The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus does not only cause infections of the respiratory tract. Other organ systems, such as the nervous system, can also be affected. In fact, SARS-CoV-2 mRNA has been detected in the brain in autopsies of patients who died from ...

Ivan Bedzhov, head of the research group "Embryonic Self-Organization" at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine receives a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council. Ivan Bedzhov’s lab will receive 2 million Euros over a ...

Without animal experiments, it is nearly impossible to gain new insight into the brain’s inner workings. The development of new pharmaceuticals necessitates testing in laboratory animals. Jan Bruder and Henrik Renner at the Max Planck Institute for ...