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Max Perutz Labs

Inter-university Organizational Units

Head: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Alwin Köhler
Deputy Head: Univ.-Prof. Thomas Ashley Leonard, PhD


Max Perutz Labs
Dr. Bohrgasse 9/III
1030 Wien

P: +43 (0)1 4277-61601
F: +43 (0)1 4277-9616

To Max Perutz Labs

The Max Perutz Labs are a joint venture of the University of Vienna and the Medical University of Vienna. The institute conducts outstanding, internationally recognized research and teaching in the field of molecular biology.

Scientists at the Max Perutz Labs research fundamental, mechanistic processes in biomedicine and combine innovative basic research with medically relevant questions.

The researchers at the Max Perutz Labs conduct basic research in the molecular biosciences and medical sciences and pass on their knowledge to students at the Medical University of Vienna in lectures and internships.

The Max Perutz Labs are part of the Vienna BioCenter, a leading hotspot for life sciences in Europe. The institute has 44 research groups with around 400 employees from 50 nations.


Interface between basic research and medicine

44 research groups from the Medical University and the University of Vienna are currently working at the Max Perutz Labs.

All about the research groups at the Max Perutz Labs.