Institute of Molecular Biology

The Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) is a newly established research centre on the campus of the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany. It is funded by the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation. The scientists at IMB primarily conduct basic science in developmental biology, epigenetics, and DNA repair.
Research.
The fields of developmental biology, epigenetics, and DNA repair constitute the framework of IMB's research. Many of the most interesting questions occur at the interfaces between these fields and IMB's research groups aim to address these questions.
The following research groups are currently working at IMB:
The researchers are supported by IMB's Core Facilities which offer services and access to the newest technologies.
Infrastructure.
IMB is housed in a new 6000 sq m research building with laboratories, offices, seminar rooms and a large auditorium.
IMB is located in close proximity to many institutes of the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, two Max Planck Institutes, the University of Applied Sciences Mainz, and the University Medical Center. Nearby Frankfurt and Darmstadt are also cities with extensive scientific activities, including the research of Goethe University Frankfurt, and the Technical University of Darmstadt.