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The '''Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics''' ('''MPI-CBG''') is a [[biology]] research institute located in [[Dresden]], [[Germany]]. It was founded in 1998 and was fully operational in 2001. Research groups in the institute work in [[molecular biology]], [[cell biology]], [[developmental biology]], [[biophysics]], [[systems biology]], and [[mathematics]] supported by various facilities.

== Research ==
The research theme of research at MPI-CBG lies in the fundamental scientific questions pertaining to organisation of biology at various scales: How do biomolecules organize in a functioning cell? How do cells form tissues? and How do tissues form organisms?<ref>Max Planck Society: MPI-CBG https://www.mpg.de/151339/mole_zellbiologie_genetik</ref> The research in the institute encompasses many topics from [[molecular biology|molecular]], [[cell biology|cellular]], and [[developmental biology]] as well as from [[biophysics]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mpi-cbg.de/research/bridging-scales/|title=MPI-CBG: Bridging Scales|website=www.mpi-cbg.de|access-date=2019-07-10}}</ref> An incomplete list of individual topics follows: phase separation, [[neural development]], [[cell division]], [[lipid rafts]], [[endocytosis]], [[embryogenesis]], [[regeneration (biology)|regeneration]], tissue and organoid development. 

== Organisation ==
The MPI-CBG is headed by six tenured directors or group leaders<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mpi-cbg.de/institute/directors/|title=MPI-CBG: Directors|website=www.mpi-cbg.de|access-date=2019-07-10}}</ref> – [[:de:Anne Grapin-Botton|Anne Grapin-Botton]] (France) as managing director, [[Anthony A. Hyman|Anthony Hyman]] (UK), [[:de:Marino Zerial|Marino Zerial]] (Italy), [[Stephan Grill]] (Germany), [[Heather Harrington]] (USA), and [[Meritxell Huch]] (Spain). Directors emeritus are: [[Eugene Myers]] (USA), [[Kai Simons]] (Finland), [[:de:Elisabeth Knust|Elisabeth Knust]] (Germany), [[:de:Wieland Huttner|Wieland Huttner]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mpi-cbg.de/about-us/our-history/former-directors|title=Former Directors MPI-CBG|website=www.mpi-cbg.de|access-date=2024-03-07}}</ref> Together with the directors' groups, 23 independent research groups<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mpi-cbg.de/en/research-groups/current-groups/|title=MPI-CBG: Current Groups|website=www.mpi-cbg.de|access-date=2019-07-10}}</ref> led by untenured principal investigators and about 21 facilities<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mpi-cbg.de/services-facilities/core-facilities/|title=MPI-CBG: Core Facilities|website=www.mpi-cbg.de|access-date=2019-07-10}}</ref> make up the work force of the institute. In total, the institute employs around 550 people of whom about half are not German. The flat organisation and the absence of department divisions fosters direct communication and a slim administration.

== Networking ==
The MPI-CBG is located in a hub of biomedical research institutes including research centers of the [[Technische Universität Dresden]] (TUD) such as, the [[:de:Zentrum für Regenerative Therapien Dresden|Center for Regenerative Therapies]] (CRTD), the [[B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering]] as well as the [[:de:Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden|University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden]], the Medical Theoretical Centre (MTZ) and the BioInnovationsZentrum (BIOZ). The MPI-CBG has collaborations with its neighbouring research institutes and with other centres in the city like the [[Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems]] (MPI-PKS). Together with the MPI-PKS and the TUD, the MPI-CBG founded the [[Center for Systems Biology Dresden]] (CSBD).<ref>Center for Systems Biology Dresden http://www.csbdresden.de/</ref> This center develops theoretical and computational approaches to biological systems across different scales, from molecules to cells and from cells to tissues. The MPI-CBG is also part of [[DRESDEN-concept]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dresden-concept.de/en/alliance/members.html|title=DRESDEN-concept {{!}} members|language=en|access-date=2019-02-21}}</ref> a research alliance of the TUD together with the four major research institutions – Max Planck, Helmholtz, Fraunhofer, and Leibniz – and the research-active museums in Dresden. It also collaborates with institutions abroad.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mpi-cbg.de/research/science-network/|title=MPI-CBG: Science Network|website=www.mpi-cbg.de|access-date=2019-07-10}}</ref> In addition, it operates an international PhD program together with the aforementioned neighbours.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mpi-cbg.de/education-careers/phd-program/|title=MPI-CBG: PhD Program|website=www.mpi-cbg.de|access-date=2019-07-10}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.mpi-cbg.de/ Homepage of the institute]
* [http://www.mpg.de/english/portal/index.html English portal of the Max Planck Society]
* [http://www.imprs-celldevosys.de/ Homepage of the institute's international PhD programme]

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[[Category:Max Planck Institutes|Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics]]
[[Category:Genetics in Germany]]
[[Category:Molecular biology institutes]]
[[Category:Research institutes established in 1998]]
[[Category:1998 establishments in Germany]]