Supporting Ground-Breaking Research
The Friedrich Miescher Laboratory is a research institute of the Max Planck Society dedicated to hosting and promoting independent research groups. The institute is named after Friedrich Miescher, a Swiss physician who discovered the DNA while working in Tübingen.
Entire Spectrum of the Life Sciences
There is no restriction on the research topics pursued by FML groups. They all work on different aspects of biology, fostering an interdisciplinary and diverse scientific environment.
The Future Arises Here
The Friedrich Miescher Laboratory is part of the Max Planck Campus Tübingen, which also hosts the Max Planck Institutes for Biology Tübingen, Biological Cybernetics, and Intelligent Systems. We are among the 86 research institutions of the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science.Research Groups
Molecular Basis and Evolution of Complex Traits
Dr. Frank Chan
The genome is constantly evolving and adapting. We seek to understand how adaptation is encoded in the genome and how evolution works by combining genomics, stem cell and computational methods to link DNA sequence to their evolutionary outcomes.
Molecular Mechanisms of Adaptation and Speciation
Dr. Felicity Jones
We study the genetic basis of phenotypic
variation between individuals, and the role that those genetic effects play in the robustness and evolvability of natural populations of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster.
Evolutionary Genomics of Complex Traits
Dr. Luisa Pallares
We study the genetic basis of phenotypic
variation between individuals, and the role that those genetic effects play in the robustness and evolvability of natural populations of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster.
Structural Biochemistry of Meiosis
Dr. John Weir
Meiosis is the process by which the chromosomes from each parent are properly segregated into gametes (e.g. eggs and sperm). Our group examines the mechanisms that control this critical process in the development of new life.