The Max Perutz Labs Vienna are a molecular biology research centre operated jointly by the University of Vienna and the Medical University of Vienna[1] located at the Vienna Biocenter. The institute is named after the Viennese-born biochemist and Nobel laureate Max Ferdinand Perutz. On average, the institute hosts 50 independent research groups. Max Perutz Labs scientists participate in the undergraduate curricula for students of the University of Vienna and the Medical University of Vienna.
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| Parent institution | University of Vienna Medical University of Vienna |
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| Established | 2005 |
| Scientific director | Alwin Köhler |
| Location | Dr. Bohr-Gasse 9 1030 Vienna Austria |
| Website | maxperutzlabs |
History
editThe Max Perutz Labs Vienna were founded in 2005, named after the Viennese-born biochemist Max Ferdinand Perutz, who emigrated to England after graduating in Chemistry from the University of Vienna. In Cambridge, he helped to set up the Laboratory of Molecular Biology. He was awarded the Nobel prize in Chemistry together with John Kendrew in 1962, for their studies of the structures of globular proteins.[2]
Awards and honours
editMax Perutz Labs former group leader Emmanuelle Charpentier received the 2015 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences and the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her work on the CRISPR/Cas9 system, done partly in Vienna.[3][4][5][6][7]
As of June 2019, scientists of the Max Perutz Labs have been awarded 14 ERC grants.[2][8][9][10][11][12]
References
edit- ^ Vienna, Medical University of. "Kooperationen". Medical University of Vienna. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
- ^ a b "MFPL History". Home. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
- ^ Abbott, Alison (2016-04-27). "The quiet revolutionary: How the co-discovery of CRISPR explosively changed Emmanuelle Charpentier's life". Nature. 532 (7600). Springer Nature: 432–434. doi:10.1038/532432a. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 27121823.
- ^ "Genetik-Revolution: Emmanuelle Charpentier, die Frau mit den DNA-Scheren". derStandard.at (in German). 2015-12-31. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
- ^ "Breakthrough Prize for Emmanuelle Charpentier". MFPL. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
- ^ Jinek, Martin; Chylinski, Krzysztof; Fonfara, Ines; Hauer, Michael; Doudna, Jennifer A.; Charpentier, Emmanuelle (2012-06-28). "A Programmable Dual-RNA–Guided DNA Endonuclease in Adaptive Bacterial Immunity". Science. 337 (6096): 816–821. doi:10.1126/science.1225829. ISSN 0036-8075. PMC 6286148. PMID 22745249.
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020". The Nobel Prize. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
- ^ "Two ERC Consolidator Grants for the MFPL". Home. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
- ^ "Max Perutz Labs at a glance". Max Perutz Labs. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
- ^ ""Max Perutz Labs at a glance"". Retrieved 2022-03-09.
- ^ "ERC grant for Thomas Juffmann". 2022-02-22. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
- ^ "Exploring the molecular basis of heredity: ERC grant for Joao Matos". 2020-12-09. Retrieved 2022-03-09.