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
Frank Buchholz   Genetics
  Functional Genomics in mammalian cells: Applications to Cancer- and Stem Cell-Biology
Christian Dahmann   Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics
  Control of epithelial morphogenesis
Stefan Diez   Biophysics, Bioengineering
  Nanotechnological applications of biomolecular motor-systems and single molecule imaging
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
Carl-Philipp Heisenberg   Developmental Biology, Genetics
  Genetic and cellular control of gastrulation movements in zebrafish
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.
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
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
Wolfgang Zachariae   Cell Biology, Genetics
  Control of cell division by proteolysis
Marino Zerial   Cell Biology, Developmental Biology
  Molecular mechanisms of intracellular transport