The Friedrich Miescher Laboratory (FML) of the Max Planck Society is a biological research institute located on the Society's campus in Tübingen, Germany, named after Friedrich Miescher, founded in 1969 to offer highly qualified junior scientists in biology an opportunity to establish independent research groups and pursue their own line of research within a five-year period. There are currently four research groups studying evolutionary genetics, systems biology of development, and the biochemistry of meiotic recombination.
Profile The Friedrich Miescher Laboratory (FML) of the Max Planck Society is a biological research institute located on the Society's campus in Tübingen, Germany, named after Friedrich Miescher. It was founded in 1969 to offer highly qualified junior scientists in the area of biology an opportunity to establish independent research groups and pursue their own line of research within a five-year period.
The FML was a bold experiment by the Max Planck Society, in response to the brain drain, to place more resources in the hands of junior scientists and make Germany a more attractive research destination.
Group Leaders The group leaders are elected by a committee of scientists from diverse areas and institutions on the basis of a public tendering procedure.
Since 2005 the FML has been represented by a managing director in order to relieve the group leaders of administrative burdens and to allow them even more time to focus on their research.
There is no specification as to which kind of biological research should be conducted at the FML, and the focus of research changes with the appointment of each new group leader. While at the FML, they can use modern, well-equipped laboratories and work in teams tailored to their ideas. Each group leader is free to allocate their resources as they choose, and in addition there is a central budget for the FML, managed jointly by the group leaders.
Years active at FMLCurrent AffiliationLuisa Pallares2022 – presentThe Friedrich Miescher Laboratory (FML) of the Max Planck SocietyJohn Weir2017 – presentThe Friedrich Miescher Laboratory (FML) of the Max Planck SocietyPatrick Müller2014 – 21University of Konstanz, GermanyFelicity Jones2012 – 23University of Groningen, NetherlandsFrank Chan2012 – 23University of Groningen, NetherlandsWolfram Antonin2006 – 17RWTH Aachen University, GermanyMichael Hothorn2012 – 14University of Geneva, SwitzerlandSilke Hauf2005 – 13Virginia Tech, West Virginia, USADmitri Ivanov2005 – 11Gunnar Rätsch2005 – 11ETH Zurich, SwitzerlandAnne Spang1999 – 06Biozentrum, University of Basel, SwitzerlandGudrun Schwarzer2000 – 03University of Giessen, GermanyAndreas Mayer1997 – 03University of Lausanne, SwitzerlandChristoph Schuster1996 – 03Heidelberg University, Germany Ralph Rupp1993 – 99Adolf Butenandt Institute, LMU Munich, GermanyAlexander Borst1993 – 99Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence, Martinsried, GermanyMartin Bähler1991 – 97University of Münster, GermanyChristian Lehner1990 – 96Stefan Jentsch1988 – 93Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, GermanyJürgen Bolz1987 – 93University of Jena, GermanyClaudia Stürmer1986 – 90University of Konstanz, GermanyPeter Ekblom1984 – 90University of Uppsala, SwedenWalter Birchmeier1982 – 88Max Delbrück Center, Berlin, GermanyRolf Kemler1981 – 87Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard1981 – 85Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, GermanyMatthias Wabl1978 – 84University of California, San Francisco, USAHeinz Wässle1977 – 81Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt, GermanyWilfried Seifert1975 – 82 Reinhard Kurth1975 – 81Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, GermanyWolfgang Hennig1974 – 78Dieter Oesterhelt1973 – 74Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, GermanyGünter Gerisch1969 – 75Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, GermanyUli Schwarz1969 – 74Shanghai Institute for Advanced Studies, ChinaRolf Knippers1969 – 73University of Konstanz, GermanyFriedrich Bonhoeffer1969 – 72Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany References
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