The Max Planck Institute for Cell Biology was located in Ladenburg, Germany. It was founded 1947 as Max Planck Institute for Oceanic biology in Wilhelmshaven, after renaming in 1968, it was moved to Ladenburg 1977 under the direction of

Hans-Georg Schweiger Hans-Georg Schweiger (August 21, 1927 in Königsberg, Prussia – November 15, 1986 in Wilhelmsfeld) was a German cell biologist and a former director of the Max Planck Institute for Cell Biology. Education and career Schweiger grew up in Köni ...

. It was closed 1 July 2003. It was one of 80 institutes in the

Max Planck Society The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (german: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e. V.; abbreviated MPG) is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes. ...

(Max Planck Gesellschaft).

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Homepage of the Max Planck Institute for Cell Biology
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