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The killswitch prevents entry of viral capsid protein IIIa into 52K condensates. Images of human cells expressing 52K or 52K-killswitch together with IIIa fused with green fluorescent protein (GFP) are shown. Insets are zoomed-in images of condensates highlighted with yellow boxes. Dashed line highlights the cell nucleus. Scale bar: 5 µm.

New study by the Hnisz Lab in Nature more

Aydan Bulut-Karslioglu and Alexander Meissner

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

Visit by a group of HBCU students from the U.S.

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

MPIMG participants in the 2025 Berlin Company Run

An unforgettable day full of fun and team spirit more

From left to right: Dr. Iris Pollmann, Acting Director of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the UKSH, Campus Kiel, Dr. Gaojianyong Wang, scientist, Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics and Zentrum für Integrative Psychiatrie, Campus Kiel, Dino, Southern white rhinoceros at Schwerin Zoo; Prof. Dr. Franz-Josef Müller, Deputy Director of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the UKSH, Kiel Campus, and Professor at the Faculty of Medicine at Kiel University; Björn Brändl, PhD student, and Christian Rohrandt, PhD student, Zentrum für Integrative Psychiatrie, Campus Kiel

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

Exploring Future Careers

Exploring Future Careers

April 16, 2025

Girls´ & Boys´ Day at our institute more

Julian Naderi announced as Schmidt Science Fellow

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

A look behind the scenes of cutting-edge research: Interview with Nicole Eischer-Nandhamoori

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

From Code to Genes: Maryam’s journey into Bioinformatics

Junior science journalist Bennett Garbe interviews Maryam Ghareghani for Boys’ & Girls’ Day 2025
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Panel discussion on International Women's Day 2025

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

Interview with first author Mara Steiger about her study on Neurosurgery

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

Dr. Alena van Bömmel, most recently a postdoc at the MPIMG, Prof. Dr. Helene Kretzmer, most recently group leader „Computational Genomics“ at the MPIMG, and Mara Steiger, PhD student (f. l.)

Milestone in Neurosurgery

February 28, 2025

New Method Enables Personalized Precision Surgery for Brain Tumors more

Denes Hnisz receives ASPIRE Award II

The grant supports his research into prostate cancer more

Aydan Bulut-Karslıoğlu receives a Proof of Concept Grant from the European Research Council

The Grant supports the team’s research on dormancy more

Understanding genomic ecosystems<br> 

New group leader joins the MPIMG more

<span><span>Sara Hetzel receives Marthe-Vogt-Prize</span></span>

Bioinformatician awarded for her doctoral thesis on DNA methylation more

Scientists Discover "Pause Button" in Human Development

Findings have possible implications for reproductive technologies more

The team of Lucid Genomics (from left to right): Hossein Moeinzadeh (Co-Founder CTO), Uirá Souto Melo (Co-Founder CEO), Tessa Remmers (Founders Associate), Mojtaba Niazi (Software Engineer), Paolo Infantino, Nico Alavi (Machine Learning Scientist), Jakob Hertzberg (Head of Technology)

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

Maximum Potential

Maximum Potential

July 05, 2024

How to improve transcription factors more

<span><span>60th anniversary of the MPIMG</span></span>

A look back at the celebrations more

<span><span>Strange gut feeling</span></span>

Strange gut feeling

June 07, 2024

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

<span><span>Bookmarking stem cells</span></span>

Bookmarking stem cells

May 23, 2024

How pluripotency is maintained in dormant embryos more

<span><span><span><span>Deciphering mechanisms of liver regeneration</span></span></span></span>

New results published in Nature more

Ways to achieve a peaceful co-existence with genomic parasites

A new mechanism to control the activity of transposable elements more

Blastocyst-stage mouse embryo and its fat deposits in green

Scientists describe the role of lipid metabolism in fueling the phenomenon of embryonic diapause more

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