Host and Pathogen

Host and Pathogen

The Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology focuses on understanding how microbes cause disease and how hosts respond to this challenge.

Our mission is to understand infections by viruses, bacteria, parasites, fungi and worms of two reasons: they present one of the most significant medical burdens on earth and the interaction between microbes and their host are an essential driver of evolution.

Science is Teamwork

Science is Teamwork

Our Institute brings together scientists from various disciplines – in this way, we want to find answers to the fundamental questions of infection biology.

Hence the scale of our research spans through the atomic, molecular, cellular, tissular, organismal, clinical and finally social level.

In the Heart of Berlin

In the Heart of Berlin

The Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology is located at the historical Campus of the Charité Clinic in Berlin.

We are sharing our building with the German Rheumatism Research Center and the Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens in the heart of Berlin—right between the main station and the government quarter.
 

News

Here to stay: How gut bacteria withstand immune responses during infection
Bacteria of the microbiome can resist antimicrobial peptides of the immune systemthe Iatsenko lab now uncovered the mechanism behind this resilience.
How to estimate vaccine impact?
A team of researchers led by epidemiologist Matthieu Domenech de Cellès developed a new method to estimate the impact of vaccination programs.
Long Night of the Sciences 2023
On June 17, the Long Night of the Sciences will take place in Berlin and the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology will open its doors to visitors for the "smartest night of the year". With a diverse program—laboratory tours, hands-on booths and much more—we invite you to look behind the scenes of the Institute and get to know our research.

Seminars / Lectures

Protein supersaturation powers innate immune signaling

Randal Halfmann
Oct 4, 2023 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology and via Zoom, Room: seminar room 1+2

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