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

Hunting for disease clues in the dark matter of our DNA more

Layers of gene control allow DNA to flexibly add new information more

The genomics of evolution: how bats learned to fly more

Researcher receives Mendel Medal for findings on gene regulation and genetic skeletal malformations more

Congenital malformation caused by a so far unknown disease mechanism more

New animal model for GPI anchor deficiencies more

Duplications and inversions of DNA segments lead to the masculinization of female moles more

Hi-C method improves detection of breaks and rearrangements in the genome more

Berlin researchers discover new pathomechanism of hereditary diseases in cell condensates more

Stefan Mundlos, from the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, explains why there will be no designer babies in the near future more

Formation of the 3D structure and specific interaction between genes and enhancers represent independent layers of gene regulation more

Crowdfunded project reveals genome of internet celebrity cat more

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics describe tissue-specific formation of architectural stripes driven by enhancer activity and CTCF elements more

Dynamic changes in the structure of chromatin controls the development of arms and legs more

Scientists from Berlin and Naples develop methods for predictions about the three-dimensional structure of DNA more

Stefan Mundlos, director of the Institute for Medical Genetics and Human Genetics at the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and head of the research group "Development & Disease" at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics (MPIMG) in Berlin, has been appointed as External Scientific Member of the MPIMG by the Senate of the Max Planck Society (MPG). Thereby, the Max Planck Society honors the outstanding scientific achievements of Stefan Mundlos and the long-standing and very fruitful cooperation between the Charité and the Berlin-based institute. more

Researchers in Berlin describe how duplications of DNA segments affect the three dimensional structure of the genome more

Stefan Mundlos has given this year’s ESHG Award Lecture more

The human geneticist Stefan Mundlos warns against intervention in the human germline made possible by the CRISPR/Cas ‘gene scissors’ more