Research groups

at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG)
at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPI-PKS)
at Dresden University of Technology (TUD)


Research groups at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG)


  Group - Title Research fields
Simon Alberti   Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics
  Molecular cell biology of protein self-assembly and aggregation
Suzanne Eaton   Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Biophysics
  Cellular mechanisms of epithelial patterning and morphogenesis
Christian Eckmann   Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics
  Controls of cell fate decisions by post-transcriptional RNA regulation
Stephan W. Grill   Biophysics, Cell Biology
  Motor Systems
Michael Hiller   Bioinformatics, Genomics, Systems Biology
  Computational Biology and Evolutionary Genomics: Discovering phenotype-genotype associations
Jonathon Howard   Biophysics, Cell Biology, Neurobiology
  Mechanics of motor proteins and the cytoskeleton
Jan Huisken   Developmental Biology, Cardiovascular Research, Biophysics
  Quantitative microscopy of zebrafish organogenesis
Wieland B. Huttner   Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Neurobiology
  Neurogenesis in the mammalian central nervous system
Tony Hyman   Cell Biology, Genetics
  Mechanisms of chromosome movement at mitosis
Teymuras Kurzchalia   Cell Biology, Developmental Biology
  Caveolae and protein sorting in epithelia cells
Elisabeth Knust   Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics
  The Drosophila Crumbs protein complex and its role in epithelial cell polarity and morphogenesis and prevention of light-induced retinal degeneration.
Gene Myers   Developmental Biology, Neurobiology, Bioinformatics, Optical Engineering
  Exploring Cells & Systems via Image Analysis and Customized Microscopy
Karla Neugebauer   Cell Biology, Genetics
  Organization of the Cell Nucleus
Caren Norden   Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Neurobiology
  Cell Migration and Lamination in the Developing Retina
Andrew Oates   Developmental Biology, Cell Biology, Systems Biology
  Molecular and cellular mechanisms of vertebrate segmentation
Ewa Paluch   Biophysics, Cell Biology
  Cortex movements and cell division
Gaia Pigino    
  Structural and functional relationships of macromolecular machines by cryo-electron microscopy
Jochen Rink   Developmental Biology, Cell Biology, Systems Biology
  Scale and proportion during planarian regeneration
Ivo Sbalzarini   Systems Biology, Bioinformatics, Biophysics
  MOSAIC Group: Algorithms and Methods for Image-based Systems Biology
Andrej Shevchenko   Proteomics
  Mass spectrometry in functional characterization of biological molecules
Iva Tolic-Nørrelykke   Biophysics, Cell Biology
  Spatial order in the cell
Pavel Tomancak   Developmental Biology, Bioinformatics
  Patterns of gene expression in animal development
Nadine Vastenhouw   Developmental Biology, Genetics, Systems Biology
  Gene regulation during developmental transitions; from fertilization to genome activation to cell fate specification
Marino Zerial   Cell Biology, Developmental Biology
  Molecular mechanisms of intracellular transport

 

Research groups at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPI-PKS)

  Group - Title Research fields
Stephan W. Grill   Biophysics, Cell Biology
  Motor Systems
Michael Hiller   Bioinformatics, Genomics, Systems Biology
  Computational evolutionary genomics: Discovering phenotype-genotype associations
Frank Jülicher   Biophysics
  Theoretical Approaches in Biological Physics  

 

Research groups at Dresden University of Technology (TUD)


  Group - Title Research fields
Konstantinos Anastassiadis   Cell Biology
  Mechanisms that control the totipotency and differentiation of mouse ES cells  
Andreas Beyer   Systems Biology, Bioinformatics, Genetics
  Cellular Networks and Systems Biology  
Michael Brand Developmental Biology, Genetics, Neurobiology
  Patterning and Regeneration of the Vertebrate Brain
Lutz Brusch Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Systems Biology
  Spatio-temporal pattern formation in cells and tissues
Frank Buchholz   Genetics, Systems Biology, Stem Cell Biology, Bioengineering
  Functional Genomics in mammalian cells: Applications to Cancer- and Stem Cell-Biology
Christian Dahmann   Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics
  Control of epithelial morphogenesis
Andreas Deutsch   Theoretical Biology, Mathematical Oncology, Systems Biology
  Collective phenomena in interacting cell systems
Stefan Diez   Biophysics, Bioengineering
  Nanotechnological applications of biomolecular motor-systems and single molecule imaging
Bernard Hoflack   Cell Biology, Proteomics
  Regulation of membrane traffic and bone remodeling  
Rolf Jessberger   Cell Biology, Biochemistry
  Chromatin dynamics in mitosis and meiosis, and signaling in hematopietic cells  
María Teresa Pisabarro   Structural Bioinformatics
  Protein Structure-Function Relationships, Molecular Recognition and Design  
Gerhard Rödel   Genetics, Bioengineering
  Mitochondrial biogenesis  
Michael Schroeder   Bioinformatics
  Bioinformatics  
Petra Schwille   Biophysics
  Single molecule analysis in native and synthetic biological systems  
Michele Solimena   Cell Biology, Neurobiology
  Regulated secretion and signal transduction in pancreatic b-cells and neurons  
Francis Stewart   Genetics, Bioengineering
  Epigenetic regulation and genomic engineering  
Gilbert Weidinger   Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Stem Cell Biology
  Wnt signaling in embryonic development and organ regeneration