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Researchers discover: This is how microtubuli can organize themselves in growing nerve cells
For nerve fibres (neurons) to be able to transport proteins and other crucial materials along their conducting processes (axons), a directional…
Diagnosis and therapy of ME/CFS: What can we learn from Long Covid?
Objectively measurable parallels between Long Covid and ME/CFS: Bavarian health minister Klaus Holetschek and chair of the Bavarian health committee…
A look back at the Long Night of Science
As part of the largest science festival in the region, MPL also opened its doors to the general public. More than 1,000 interested people visited the…
Laboratory Animal Day - Zebrafish at MPL
The 24th of April is World Day for Laboratory Animals and we would like to take this opportunity to introduce the zebrafish Danio rerio, which makes…
Director Jochen Guck honored by the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Jochen Guck received the Wilhelm Ostwald Medal of the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig, which is usually awarded annually to a…
"My fingers are itching, I would love to start next week." Time capsule embedded at the Max Planck Center for Physics and Medicine
The next step in the construction of a special large-scale project has been taken: after the foundation stone was laid in 2021, employees of the…
