Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology

The Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology is located in Dortmund, Germany next to the Dortmund University of Technology. It is one of 80 institutes in the Max Planck Society .DepartmentsMechanistic Cell Biology (Director: Prof. Dr. Andrea Musacchio)The Department of Mechanistic Cell Biology aims to better understand the molecular mechanisms of cell division and their regulation. The main focus is on the key proteins that control the division of chromosomes during mitosis, a process that separates sister chromatids into two identical daughter cells, thereby maintaining chromosome stability.Systemic Cell Biology (Director: Prof. Dr. Philippe Bastiaens)The Department of Systemic Cell Biology studies the regulation of signal transduction processes in cells. These processes control significant cellular functions such as tissue growth (proliferation) or the differentiation of cells into specialized cell types and, thus, determine the fate of each cell.