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Celebrating 60 years of the double helix

Double helix imageOn April 26 at 18:00 in the MPI-CBG Auditorium, the Science and Society will kick off their new seminar series “The History of Science.”

There will be a screening of “Life Story: The Race for the Double Helix” to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Watson & Crick discovery of the structure of the DNA.

Check out the MPI-CBG website for more information!

“Ziffer, Zelle, Zebrafisch”…..oh my!

Science and theater are coming together to bring you “Ziffer, Zelle, Zebrafisch.”  This interactive play hopes to bring about changes in perspective but also aims to celebrate life, its diversity, its mystery, and of course to answer the who, what, when, where, and how’s of science.

For more information, tickets, and performance dates, check out the MPI-CBG website or tjg. theater junge generation.

 

MPI-CBG makes it easy to combine family and career

We are proud of our 2012 title of “Most family friendly company in Dresden.” There is no doubt that the balancing act of raising a family and succeeding in your career can be difficult, but the flexibility at the MPI-CBG institute facilitates a friendly environment where employees can succeed in both areas.

Listen to the latest commentary interviewing Tony at MDR-FIGARO.

New Publication

A genomic toolkit to investigate kinesin and myosin motor function in cells.

Maliga Z, Junqueira M, Toyoda Y, Ettinger A, Mora-Bermúdez F, Klemm RW, Vasilj A, Guhr E, Ibarlucea-Benitez I, Poser I, Bonifacio E, Huttner WB, Shevchenko A, Hyman AA.

Nat Cell Biol. 2013 Feb 17. [PubMed] (Epub ahead of print)

Brainstorming ways to bring more innovation to science

Tony’s editorial, Funding Innovative Science, emphasizes the positive directions that can be made when moving towards a system for funding starting researchers funds based on excellence and innovations, rather than preliminary data. Read more.