approach begin in D...

Basic research, driven by curiosity, is essential for expanding human knowledge and creating innovations. Join us for an inspiring conversation with our leading experts: Prof. Anthony Hyman, director of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG) in Dresden, Germany; Prof. Frank Jülicher, director of the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPIP...

The first Max Planck Institute in Saxony was founded in 1993, the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems in Dresden. In the subsequent years, five more institutes followed: in 1994 (Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, initially as the Max Planck Institute for NeuroPsychological Research), in 1995 (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of ...

The mission of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany, is to discover the molecular and cellular principles by which cells form tissues. To achieve that mission, we understand that research programs must span across all the biological scales, from molecular assemblies to organelles, cells, tissues, organs, and organisms. Our researchers harness the k...

Anthony Hyman, the managing director of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG), and Clifford Brangwynne, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Princeton University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, have been honored with one of the three 2023 Breakthrough Prizes in Life Sciences. They receive this award for discovering a fundamental mechanism ...

Ink and water mix but oil and water don’t. We all know this. But why? Mixing and demixing are relevant processes for many different systems: from the air, you breathe to metallic alloys on your car wheels, and to the smoothie on your breakfast. Recent research shows that these processes also take place inside cells! Biomolecules can be mixed with the liquid interior of the cell. Sometimes these...

In schoolbooks cells are generally pictured as a membrane bubble full of smaller compartments also wrapped by a membrane. In reality, things differ from this simple picture. There are many compartments that are not bound by a membrane. Learn what they are and their amazing properties in this 2 minute video! Video of Condensates around cell nuclei: Brangwynne et. al, Science 324 (2009) doi.org/1...

Watch the video with updates of the projects by the DRESDEN-concept Genome Center, including projects for the Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP), the Bat1K project, and the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA). Video produced for the Biodiversity and Genomics Conference 2021 by the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics.

Learn about miniature organ models (organoids) in this clip! The research group around the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG) director Dr. Anne Grapin-Botton developed a 3D method to grow pancreas organoids from stem cells. This model is used to understand how genes predispose to diabetes and may help find new therapeutic avenues for treating diabetes. Watch A...

Watch our Dresden Science Night (Dresdner Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften) Flashback from the year 2019. We hope to welcome everyone again at the MPI-CBG in 2022!

Discover the exciting biochemistry behind light and fluorescence in this demonstration. We will make a lamp from bacteria, show you how fireflies brighten their nights, and you can hear how a jellyfish-disco led to a Nobel Prize! Presentation by Dr. Eric Geertsma Entdecken Sie in dieser Vorführung die spannende Biochemie von Licht und Fluoreszenz. Wir basteln eine Lampe aus Bakterien, zeigen Ih...

Dr. Agnes Toth-Petroczy, MPI-CBG Gender Equality Officer, on her motivation to become a scientist and the role of women in science. Video for the #InternationalDayOfWomenInScience 2021.

Snow covered Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics and the neighboring Center for Systems Biology.

The research group of Pierre Haas at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG), the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPI-PKS), and the Center for Systems Biology Dresden is looking for PhD students as part of the International Max Planck Research School for Cell, Developmental, and Systems Biology (IMPRS-CellDevoSys). His research group fo...

Research group leader Jonathan Rodenfels at MPI-CBG about his research and potential PhD projects.

TECAN pipetting robot in the MPI-CBG

Dresden School Project "Science goes to school"

MPI-CBG Science Spotlight: Rink Lab

Research of the three Dresden Max Planck Institutes

Prof. Gene Myers on the Vertebrate Genomes Project

Center for Systems Biology Dresden

Microscopy becomes interactive: researchers generate flows in embryos to guide development.

Dresden Science Night 2017

Construction of the Center for Systems Biology Dresden (CSBD)

Capstone Talk by Dr. Craig Venter at the CSBD Inaugural Scientific Symposium

MPI-CBG Science Spotlight: Knust Lab

Lab Pitch: Pavel Tomancak

MPI-CBG Winter Moments

Lab Pitch: Gene Myers