Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics

30/04/2026

Register now for our 25th anniversary! https://www.mpi-cbg.de/25th-anniversary/overview

18/02/2026

2026 marks the 25th Anniversary of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden. We invite all Alumni to return to Dresden August 24-25 to reconnect and celebrate 25 years of science together. We are currently shaping the program, and warmly welcome those interested in giving a talk to indicate their interest — formal registration will follow. Sign up here, if you would like to receive further updates: https://www.mpi-cbg.de/25th-anniversary/overview

28/11/2025

Watch this video about the work of the research group of Agnes Toth-Petroczy at the MPI-CBG and the Center for Systems Biology Dresden. Agnes and her group work on protein plasticity and evolution. For her work, Agnes recently received the Schering Stiftung Young Investigator Award 2025!

Get to know the research group of Agnes Toth-Petroczy at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG) in Dresden, Germany and at...

18/06/2025

Visit us during the Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften Dresden (Dresden Science Night) on June 20th in the Faculty of Physics of the TU Dresden in the Hermann-Krone-Bau, Nöthnitzer Straße 61 (1st floor) and explore the physics of life! Looking forward to see you! Our program: https://www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreach/outreach/lndwdd2025

29/05/2025

The group of Meritxell Huch together with the groups of Heather Harrington (both MPI-CBG) and Marino Zerial (MPI-CBG and Human Technopole) and colleagues from University of Oxford developed next-generation organoid model that reconstructs liver architecture to better understand liver disease. These periportal liver models, composed of three liver cell types – adult hepatocytes, cholangiocytes, and liver mesenchymal cells, could be used in the future to study the molecular and cellular mechanisms of liver disease.

Dresden researchers develop next-generation organoid model to better understand liver disease.

26/05/2025

Meritxell Huch, director at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, was elected to the Genetics/Molecular Biology and Cell Biology Division of the Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina. Congratulations! 🎉

MPI-CBG director elected to the Genetics/Molecular Biology and Cell Biology Division of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.

11/04/2025

Marino Zerial, director at the Human Technolpole in Milan and at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
received his certificate as new member of the Leopoldina on April 9th in Halle (Saale). 🎉 The event also featured the Leopoldina Life Science Symposium on April 10, where Marino gave a talk. Photo: Anna Kolata | Leopoldina

26/02/2025

Meritxell Huch, director at the MPI-CBG, received the Otto Bayer Award at the Award ceremony for Bayer Foundation Science Awards in Leverkusen. Congratulations!

MPI-CBG director Meritxell Huch received Otto Bayer Award in Leverkusen

25/12/2024

Happy Holidays!