Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology
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The Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology is located in Tübingen
Tübingen
Tübingen is a traditional university town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, on a ridge between the Neckar and Ammer rivers.-Geography:...

, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. The main topics of scientific research conducted by the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology focus on the molecular mechanisms underlying spatial information within the embryo, communication between cells in the induction process, as well as the formation and differentiation of tissues and organs.

Departments

  • Protein Evolution - A. Lupas:
  • Biochemistry - E. Izaurralde (Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
    Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
    The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize is a research prize awarded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft every year since 1985 to scientists working in Germany. This highest German research prize consists of a research grant of 2.5 million euro, to be used within seven years...

     2008)
  • Genetics - C. Nüsslein-Volhard
    Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
    Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard is a German biologist who won the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1991 and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1995, together with Eric Wieschaus and Edward B...

     (Nobel Prize
    Nobel Prize
    The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...

     in Physiology or Medicine in 1995, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
    Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
    The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize is a research prize awarded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft every year since 1985 to scientists working in Germany. This highest German research prize consists of a research grant of 2.5 million euro, to be used within seven years...

     1986)
  • Evolutionary Biology - R. Sommer
  • Molecular Biology - Detlef Weigel
    Detlef Weigel
    Detlef Weigel is a German American scientist working at the interface of developmental and evolutionary biology.-Scientific career:...

     (Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
    Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
    The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize is a research prize awarded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft every year since 1985 to scientists working in Germany. This highest German research prize consists of a research grant of 2.5 million euro, to be used within seven years...

    2007)
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