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The SAGE Working Group will support the development of global pertussis vaccine policies more

Ketura Gwei, Nathaniel Boateng, and Patience Niwamanya were our 2025 International Summer Internship fellows. In the interview you can find out about the highlights of their stay in Berlin, how the internship shaped their view on science, and their advice for future interns. more

An ancient Yersinia pestis genome recovered from sheep sheds new light on a mysterious infectious disease that plagued prehistoric Eurasia for over 2,000 years  more

On June 28, the Max Planck Institute of Infection Biology will open its doors to visitors for the “smartest night of the year.” Experience our research through lab tours, experiment stations, and lectures. more

By reconstructing cellular signaling pathways, researchers explore how our immune system evolved and inspire potential immunotherapies more

Spotlight on malaria research at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology more

April 24th is World Day for Laboratory Animals. We are taking this day as an opportunity to publish the numbers of laboratory animals used by the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology. Here you will find the number of animals per species and the stress levels of the experiments compared to previous years. In 2024, the majority of animal experiments at the Institute were carried out on mice and zebrafish for research into the infectious diseases malaria and tuberculosis. Experiments have also been carried out on rats and on the fish species Danionella cerebrum. more

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How clawed frog species inhabit different climate zones thanks to small molecular adaptations. more

Interview with the 2024 fellows of the International Summer Internship more