How do cells form tissues?

We want to understand how cells form tissues and how these tissues develop into complex organisms.

MPI-CBG remembers Suzanne Eaton

Collected tributes to the life and legacy of Suzanne Eaton from family, friends and colleagues.

Decoding Diversity

We want to understand the molecular principles underlying the development of organisms and how they brought about diversity.

Going into the unknown

We develop new technologies that make the invisible visible and simulate biological processes to understand life.

What makes cells tick?

We want to understand how cells function in detail, how they communicate, and how they organize intracellular exchange.

We are the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG)

We do pioneering basic research. 500 curiosity-driven scientists from over 50 countries ask: How do cells form tissues? Our research programs span multiple scales of magnitude, from molecular assemblies to organelles, cells, tissues, organs, and organisms.

Science News

Fast, faster, CLIJ

Novel software toolkit enables imaging processing at unprecedented speed

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Traffic guidance system of the cell membrane

Polarity protein Crumbs regulates intracellular membrane trafficking.

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How cells stick together tightly

Dresden researchers uncover self-organization of tight junctions, the glue between cells.

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Regeneration mechanism provides potential target for drugs to combat chronic liver disease

Meritxell Huch from the University of Cambridge, now research group leader at the MPI-CBG, and colleagues uncovered a novel molecular mechanism

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Less is more - Shedding genes for a new life in water

Genes lost in whales and dolphins helped adapting to an aquatic environment.

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Protective protein islands for the cytoskeleton

Tau proteins form a protective layer around microtubules

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The Autoinjector: Robot-guided speedy needle

New robotic platform for microinjection into single cells in brain tissue

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