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The new Indo-German Max Planck Center on Lipid Research

The second Max Planck Center in India will be opened on 23 September 2011: the Indo-German Max Planck Center on Lipid Research. The Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG) in Dresden and the National Centre of Biological Sciences (NCBS) in Bangalore will be responsible for this project.

"This is an occasion where two strong partners join forces – partners, who can achieve two goals: the generation of new insights in a research area with great forward-looking potential and the creation of optimal funding conditions for young scientists in both Germany and India," emphasises Max Planck President Peter Gruss.

Scientists today assume that lipidomics, as it is known, could develop very soon into a key tool in cell and developmental biology, molecular medicine and nutritional science. “We would like to analyse the complete inventory of lipids in various cells and organisms in order to be able to develop tools that can use lipidomics for biological systems analysis and for investigating and treating diseases,” explains Prof. Marino Zerial, Director at the MPI-CBG and one of the two managers responsible for the Center.

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