Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics

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

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!

Protein plasticity and evolution: The research group of Agnes Toth-Petroczy at MPI-CBG 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...

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

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.

All-in-one model reconstructs complex liver architecture Dresden researchers develop next-generation organoid model to better understand liver disease.

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! 🎉

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

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

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

Award ceremony for Bayer Foundation Science Awards MPI-CBG director Meritxell Huch received Otto Bayer Award in Leverkusen

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Agnes Toth-Petroczy, research group leader at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics and the Center for Systems Biology Dresden, becomes a member of the EMBO Young Investigator Programme. The programme supports young group leaders in Europe and beyond. Congratulations! 🥳

Agnes Toth-Petroczy joins EMBO Young Investigator Programme Young group leaders join international network of life scientists and receive financial support.

New research division to combine AI and biomedicine in Dresden: Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation, Max Planck Society, TU Dresden, and the Free State of Saxony agree on joint financing of EUR 40 million. In the presence of Ministerpräsident Michael Kretschmer and Minister of Science Sebastian Gemkow, representatives of the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation, the Max Planck Society, and TUD Dresden University of Technology gathered at the Saxon State Chancellery today to sign a contract for the establishment of the innovative research program Biomedical Artificial Intelligence (AI) – BioAI Dresden. 📸 Pawel Sosnowski

We welcome new research group leader Michael Weber 🎉 , who will build up his group “Nanoscale Optical Bioimaging" at the MPI-CBG. With his group, Michael will observe biological processes in real time with high-speed optical microscopy and by using a multidisciplinary approach encompassing biology, chemistry, physics, and engineering.

New Research group for nanoscale optical bioimaging Physicist Michael Weber starts his group at the MPI-CBG

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