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

Understanding the machinery behind a bigger brain

New insights into the role of the transcription factor Sox9

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Controlling organ size and shape

A systems analysis of liver regeneration

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3D culture system for growing and maintaining human pancreas ductal organoids

Long-term expansion, genomic stability and in vivo safety of adult human pancreas ductal organoids

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The genetic secret of night vision

Compact DNA organization improves vision in nocturnal mammals.

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Less randomness for more reliability

Researchers reveal how cells can balance random events in biochemical processes

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Let’s build a cell

Dresden researchers engineer a minimal synthetic cellular system to study basic cell function

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Cancer-like metabolism and human brain size evolution

Mechanism of action of human-specific brain size gene uncovered

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