The Biology of Complex Organisms

Creation and Protection of Integrity

Buch | Softcover

IX, 93 Seiten

2013 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Springer Basel (Verlag)
978-3-0348-9409-8 (ISBN)

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On December 6, 1961, a contract was signed by which the research institute of the Wander AG in Freiburg became the Max-Planck-Institut fUr Immunbiologie. The transfer of ownership took place during a happy expansion phase of the Max-Planck Society in which a growing economy in Germany allowed the foundation of many new research institutes by the Max-Planck-Society and other organizations. Nevertheless, it was a remarkable event. The acquisition by an academic organization of an institute formerly operated by an industrial company was rather unusual, not to speak ofthe fact that not only the facilities but also the entire scientific personnel were taken over. Retrospectively, the 40 years of the institute in the Max-Planck Society can be divided into 2 very different phases of 20 years each. The first 20 years were characterized by a continuation of the research that had begun in the Wander institute and centered on the structure and function of the bacterial compound endotoxin. During the second 20 years, the institute more than doubled in size and developed into an interdisciplinary research center that focuses on the development and organization of multicellular systems by combining studies in two fields of research: immunology and developmental biology. th The 40 anniversary of the foundation of the Max-Planck-Institute was celebrated by a ceremony including a scientific symposium. The first part of this volume presents the lectures given at the symposium by six leading biologists.

I Symposium.- Evolution of development.- The cloning of mammals: what are the problems?.- Size control and timing in development.- How the immune system protects the body from infection.- Biological curiosities: what can we learn from them?.- Quality control of immune self non-self discrimination.- II Ceremony.- About the history of the MPI for Immunobiology.- The second twenty years of the MPI IB.- Short history of immunology in Freiburg.- III DVD.- Samples Symposium Ceremony.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	3.10.2013
Zusatzinfo	IX, 93 p.
Verlagsort	Basel
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	218 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete
	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Physiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
Schlagworte	autoorder • Biology • Complex Organisms • Developmental Biology • Multicellularity
ISBN-10	3-0348-9409-0 / 3034894090
ISBN-13	978-3-0348-9409-8 / 9783034894098
Zustand	Neuware