Welcome to the Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie!
The FMP is devoted to research in molecular pharmacology, a field which deals with the interaction of small molecules with their cellular targets, and the effects of these inter-actions on cells and organisms as a whole.
Our Molecular Physiology and Cell Biology section studies cell biology, physiology and pathology.
Our Chemical Biology section develops molecular tools for probing cellular processes.
Finally, our Structural Biology section explores drug-target interactions at the molecular level.
Research Highlights
Persistence pays off – research breakthrough after eight years
People with a rare disorder known as familial startle disease often fall like a log when they are startled by something unexpected.
Good, good, good (and sometimes not so good) vibrations
It's easy to find connections between the senses of touch and hearing: just run a finger along the teeth of a comb.
A strike in the post office of the cell
Researchers at the Free University of Berlin and the FMP find a new way to keep intruders out of cell.
Exposing a Fata Morgana of smell
The Jentsch lab identifies a protein long thought to be crucial to smell... and finds that it isn't.