FML History

History of the FML

The laboratory was founded in 1969 to offer junior scientists a possibility to work on research projects of their own in Independent Research Groups. The Heads of Research Groups are elected by a Committee of Experts on the basis of a public tendering procedure. They are then offered employment contracts for a term of five years. Over that period of time, they can use modern, well-equipped laboratories and work in teams tailored to their ideas. Irrespective of this independence, the Group Leaders agree to manage jointly the funds available to the Laboratory in order to ensure their efficient use. This procedure has worked well so far.

This is a list of former and actual group leaders at the FML:

Group Leader:	Employment
Friedrich Bonhoeffer:	Oct. 1969 - Nov. 1972
Ralf Knippers:	Oct. 1996 - Dec. 1972
Uli Schwarz:	Oct. 1969 - June 1974
Günter Gerisch:	Dec. 1969 - March 1975
Dieter Oesterhelt:	Oct. 1973 - March 1975
Wolfgang Hennig:	Oct. 1974 - Dec. 1977
Reinhard Kurth:	Sept. 1975 - Oct. 1980
Wilfried Seifert:	Jan. 1976 - Dec. 1981
Heinz Wässle:	July 1977 - July 1981
Matthias Wabl:	May 1978 - May 1984
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard:	May 1981 -March 1985
Rolf Kemler:	Sept. 1981 - June 1987
Walter Birchmeier:	Feb. 1982 - April 1988
Peter Ekblom:	June 1984 - April 1990
Claudia Stürmer:	July 1986 - Dec 1990
Jürgen Bolz:	July 1987 - Aug 1993
Stefan Jentsch:	May 1988 - Sept. 1993
Christian Lehner:	since Aug. 1990
Martin Bähler:	since Feb. 1991
Alexander Borst:	since Sept. 1993
Ralph Rupp:	since Oct. 1993

Document last modified 2. February 1995

Tilmann Brotz , brotz@sunwan.mpik- tueb.mpg.de