Organisation
The MPI-CBG is headed by 5 tenured directors/group leaders - Jonathon Howard (Australia), Wieland Huttner (Germany), Anthony Hyman (UK), Elizabeth Knust (Germany), Marino Zerial (Italy) - and a chief operating officer (Ivan Baines). Together with the directors' groups, 19 independent research groups led by untenured principal investigators and about 16 facilities make up the work force of the institute. In total, the institute employs around 560 people of which about half are not German. The flat organisation and the absence of department divisions fosters direct communication and a slim administration.
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