Unlocking
the Secrets
of Lipids

Lipid Research enables us to get a better understanding and a clear insight into one of the most important compositions of life.

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Imaging the future

Combining the expertise of two of the leading institutes for lipid research allows the ILRC to advance on a great scale.

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Our
Members

The Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden and the National Centre for Biological Sciences Bangalore.

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The living
frontier

The International Lipid Research Center was founded as a partnership between MPI-CBG Dresden and NCBS Bangalore to study one of the few remaining frontiers in molecular biology.

Understanding the functions of lipids and cell membranes is key to progress in basic cell and tissue biology as well as in the many diseases that are caused by lipid dysfunction. Finally, new methodology is paving the way towards breakthroughs.

The time is ripe to understand what lipids do in our cells and bodies. The International Lipid Research Center is ready to meet this challenge.

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2 partners working together to unlock the secrets of lipids

the partners

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
Dresden, Germany

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National Centre for Biological Sciences
Bangalore,
India

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The living frontier

The International Lipid Research Center was founded as a partnership between MPI-CBG Dresden and NCBS Bangalore to study one of the few remaining frontiers in molecular biology.

The living
frontier