Pushing the MINFLUX technique to higher spatial and temporal precision allows protein dynamics to be observed under physiological conditions. Scientists at the MPIMR observe the stepping motion of the motor protein kinesin-1 as it walks along microtubules at an unprecedented level of detail. The work highlights the power of MINFLUX as a revolutionary new tool for observing nanometer-sized conformational changes in proteins. The work was recently published in Science.

Scientists at the institute and Heidelberg University develop a new technology to assemble matter in 3D. They use sound waves to generate pressure fields with a certain shape within which particles are ‘printed’. The results were recently published in Science Advances.

The Health + Life Science Alliance Heidelberg Mannheim has been given an institutional framework: The research alliance – launched by seven leading research institutions with the aim of building the Rhine-Neckar region into an internationally leading biomedical-technological cluster focusing on the life sciences, the health economy and medical technology – will operate as a non-profit limited liability company (gGmbh) in future.