The International Max Planck Research School for Molecular and Cellular Biology (IMPRS-MCB) is an international PhD

PHD

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 program in molecular biology

Molecular biology

Molecular biology is the branch of biology that deals with the molecular basis of biological activity. This field overlaps with other areas of biology and chemistry, particularly genetics and biochemistry...

 and cellular biology founded in 2006 by the Max Planck Institute for Immunobiology

Max Planck Institute for Immunobiology

The Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Freiburg, Germany, is an interdisciplinary research institute that conducts basic research in modern immunobiology and developmental biology....

 and the University of Freiburg

University of Freiburg

The University of Freiburg , sometimes referred to in English as the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.The university was founded in 1457 by the Habsburg dynasty as the...

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The Max Planck Society

Max Planck Society

The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes publicly funded by the federal and the 16 state governments of Germany....

(MPG) started in 2000 an initiative to attract more international students to Germany to pursue their PhD studies. Therefore, International-Max-Planck-Research-Schools (IMPRS) were established. The number of IMPRS has ever been increasing since then in all three sections of research of the MPG.

External links

• International Max Planck Research School for Molecular and Cellular Biology