Against the current November 2013 High over the roofs of Tübingen, at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, is where Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard carries out research. In 1995, she was awarded the highest…
You are likely to lose around one third of your muscle mass over your lifetime. An excessive loss of muscle mass and muscle strength is known as sarcopenia. As life expectancy increases, so does the number of people…
2024 Celebrating the 2024 International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we recognize women's important roles and achievements in science. This day underscores the need for gender equality in science and the ongoing…
Alumni Portrait Anna Seelig, Titular Professor Emerita, Biozentrum December 2025 “Have the courage to follow your own path.” Anna Seelig spent five decades researching side by side with her husband, Joachim Seelig, at the…
Biozentrum Community We are a lively and dynamic community with over 30 research groups, 260 young scientists and a total of 500 employees. And we are very international – the Biozentrists come from more than 40 countries.…
Our brain consists of hundreds, if not thousands, of different types of nerve cells that control our brain functions due to their individual characteristics. But how do the different cell types manage to develop their…
This event brings together researchers from the Biozentrum and the Roche Division “Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development” (pRED) and provides them with a platform for scientific exchange, to explore new collaboration…
The new Ambizione fellow Dr. Florent Waltz , project leader in Prof. Ben Engel’s team, will study the molecular architecture of mitochondria and their interaction with chloroplasts, the site of photosynthesis, in more…
The Biozentrum is mourning the death of Joachim Seelig, emeritus Professor of Structural Biology and former Chairman of the Department Biozentrum. Joachim Seelig passed away on August 15, 2024, at the age of 82 years. With…
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