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Wolfgang Baumeister

The biophysicist is being honored for his groundbreaking development and application of cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) more

Elena Conti

Award ceremony on May 15, Jung-Symposium featuring the research findings of this year's award winners on May 16. more

New MPIB research group leader Thierry Nordmann awarded prestigious Oscar Gans Prize

Thierry Nordmann, head of the new research group “Molecular and Spatial Biology of the Skin” at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, receives the prestigious Oscar Gans Prize in 2025 for his groundbreaking research on severe skin reactions. more

Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency: What protects the one – and not the other?

Researchers at the MPI of Biochemistry have used spatial Deep Visual Proteomics workflow to reveal why some patients with the hereditary disease alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency remain healthy despite the genetic defect. more

Maria Sokolova receives prestigious DFG research award for young scientists

Maria Sokolova, head of the Lise Meitner Research Group Bacteriophages at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, receives this year's Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize 2025
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Cracking the Code of Protein Degradation

Scientists from the Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry developed a new technology to decipher the intricacies of the protein degradation code within cells. more

Scientists discover the function of a mysterious HIV component

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

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