Press Releases of the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology
A plant species with the genetic diversity to withstand climate change
Tübingen, 19 July 2018. Global climate change can have catastrophic consequences for many species, but a few might have the ability to survive or even thrive. Plants (and all organisms) have two options for responding to climate...[more]
300,000 year standoff could be key to crop pathogen control
Tübingen, 17 July 2018. Researchers in the laboratory of Detlef Weigel at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology discovered a feud going back 300,000 years by studying a common pathogenic bacterium and one of the wild...[more]
1.5 million Euros for research on the evolution of proteins
Research consortium receives funding from Volkswagen Foundation[more]
Fit for the job!
Following the motto "Fit for the job", the organizing team of the health day on 5 July put together a packed and attractive program and dedicated the whole day to the topic of health. Health is more than just proper...[more]
Ruth Ley receives the Ernst Jung-Prize for Medicine 2018
Tübingen, May 4th, 2018. The Jung Foundation for Science and Research in Hamburg announced that the Ernst Jung Prize for Medicine 2018 will be shared by Prof. Dr. Ruth Ley, Director of the Department of Microbiome Science at the...[more]
One step closer to reality
The software "PyFRAP" is an accurate and reliable tool for the analysis of molecular movement, employing numerical simulations rather than simplified assumptions [more]
Detlef Weigel will receive the Barbara McClintock Prize 2019
Announcement of the Barbara McClintock Prize for Plant Genetics and Genome Studies awardee 2019 [more]
Breaking species barriers by “breeding” mice in a dish
Breakthrough in stem cell techniques allows genetic studies between mouse species without crosses[more]
Scientists create ‘Evolutionwatch’ for plants
Tübingen, 23rdth February 2018. Scientists are giving plant collections from museums a new lease of life with ‘Evolutionwatch’ – a new way to study evolution in action. Using a hitchhiking weed, scientists from...[more]
Life on the edge prepares plants for climate change
Tübingen, 18th December 2017. In the first study to predict whether different populations of the same plant species can adapt to climate change, scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology...[more]