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Development and Control of Life

Scientists at the Max Planck Campus in Tübingen are studying elementary biological processes ranging from the function of individual proteins to the evolution of species diversity, as well as the function of the human brain. In total, about 700 people from over 45 different countries work at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, and the Friedrich Miescher Laboratory. The Max Planck Guesthouse is the social centre of the Campus: it contains a cafeteria, library, lecture hall and accommodation. The Planckton nursery provides full-time daycare for babies and toddlers.

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Two people were challenged to press a row of buttons faster than their opponent. Photo: Nancy Mendoza/Max Planck Institute for biological Cybernetics
Two people were challenged to press a row of buttons faster than their opponent. Photo: Nancy Mendoza/Max Planck Institute for biological Cybernetics
A participant of the study trying to press the buttons faster then his opponent. Photo: Nancy Mendoza/Max Planck Institute for biological Cybernetics
A participant of the study trying to press the buttons faster then his opponent. Photo: Nancy Mendoza/Max Planck Institute for biological Cybernetics
A participant of the study trying to press the buttons faster then his opponent. Photo: Nancy Mendoza/Max Planck Institute for biological Cybernetics
Birmingham/Tübingen, February 3. 2010. Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the Wellcome Trust at the University of Birmingham have carried out “laboratory gunfights” to show that we move faster when we react...
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Neurons in Cortical Circuits. Photo: Alexander Ecker; Jakob Reimer; Andreas Tolias
Group of neurons in the cortex. Photo: Almut Schüz
Interconnected networks of neurons process information and give rise to perception by communicating with one another via small electrical impulses known as action potentials.
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Increased lateral root density after treatment with the hormone auxin. Photo: Ive De Smet
Root system of wild type Arabidopsis thaliana. Photo: Ive De Smet
Max Planck Scientists discovered how certain hormones control aspects of root branching in plants
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