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Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (MPG)
Institution
Section overview
Description
The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science is an independent, non-profit research organization that primarily promotes and supports research at its own institutes.
Activities
- Research
Subordinate institutions
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
- Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology
- Max-Planck-Institute for terrestic Microbiology
- Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology
- Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
- Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
- for Plant Breeding Research - Plant Developmental Biology
- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
- Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research - Department Molecular Plant Genetics
- Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research - Department Plant Microbe Interactions
- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
- Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
- Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
- Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology - Dept. of Molecular Biology
- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine
- Max Planck Institute for Human Development
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology
Coordinated projects
Coordinated projects of subordinate institutions
- A user-driven tool to organize and map large data sets like transcript and metabolite profiles onto known pathways and cellular processes
- Agricultural systems for future: AGROKOKO
- Agricultural systems for the future: Co-Ordination and communication
- Cloning and characterization of the maize gene involved in Phytosiderophorsekretion
- Collaborative project: Heat stress of maize - using new breeding methods to increase the tolerance – Subproject 2
- Collaborative project: Development of a molecular basis for the physical-chemical principles for reducing sugar in foods using Erythritol. Subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Elucidating the impact of biodiversity in soils on growth and fitness of the crop maize by combining ´omics´-based quality (in silico) modelling and reconstruction biology - subproject C
- Collaborative project: Elucidating the impact of biodiversity in soils on growth and fitness of the crop maize by combining ´omics´-based quality (in silico) modelling and reconstruction biology - subproject E
- Collaborative project: Food safety and resilience of food chains in biological hazards. Subproject: Characterization and identification of pathogens using high-resolution mass spectrometry
- Collaborative project: FUGATO-plus - RePoRI - the development of genetic markers for resistance to respiratory infections in pigs; project MPI
- Collaborative project: GABI CONQUEST 2: identification and characterization of genes for quantitative pathogen resistance in potatoes, Project 1: Using a 'Candidate Gene Approach'
- Collaborative project: GABI COOL 2: Genomics of cool tolerance in maize, part of project 4
- Collaborative project: Identification of molecular markers for BYDV-resistance in maize – Subproject 2
- Collaborative Project: Innovative Hybrid poplars: fast growth for Germany; Subproject 2: Use of Biodiversity by somatic hybridization
- Collaborative project: Molecular analysis of grapevine cluster architecture
- Collaborative projects in climate change: strategies Moor Usage, Project: Soil trace gas measurement profiles - soil columns, policy advice
- Data integration, pathway analysis and modeling
- Development and combination of in silico and novel experimental tools for the advanced genome-wide identification of cis-regulatory elements
- Development of Genetic Markers for Immune Defence and Resistance in the Porcine Respiratory Tract; Project part 8; Microarray-Analyse
- DFG Trilateral collaboration Deutschland-Israel-Palestine: Drought Tolerant Sun-Dried Tomatoes: A Novel Product Based on Heterotic Natural Biodiversity
- EpiC - Epigenetics: elucidation of epigenetic mechanisms of endosperm formation for the development of apomictic crops - TP A
- EpiC-EpiHAP: Accelerating plant breeding by overcoming epigenetic barriers in the production of double-haploid plants - subproject B
- ERA-Net PlantGenomics - Joint project: identification of candidates for the improvement of growth of Brassica crops under abiotic stress conditions '(ARABRAS - part B)
- ERA-Net PlantGenomics - Joint project: identification of relevant candidate genes for improving plant growth under abiotic stress conditions. (ARABRAS - part A)
- Ethical, legal and socioeconomic aspects of genome editing in agriculture. Subproject 5: communication and dissemination
- European Training and Networking Activity in Plant Genomics and Bioinformatics
- Evaluating and improving the biosafety transplastomer plants and development of a Plastidentransformationstechnologie for maize
- Exploiting inter-species conservation in promoter sequences to identify regulators of reproductive development and physiological performance.
- Exploiting inter-species conservation in promoter sequences to identify regulators of reproductive development and physiological performance.
