4 TIMELINE
1973 – 2023
Directors Timeline (Video)
1973
Opening of the institute in the just completed new building in Martinsried
1974
View into the data center. At that time, the Siemens computer system helped structural biologists to do their work.
1981
Opening of the “Mildred Scheel Laboratory for Cancer Cell Research” on the premises of the institute (until 1989 financed by the German Cancer Aid, then continued as working group Cell Biochemistry).
1984
The Theoretical Institute of the MPI of Psychiatry moves to the new campus in Martins- ried and shares the reception area and service facilities with our institute. In 1998, the Sub-Institute becomes the independent MPI of Neurobiology.
1988
Johann Deisenhofer, Robert Huber and Hartmut Michel receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their research on the three-dimensional structure of the photosynthetic reaction center, conducted jointly in Martinsried from 1982 to 1985 (award ceremony in Stockholm on December 10).
1990
Group picture of the directors (from left to right)
Kurt Hannig, Gerhard Ruhenstroth-Bauer, Adolf Butenandt, Peter Hans Hofschneider, Axel Ullrich, Günther Gerisch, Robert Huber, Wolfram Zillig, Wolfgang Baumeister
2001
Young researchers were honored for the first time with the annual “MPIB Junior Research Award” for their outstanding research achievements. In 2016, the award was renamed as “MPIB Junior Scientists’ Publication Award”.
2004
The first central method service, the Biochemistry Core Facility, that provides support to researchers in complex laboratory methods begins its work.
2005
Founding of the International Max Planck Research School for Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences: From Biology to Medicine (IMPRS-LS) in cooperation with the MPIs for Neurobiology and for Psychiatry as well as the LMU and the TU Munich. In 2017, the IMPRS was renamed IMPRS for Molecular Life Sciences: From Biological Structures to Neural Circuits.
2005
Official opening of the photovoltaic system on the roofs of the Martinsried MPIs.
2006
Elena Conti becomes the first female director and head of the department Cellular Structural Biology.
2010
Since 2002, our institute together with the MPI for Biological Intelligence (then still the MPI for Neurobiology) has offered laboratory courses for schoolchildren and the general public. In 2010, the MaxLab laboratory for pupils, students and visitors was officially founded.
2011
F.-Ulrich Hartl (left) and Arthur L. Horwich receive the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research for their research on chaperones.
2017
Faculty Retreat in the Ammergau Alps. Once a year, off the daily routine, the heads of the departments and research groups meet to discuss their projects and ideas.
Excellent Research – international / national
Excellent Research
international / national
2023
The first Axel Ullrich Lecture takes place to honor the exceptional researcher. Speaker at the event is Oliver Horbert, one of his former students. He receives the Axel Ullrich Medal.
2023
Decision to establish the Graduate School International Max Planck Research School for Molecules of Life (IMPRS-ML) as a successor to IMPRS-LS.