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Structural Regeneration
Dr. Can Aztekin
Max Planck Research Group Leader
Why do only a few species regenerate their limbs? How do they restore a lost limb? What’s different in mammals? To find answers, we compare cell types between regeneration-competent tadpoles and regeneration-incompetent mice.
Synthetic Biology Approaches to Pattern Formation
Dr. Beatrice Ramm
Max Planck Research Group Leader
Our group contributes to the understanding of pattern formation in biology with an interdisciplinary approach that sits at the interface of biochemistry, biophysics and synthetic (developmental) biology.
Evolutionary Genomics of Complex Traits
Dr. Luisa Pallares
Max Planck Research Group Leader
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
Max Planck Research Group Leader
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.
News
Researchers show that mammals briefly activate regenerative programs after injury but shut them down too fast. Altering oxygen sensing keeps cells in a repair-ready state.
In a study undertaken during his time at EPFL Can Aztekin, who now leads a research group at the Friedrich Miescher Laboratory, and his team have created a scalable 3D organoid model that captures key features of early limb development, revealing how ...
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded one of the coveted grants, of 1.8 million Euros across five years, to Can Aztekin, a Max Planck Research Group Leader from the Friedrich Miescher Laboratory in Tübingen. His project, “Signal to ...
