We welcome our new lab member Akari

We welcome our new lab member Akari

Akari Shinoda joined our group in April 2024 as a postdoctoral fellow. She belongs to the group of Christina Warinner at MPI Leipzig and will work at our premises to explore the impact of dairy products on the gut microbiome of Mongolians. Find out more at...
US-scientist Virginia Cornish visited us

US-scientist Virginia Cornish visited us

Helena Rubinstein Chair Virginia Cornish from Columbia University visited the institute during a trip of several days through Germany. Besides sharing her long experience of research in the field of yeast synthetic biology in a lecture format, she met several...
Press release shortlisted for idw Prize

Press release shortlisted for idw Prize

The press release about our publication in Science in 2023 has been shortlisted for the Audience Choice Award in Science Communication by the German Science Information Service (Informationsdienst Wissenschaft, IDW). We are excited about the outcome which will be...
Congratulations to medac Research Award 2023

Congratulations to medac Research Award 2023

We are happy to congratulate the winners of the medac Research Award 2023 for their outstanding interdisciplinary collaboration, which has led to a publication in Science. The full article of the award ceremony can be found here. Image credit: Anna Schroll /...
Former Leibniz president Matthias Kleiner visited us

Former Leibniz president Matthias Kleiner visited us

On Tuesday, 20th February, we welcomed Prof. Dr. Matthias Kleiner in our group. As the former president of the Leibniz Association from 2014 to 2022, he made a major contribution to cooperative science, which characterises the more than 90 existing Leibniz institutes....