News and Press Releases

New bioinformatic method identifies evolutionarily conserved regions in the genome more

Congratulations to group leader Zack Smith on the Hermann Neuhaus Prize 2025 and to postdoc Sara Hetzel who receives the Otto Hahn Medal. These prizes recognize their work on different aspects of epigenetic regulation in early development and cancer. more

Cassandra Extavour is a developmental biologist and a professor of molecular and cell biology at Harvard. On the occasion of her talk at our institute in May, we interviewed her about her scientific journey, inclusion in academia, and how her second career as a part-time soprano singer shapes her scientific work. The interview was conducted by Daniel Ming-Kang Lee, a postdoc in the Meissner Lab. more

New study by the Hnisz Lab in Nature more

Alexander Meissner and Aydan Bulut-Karslioglu from Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics participate in a new cluster of excellence: ImmunoPreCept. more

We welcomed Students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the US at the MPIMG. more

An unforgettable day full of fun and team spirit more

An international team of scientists from the MPIMG, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH) and the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance (SDWA) have decoded the nearly complete genome of the northern white rhinoceros. more

Girls´ & Boys´ Day at our institute more

The former PhD student from the Denes Hnisz´ lab receives up to two years of funding from the Schmidt Sciences foundation. more

Junior science journalist Noah Avital interviews Nicole Eischer-Nandhamoori for Girls’ and Boys´ Day 2025 more

Junior science journalist Bennett Garbe interviews Maryam Ghareghani for Boys’ & Girls’ Day 2025
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To celebrate International Women's Day 2025, the MPIMG Gender Equality Team invited four scientists from different backgrounds to discuss equal opportunities in science on Monday, March 10, 2025. more

In our interview series, we talk to the first authors of recent studies and take a look behind the scenes of science more

New Method Enables Personalized Precision Surgery for Brain Tumors more

The grant supports his research into prostate cancer more

The Grant supports the team’s research on dormancy more

New group leader joins the MPIMG more

Bioinformatician awarded for her doctoral thesis on DNA methylation more

Findings have possible implications for reproductive technologies more

Startup will use funds to fine-tune their AI models for diagnostics and biomarker discovery more

How to improve transcription factors more

A look back at the celebrations more

The lab of Alexander Meissner reveals the fate of extraembryonic cells in developing intestinal organs more

How pluripotency is maintained in dormant embryos more