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The Biology of Complex Organisms

Creation and Protection of Integrity

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Editors:
  1. Klaus Eichmann

    1. Max-Planck-Institut für Immunbiologie, Freiburg, Germany

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Symposium

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Evolution of development

      • Lewis Wolpert
      Pages 3-13

    3. The cloning of mammals: what are the problems?

      • Rudolph Jaenisch
      Pages 15-25

    4. Size control and timing in development

      • Martin Raff
      Pages 27-34

    5. How the immune system protects the body from infection

      • Charles A. Janeway Jr.
      Pages 35-45

    6. Biological curiosities: what can we learn from them?

      • Jacques Miller
      Pages 47-52

    7. Quality control of immune self non-self discrimination

      • Philippe Kourilsky
      Pages 53-59

  3. Ceremony

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61
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    2. About the history of the MPI for Immunobiology

      • Otto Westphal
      Pages 63-76

    3. The second twenty years of the MPI IB

      • Klaus Eichmann
      Pages 77-82

    4. Short history of immunology in Freiburg

      • Hartmut H. Peter
      Pages 83-92

  4. DVD

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
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    2. Samples Symposium Ceremony

      • Lewis Wolpert, Rudolf Jaenisch, Martin Raff, Charles Janeway Jr., Jacques Miller, Philippe Kourilsky et al.
      Pages 93-93
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Max-Planck-Institut für Immunbiologie, Freiburg, Germany

    Klaus Eichmann

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Biology of Complex Organisms

  • Book Subtitle: Creation and Protection of Integrity

  • Editors: Klaus Eichmann

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8026-8

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Basel AG 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-6979-8Due: 09 December 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-0348-9409-8Published: 03 October 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-8026-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 93

  • Topics: Human Physiology

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