Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
Campus Member
At the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, researchers investigate how cells, organelles and biomolecules fulfill their diverse tasks. To look deeper into the nanocosmos of living cells, a wide range of methods is used and developed at the institute including high-resolution microscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance tomography, mass spectrometry or computer simulations.
Research Networks
The MPI-BPC is affiliated with the following research centers:
- Bernstein Focus Neurotechnology (BFNT) Göttingen
- Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience (BCCN) Göttingen
- Center for Systems Neuroscience (CSN)
- Courant Research Centre "Nano-Spectroscopy and X-ray Imaging
- European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen (ENI-G)
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Göttingen
- Göttingen Proteomics Forum (GPF)
- Nanoscale Microscopy and Molecular Physiology of the Brain (CNMPB)
Graduate Study Programs
The MPI-BPC participates in the following programs:
- Georg August University School of Science (GAUSS)
- Göttingen Graduate Center for Neurosciences, Biophysics, and Molecular Biosciences (GGNB)
- International Max Planck Research School: Molecular Biology
- International Max Planck Research School: Neurosciences
- International Max Planck Research School: Physics of Biological and Complex Systems
Joint Professorships
- Prof. Marina Bennati - with University of Göttingen
- Prof. Stefan Jakobs - with University of Göttingen
- Prof. Henning Urlaub - with UMG
- Prof. Alec M. Wodtke - with University of Göttingen
- Prof. Markus Zweckstetter - with University of Göttingen
Collaborative Research Center
- CRC 1456: Mathematics of Experiment: The challenge of indirect measurements in the natural sciences
- CRC 1286: Quantitative Synaptology
Participating institutions: UMG, MPI-BPC, MPI-EM, MPI-DS, DZNE - CRC 1190: Compartmental Gates and Contact Sites in Cells
Participating institutions: UMG, MPI-BPC, MPI-EM, Weizmann Institute of Science - CRC 1073:
Atomic scale control of energy conversion
Participating institutions: GAUG, MPI-BPC - CRC 1002:
Modulatory Units in Heart Failure
Participating institutions: GAUG, UMG, DPZ, DZNE, MPI-BPC, MPI-DS - CRC 889:
Cellular Mechanisms of Sensory Processing
Participating institutions: GAUG, MPI-EM, MPI-DS, MPI-BPC, DPZ, UMG, ENI - CRC 860:
Integrative Structural Biology of Dynamic Macromolecular Assemblies
Participating institutions: GAUG, MPI-BPC
Key research areas
The key research areas at the MPI-BPC are in:
- Physics, biophysics, physical chemistry, chemistry
- Structural biology
- Molecular biology, biochemistry
- Neurobiology
- Developmental biology
Work Life Resources
- Child care facility (1-4 years, run by Kinderhaus Göttingen e.V.)
- Art expositions (“Kunst am Fassberg”)
- Language courses
- Sport activities
Research Infrastructure
- Facility for Innovative Light Microscopy (FILM)
- Bioreactor facility
- Career service for junior researchers
- Crystallization facility
- Office for research support
- Otto Hahn Library
- EU Liason Office
- Proteomics facility
- Facility for Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy
- Synthetic chemistry facility
- Transgenic cell culture facility
- Transmission electron microscopy facility
- Live-Cell Imaging
