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The Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research is located in Cologne, Germany. The institute was founded as part of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society as the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Plant Breeding Research in 1928 in Müncheberg, midway between Berlin and the German-Polish border. The first director of the Institute was Erwin Baur and the research emphasis was largely on classical plant breeding. In 1945 the Institute moved toward the west and, after intermediate stops, settled in Cologne in 1956. Josef Straub became the director and changed the research emphasis and the name to the Max-Planck-Institut für Züchtungsforschung (Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research). The Institute is one of 80 institutes in the Max Planck Gesellschaft (Max Planck Society).
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Graduate program
The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS): Molecular Basis of Plant Development and Environmental Interaction is a graduate program offering a Ph.D. in biology. The school is run in cooperation with the Institute of Botany and the Institute of Biochemistry of the University of Cologne.
Research groups
Arbeitsgruppe (AG) Schnittger is a cell cycle research group based at the institute. Founded as a collaborative effort with the University of Cologne's Department of Botany, the group was first established in 2002 and has been led since that time by Dr. Arp Schnittger. The group is normally composed of doctoral candidates, post-doctoral researchers, diplom student researchers from the local university, and various transient members. The group utilizes Arabidopsis thaliana as a model organism to investigate cell cycle control. According to their website[1], this exploration takes place at different levels and makes use of new advances in many methods and techniques. On the molecular level, they are interested in the plant specific regulators of cell cycle control, such as large cyclin families with still unknown functions. On a cellular level, they explore the connection between cell cycle control and differentiation; in specific, they make use of well-described model cells, such as trichomes, stomata and root hairs. Finally, on an organ and organism level they study the integration of cell cycle regulation in organ growth and function.
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External links
- Homepage of the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
- Hompeage of the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) : Molecular Basis of Plant Development and Environmental Interaction
Coordinates: 50°57′35″N 6°51′35″E / 50.95972°N 6.85972°E
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