The Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (abbreviated MPIB) is a research institute of the Max Planck Society located in Martinsried, a suburb of Munich. The institute was founded in 1973 by the merger of three formerly independent institutes: the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, the Max Planck Institute of Protein and Leather Research (founded 1954 in Regensburg), and the Max Planck Institute of Cell Chemistry (founded 1956 in Munich). With about 750 employees in currently nine research departments and more than 20 research groups, the MPIB is one of the largest institutes of the Max Planck Society.

Departments

There are nine departments currently in the institute:

Research groups

There are 26 research groups currently based at the MPIB, including 3 emeritus research groups:

Graduate Program

The International Max Planck Research School for Molecules of Life (IMPRS-ML) is a PhD program covering various aspects of life science ranging from biochemistry to computational biology. The school is run in cooperation with the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence, the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and the Technical University of Munich.