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Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

The Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (MPIB) is part of the Max Planck Society, a non profit research organization dedicated to top level basic research. The MPIB, which currently has 10 departments and 15 independent junior research groups, is one of the largest Institutes within the Max Planck Society's biomedical section. While its size enables the Institute to maintain a variety of methods, it also provides a basis for developing a research focus with close collaboration among the departments. The research focus of the institute might best be described as the examination of the structure, function and interaction of biological macromolecules (especially proteins), commencing with a single molecule, progressing to the cell and the organism as a whole.

http://www.biochem.mpg.de/
News articles associated with 'Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry' [chronologically, reverse order]

Protein highways keep tissues organised

— 19 Oct 2010 13:24 | Biology

Precise regulation of tissue architecture is critical for organ function. Single cells build up a tissue by communicating with their environment and with other cells, thereby receiving…

'Food mill' for proteins - new method improves protein analysis considerably

— 5 May 2009 18:42 | Health

Until now, extracting as many proteins as possible from biological samples has required a combination of several methods. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry have…

Oxidation sets off fatal structural change of human prion proteins

— 23 Apr 2009 12:49 | Health

Prion diseases like the Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease mainly appear spontaneously in humans. They are characterised by the aggregation of a misfolded isoform of the cellular prion protein.…

Restless cells: Cause of serious genetic disease discovered

— 23 Feb 2009 15:30 | Health

White blood cells (leukocytes) are constantly streaming through our vasculature, searching for pathogens - however, in order to trigger an immune response they need to leave the vessels…

How cells handle broken chromosomes

— 13 Feb 2009 09:20 | Health

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry discovered a novel cellular response towards persistent DNA damage: After being recognised and initially processed by the cellular…

Infrared light visualises nanoscale strain fields

— 12 Jan 2009 21:50 | Technology

A joint team of researchers at CIC nanoGUNE (San Sebastian, Spain) and the Max Planck Institutes of Biochemistry and Plasma Physics (Munich, Germany) report the non-invasive and nanoscale…

Terahertz goes nano

— 13 Oct 2008 08:48 | Technology

A forthcoming report in Nano Letters describes a breakthrough in modern microscopy: the achievement of extremely high-resolution imaging using light in the Terahertz (THz) region (wavelengths…

Crystal-to-metal: transformation on the nanoscale

— 13 Dec 2007 21:44 | Chemistry

Unique 'near-field' microscopy at the MPI of Biochemistry allowed, for the first time, viewing on the nanoscale the spontaneous appearance and growth of metallic puddles that mark the…

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