Press Releases

Researchers reveal new insights into the how the matrix layer of HIV-1 becomes mature. Spacer peptide 2 plays a crucial role. more

Large-scale study maps how genetics and development shape children's blood proteins. Data can be accessed on the new web portal proteomevariation.org. more

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