Facts and Figures
Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology
Founding year of institute: 1954
Completion of current buildings: March 2005
Building area: 4 600 m2
includes: Lab space: 3 300 m2
Office Space: 930 m2
Departments: 6
Independent Research Groups: 6
Total number of staff including scholarship holders: ca. 360
Scientific staff: > 210
includes: PhD students: ca. 100
Postdocs: ca. 60
Visiting Scientists: ca. 40
International: > 35% (of all staff including scholarship holders);
representing more than 50 nationalities
(August 2016)