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Dr. Patricia Marquardt

Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin

Phone: +49 30 8413-1716
Fax: +49 30 8413-1671

Email: patricia.marquardt@­molgen.mpg.de

Head of administration

Dr. Christoph Krukenkamp

Phone: +49 30 8413-1360
Fax: +49 30 8413-1394

Email: krukenkamp@­vw.molgen.mpg.de

Institute

Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics

Research publications

You can find more research publications messages on the website of the Institute:
http://www.molgen.mpg.de

Research publications 2013

Cause of genetic disease discovered

May 08, 2013

Mutated protein causes congenital joint contractures and intellectual disability [more]

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Colon cancer exhibits a corresponding epigenetic pattern in mice and humans

February 07, 2013

Epigenetic investigation of mice can as a result contribute to early diagnosis of cancer in humans [more]

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Epigenetic control of cardiogenesis

January 29, 2013

Non-coding RNA is essential for normal embryonic cardiogenesis [more]

Research publications 2012

Epigenetic causes of prostate cancer

September 04, 2012

Researchers observe modified methylation patterns in a group of prostate cancers [more]

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Liquorice root found to contain anti-diabetic substance

April 17, 2012

Researchers discover promising anti-diabetic substance in the amorfrutin class of natural substances [more]

Research publications 2011

Monogenic defects responsible for intellectual disability and related disorders

September 21, 2011

Researchers discover 50 new genetic causes of intellectual disability in children [more]

Making one into two – first German genome comprehensively resolved at its molecular level

September 12, 2011

Max Planck researchers analyse the two chromosome sets in the human genome separately for the first time [more]

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Cellular metabolism self-adapts to protect against free radicals

September 07, 2011

Feedback mechanism coordinates cellular respiration and the degradation of free oxygen radicals [more]

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Mitochondrial genome mutates when reprogrammed

July 28, 2011

Max Planck researchers encounter genetic changes in the genome of the cellular power plants of human induced pluripotent stem cell [more]

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Mutated muscle protein causes deafness

May 30, 2011

Gene mutations on the X chromosome lead to progressive hearing impairment [more]

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Xenacoelomorpha – a new phylum in the animal kingdom

February 15, 2011

Scientists reorganise the animal phylogenetic tree [more]

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Different sources, same result

January 03, 2011

Induced pluripotent stem cells from foetal skin cells and embryonic stem cells display comparable potential for derivation of hepatocytes [more]

Research publications 2010
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Mutation patterns reveal individual types of colorectal cancer

December 23, 2010

Researchers have developed a process that enables the faster identification of different types of colorectal cancer [more]

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Stem cells from amniotic fluid

November 19, 2010

Reprogrammed amniotic fluid cells can generate all types of body cells [more]

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The Art of Dividing

September 03, 2010

Researchers in Berlin decode function and protein content of the centrosome [more]

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All genes in one go

August 29, 2010

New method for genome analysis identifies the genetic effect of a rare disease [more]

Research publications 2009
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'Feel-good' hormone serotonin regulates blood sugar concentration

October 28, 2009

Scientists from Berlin and Maribor reveal serotonin’s role in the pancreas and its implication in diabetes [more]

Research publications 2006
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New Details about the Molecular Post Room in Cells

October 29, 2006

A research group including the MPI for Molecular Genetics has succeeded in gaining new insight into the synthesis and sorting mechanisms for special proteins [more]

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New insight into cell division

October 27, 2006

Max Planck scientists in Berlin reveal a molecular mechanism which controls the distribution of chromosomes when cells divide [more]

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The Molecular Post Office Inside the Cell

May 12, 2006

A team of researchers in Berlin explains synthesis and sorting processes for secretory and membrane proteins [more]

Research publications 2004
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Chatty Finches

March 31, 2004

Max Planck Scientists and their American co-workers identified "Speech-Gene" in songbirds [more]

 
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