Cycling enthusiasts at the institute in Münster join the CITY CYCLING campaign of the Climate Alliance to collect as many everyday kilometres as possible for climate protection and the promotion of cycling more

Great honour for Monika and Thomas Zimmermann: on 03.07.2020 they were awarded the Medal of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in the Erkrath town hall. more

Researchers of the Hubrecht Institute (KNAW - The Netherlands) and the Max Planck Institute in Münster have revealed how an essential protein helps to activate genomic DNA during the conversion of regular adult human cells into stem cells. Their findings are published in the Biophysical Journal. more

Publication on omitting Oct4 in the iPS cell reprogramming attracts word-wide attention more

Erik Tolen of the MPI for Molecular Biomedicine answers the question "What are stem cells?" more

Oct4 is not only unnecessary but damaging during generation of mouse induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) more

MTZ®-MPI-Award 2019 to Dr. Laura Braun more