MPG   Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

 

Proteins are the molecular building blocks and engines of the cell, and are involved in almost all processes of life. The scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (MPIB) investigate the structure of proteins and how they function – from individual molecules up to whole organisms. With about 850 employees coming from 45 nations, the MPIB is one of the largest institutes within the Max Planck Society. In currently eight departments and about 25 research groups, scientists contribute to the newest findings in the areas of biochemistry, cell biology, structural biology, biophysics and molecular science. They are supported by several scientific, administrative and technical service facilities.

 

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Macrophages (orange) attract other immune cells to the site of inflammation by secreting messenger proteins. Copyright: Volker Brinkmann/MPI for Infection Biology

Eavesdropping on Immune Cells - Max Planck Scientists Analyze How the Immune System Communicates
When pathogens such as bacteria or viruses invade the human body, different immune cells must work together and coordinate their defense strategies with each other. Using newly developed proteomics technologies, scientists of the Max Planck Institute (MPI) of Biochemistry in Martinsried near Munich, Germany, have now comprehensively detected the messenger proteins secreted by immune cells during such an immune response. “Our method enables an analysis of the information exchange between cells and provides a powerful tool to understand the language of our immune system in the context of disease,” said Felix Meissner, scientist at the MPI of Biochemistry. The results of the study, which was carried out in collaboration with colleagues from the MPI for Infection Biology in Berlin, have now been published in Science.


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Thu, 23.05.2013 11:00
MPI of Biochemistry, Molecular Medicine;
Seminar
 
Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez
School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, UK

Material-driven fibronectin fibrillogenesis to engineer the cellular microenvironment


Molecular Medicine
Seminar room i8/10

Host: Reinhard Fässler
Mon, 27.05.2013 17:00
LMU;
EES and Forschergruppe FOR 1078 Seminar Series
 
Michael Monaghan
Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin, Germany

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LMU Biocenter, Großhadener Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
B 01.027 - Right Lecture Hall

Host: Justyna Wolinska
Tue, 28.05.2013 16:00
MPI of Biochemistry;
Distinguished Visitor Lecture Series 2013
 
Felix Wieland
Heidelberg University Biochemisty Centre (BZH)

Molecular mechanisms in the formation of a transport vesicle


MPI of Biochemistry
Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, T-Building

Host: Ulrich Hartl


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