- Extent and negative side effects of genomic introgressions of wild tomato species into cultivated species
- Extent and side effects of wild introgressions in cultivated tomato
- GABI - BEET PHYSICAL MAP: A Physical Map of the Sugar Beet Genome to Integrate Genetics and Genomics - Beet Physical Map - Subproject 4
- GABI - PLANT KBBE II - Joint project 'ExpResBar': Exploiting genetic variation for resistance to important pathogens in barley. Subproject E
- GABI - PLANT KBBE II - Joint project 'ExpResBar': Exploiting genetic variation for resistance to important pathogens in barley. Subproject F
- GABI FUTURE - Collaborative Project: 'Integrated Modeling of the primary metabolism of the developing barley endosperm under the influence of hormonal regulation (GABI SysSEED)'; Project Part C
- GABI FUTURE - Collaborative Project: 'MAPMEN: a portfolio of user-driven tools for the design, management, visualization and analysis of functional genomics. (GABI MAPMEN)' Subproject A
- GABI FUTURE Alliance project: 'Biomass production in corn: genomics-based and system-oriented plant breeding for corn to energy' (GABI-ENERGY): Project D
- GABI FUTURE Alliance Project: CentroPlanta - Integration of growth regulating influences and centrosomal protein function
- GABI Future collaborative projects: 'Development of barley lines with increased yield and improved quality seeds under drought stress during the grain filling (GABI GRAIN) Project Part D
- GABI FUTURE: GABI Primary Database (GABI-PD)
- GABI trilateral cooperations (DE-FR-SP) - DILEMA - Diversity of disease resistance mechanisms in Arabidopsis
- GABI trilaterale Kooperationen (ES-FR-DE) - GENOSOME: Comparative Genomics of Solanaceae Meristems
- GABI-EVAST: EValuation of the power of ASsociation Tests versus QTL mapping
- GABI-FUTURE - Collaborative projects 'use of natural diversity in the Arabidopsis genome-wide population (GABI-GRACE)' (Sub-project B)
- GABI-FUTURE - Joint project: 'Analysis of the compartmentalization and regulation of carbohydrate metabolism of potato tubers by novel combination of biochemical and genomic approaches (GABI-FLUX)' (Project B)
- GABI-FUTURE-collaborative projects: 'Biometrics and bioinformatics tools for genomics based plant (GABI-GAIN) '(Project C)
- GABI-FUTURE-collaborative projects: 'calcium and protein kinase-mediated signal transduction in plants - a functional genomic-biochemical approach based on a novel strategy to improve the performance of crops under environmental stress (GABI-CAPSITRAP)' (Project B)
- GABI-FUTURE-collaborative projects: Functional genomics to improve the nitrogen utilization of crops through identification of appropriate key genes and metabolic markers (GABI FUNCIN) '(Project C)
- GABI-MALT - An integrated approach to the genetic and functional dissection of malting quality in barley
- GABI-TILLING: Establishment of a central platform for testing lead gene function in crops based on TILLING
- Genomic and metabolomic exploration of natural variability of fruit development and quality in tomato
- GlobE - improvement of the East African cooking banana with regard to biotic stress resistance and flowering time by transgenic applications and somatic hybridization
- Importance of biological drivers and water transport to elucidate biodiversity effects on carbon and nitrogen storage in the soil
- Improved bio-inocula and living mulch technologies for an integrated management of horticultural crops
- Investigating the role of putative defense metabolites in Picea abies by genetic transformation
- Land use and biodiversity shape the contribution of microbial necromass to soil carbon storage
- MAIZE-TF - Functional genomics of transcription factors in maize seed development, project 2
- Modelling the effect of silicon and calcium availability on the future sustainability of Arctic permafrost carbon pools based on laboratory and field experiments
- NATURAL DIVERSITY - Evaluation of the natural diversity in Arabidopsis thaliana for traits of agronomic or basic importance
- NATURAL DIVERSITY - Evaluation of the natural diversity in Arabidopsis thaliana for traits of agronomic or basic importance
- Planning PLANT-KBBE Alliance: 'Transcriptional networks and their evolution in the Brassicaceae (Transnet)' (A sub-projects)
- Plant biotechnology collaborative project: Genetic and Biomarker-based Predictive Breeding of Maize Cultivars - Sub-project G
- Plant-KBBE collaborative projects: 'Transcriptional networks and their evolution in the Brassicaceae (Transnet)' (Sub-project B)
- Predicting and fine-tuning seasonal responses of apples and peaches for improving orchard yields and climate change resilience
- Regional climate scenarios using the REMO model and stochastic models
- RYE-BARLEY-DIVERSITY - Bridging genomics and genetic diversity: Association between gene polymorphism and trait variation in cereals (Part 3)
- SFB 670 TP13: Induced Receptor Endocytosis in the Cell-Autonomous Plant Basal Immune Response
- SFB 670 TP18: Intracellular perception of fungal effectors and initiation of signalling by allelic NB-LRR receptors
- SFB 670 TP19: Toll-related Intracellular Receptors in Plant Innate Immunity
- SFB 670 TP2: Molecular mechanisms of host cell entry by phytopathogenic powdery mildew fungi via suppression of cell-autonomous plant defence
- SolaMI
- SPP 1090 AG 3: Transformation and stabilisation of organic matter by soil arthropods: Microbial activities and function of alkaline segments in the guts of humivorous coleopteran and dipteran larvae
- SPP 1090 AG 4:
- SPP 1149: Analysis of heterosis in Arabidopsis thaliana via metabolic profiling
- Taraxacum koksaghyz as a sustainable source for the local production of latex, rubber and inulin (TARULIN) - sub-project H
- Use of interactions of potato plants with its mikrobiom to develop sustainable breeding and farming strategies
- Use of mobile CRISPR/Cas9 transcripts to produce transgene free mutants in one generation by grafting
- VALDIS TROST - Validation of identified markers for selection of drought tolerant starch potatoes; subproject 1: tolerance selection under income receipt
Subordinate institutions as work package leader of collaborative projects
Involved in research projects
- Aquired environmental epigenetics advances: from arabidopsis to maize (AENEAS)
- Building a biological knowledge-base on fish lifecycles for competitive, sustainable European aquaculture (LIFECYCLE)
- Effects of neonicotinoids and varroacides on honeybee health
- Enhancing and stabilizing the productivity of salt-affected areas by incorporating genes for tolerance of abiotic stresses in rice
- Marine metagenomics for new biotechnological applications (MAMBA)
- Rational design of plant systems for sustainable generation of value-added industrial products (SMARTCELL)
- The development of tools and effective strategies for the optimisation of useful secondary METAbolite PROduction in planta (METAPRO)
- TRACEBACK - Integrated system for a reliable traceability of food supply chains
Contact
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science
(MPG)
Hofgartenstr. 8
80084 München
Bavaria
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)89 2108-0
Fax: +49 (0)89 2108-1111
Email: presse(@)mpg-gv.mpg.de