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07/06/2020 Press Release By: Daniel Fleiter

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard becomes honorary senator of the Max Planck Society

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Nobel Laureate and Director Emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen, was appointed...

07/06/2020 Press Release By: Stefanie Reinberger

Organized chaos in the enzyme complex: surprising insights and new perspectives.

For protein molecules that contribute to metabolism, it is often crucial how they interact with other components of their metabolic pathway....

07/01/2020 Press Release By: Stefanie Reinberger

Intestinal bacteria influence the metabolism as suppliers of important fats

Scientists attribute an important significance for health to the microbiome in the intestine. However, it is still largely unknown what mechanisms are...

06/18/2020 Press Release By: Stefanie Reinberger

Digestive aid in the abdomen - a microbe helps a beetle to find new food sources

The thistle tortoise beetle has a very simple microbiome - dominated by a single species of bacteria that provides it with important enzymes to digest...

06/11/2020 Press Release By: Daniel Fleiter

Friedrich Bonhoeffer receives 2020 Gruber Neuroscience Prize

Tübingen and New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Physicist, neuroscientist, and molecular biologist Friedrich Bonhoeffer of the Max Planck Institute for...

05/18/2020 Press Release By: Stefanie Reinberger

Freeze! A regulatory protein puts messenger RNA in waiting position

Messenger RNA plays a decisive role in the regulation of protein production in the cell. It contains the building instructions for proteins and its...