A few small test tubes filled with fluids side by side.

Department of Molecular Biology

Chromatin organization controls gene expression, genome replication, and DNA repair. Researchers at the BMC Munich study how chromatin balances flexibility in responding to signals with stable, heritable structures that organize chromosomes and define cell identity.

Research groups

Chromatin organization regulates gene expression, genome replication, and DNA repair. Researchers at BMC Munich are investigating how chromatin combines adaptability with stable, heritable structures that organize chromosomes and determine cell identity.

Landscape portrait of Philipp Korber.
Landscape portrait of Cathrine Regnard.
Landscape portrait of Gunnar Schotta.
Landscape portrait of Rodrigo Villaseñor.
Drosophila melanogaster culture

Core Facilities

Picture of T. Straub in a server room
Pipetting with a multi-channel pipet.
Large auditorium filled with students during a lecture

© Katharina Vukadin

Teaching

The Department of Molecular Biology teaches the preclinical course Biochemistry II in the School of Medicine.

TEACHING
Visitors of the BMC Open Day in the foyer

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About us

We study the structure and function of chromatin. We want to understand how the molecular organization of genetic information in the cell nucleus controls essential cell processes.

Molecular Biology Office

Biomedical Center (BMC), LMU Medizin, LMU Munich, Großhaderner Strasse 9, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried

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