Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology

After the reunification of the two German states, the Max Planck Society took over the responsibility to create centres of excellent basic research on the state territory of the former GDR. This resulted in the foundation of 19 new institutes. The Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology was one of the first institutes to be established after the decision was made by the senate of the Max Planck Society on March 13, 1992. The Institute employs multi-disciplinary approaches to infection biology, comprising concepts and methodologies of molecular genetics, immunology, cell biology, epidemiology, clinical research and protein chemistry. The Institute promotes the applications of its research towards paving the way for the design of rational measures of control of infectious diseases.