Press Releases

Matthias Mann, F.-Ulrich Hartl, Jürgen Cox and Peter Murray, are among the “Highly Cited Researchers” 2024. more

Petra Schwille, Director at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) of Biochemistry in Martinsried, together with Bert Poolman, Professor of Biochemistry at the University Groningen, Netherlands, receives an ERC Synergy Grant for the MetaDivide project. more

Spatial proteomics provides therapeutic approach for patients with toxic epidermal necrolysis – off-label use of JAK inhibitors in first patients worldwide leads to complete recovery. more

Structural biologist Elena Conti and her team show that the ribosome, the SKI complex and the exosome form a supercomplex. more

Scientists from Martinsried and Göttingen have analyzed protein folding helpers, so-called chaperonin complexes, in their natural environment using cryo-electron tomography. more

From July 1, 2024, Lukas Milles will head the new Emmy Noether Research Group Biomolecular Design at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry. more

Scientists at the MPI of Biochemistry show that the protein Urm1 protects other proteins in cellular stress situations by promoting phase separation. more