Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

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Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie
MPIB entrance
Abbreviation	MPIB
Formation	1973; 51 years ago (1973)
Type	Research institute
Purpose	Basic research
Location	Planegg-Martinsried, Bavaria, Germany
Coordinates	48°6′19″N 11°27′33″E / 48.10528°N 11.45917°E / 48.10528; 11.45917
Fields	Developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, immunology, infection biology, medicine, structural biology, cell biology
Executive Director	Franz-Ulrich Hartl
Parent organization	Max Planck Society
Staff	about 750
Website	www.biochem.mpg.de

The Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (German: Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie; abbreviated MPIB) is a research institute of the Max Planck Society located in Martinsried, a suburb of Munich. The institute was founded in 1973 by the merger of three formerly independent institutes: the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, the Max Planck Institute of Protein and Leather Research (founded 1954 in Regensburg), and the Max Planck Institute of Cell Chemistry (founded 1956 in Munich).^[1]

With about 750 employees in currently nine research departments and more than 20 research groups, the MPIB is one of the largest institutes of the Max Planck Society.^[2]