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Researchers examining plant samples in a tissue culture chamber.

Max Planck Institute receives funding for visionary research on optimized genomes more

Illustration of a biochemical network and different kinetic modules.

Kinetic Coupling

May 28, 2025

Breakthrough in understanding Biochemical Networks more

Cluster of pink flowers with green stems and leaves in a greenhouse, blurred background.

Researchers uncover how rapid DNA repair protects genomes from internal threats, with implications for cancer biology more

Plant Protein Needs Adaptor to Promote Symbiosis with Fungi

Researchers Find Gene Activator Complex for Exchange of Nutrients Between Plants and Fungi more

New approach improves the prediction accuracy of agronomically relevant traits

Gatersleben/ Potsdam - Advances in high-throughput phenotyping (HTP) platforms together with genotyping technologies have revolutionized breeding of varieties with desired traits relying on genomic prediction. Yet, we lack understanding of the expression of multiple traits at different time points across the entire growth period of the plant. A research team, including IPK Leibniz Institue, the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology and the University of Potsdam, has developed a computational approach to solve this problem. The results were published in the journal “Nature Plants”. more

Research team uncovers structure of cellular protective layer

Proteins in the sheath of cellular protrusions regulate the ability of cells to adhere to surfaces more

Hormones determine whether plants form partnerships with fungi

New study deciphers how plants control partnerships with fungi more

The Consolidator Grantees of the MPG 2024 (from left to right): Marcel Böhme, Mario Flock, Manuel Gomez Rodriguez, Mariana Rossi, Birgit Stiller, Henning Fenselau, Duarte Figueiredo, Valerie Hilgers, Andrea Martin.

In a European comparison, the MPG is in second place more

ERC grant for a pollen-free future

Researchers want to protect crops against the climate crisis more

Top research made in Potsdam

Top research made in Potsdam

November 26, 2024

Max Planck Institute employs five of the world's most cited scientists more

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