Founded 2005 | ||
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Headquarters Dr. Bohr-Gasse 9
1030 Vienna
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The Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL) are a joint venture of the University of Vienna and the Medical University of Vienna located at the Vienna Biocenter. It is named after the Viennese-born biochemist and Nobel laureate Max Ferdinand Perutz. MFPL is dedicated to research and education in the field of Molecular Biology. On average, MFPL hosts 60 independent research groups, involving more than 500 people from 40 nations. MFPL scientists participate in the undergraduate curricula for students of the University of Vienna and the Medical University of Vienna.
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The MFPL were named after the Viennese-born biochemist Max Ferdinand Perutz, who emigrated to England after graduating in Chemistry from the University of Vienna. In Cambridge, he helped to set up the “Laboratory of Molecular Biology”. He was awarded the Nobel prize in Chemistry together with John Kendrew in 1962, for their studies of the structures of globular proteins.