IMB is embedded in a strong and dynamic research environment on the campus of Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU), just west of Mainz city centre. With 10 departments, 150 institutes and 32,000 students, Johannes Gutenberg University is one of the largest German universities. The university has strong, interdisciplinary centres dedicated to neuroscience, cardiovascular medicine, immunology and oncology.

IMB also has strong collaborative links to the University Medical Center, which is located near the main campus and has a strong focus on clinical and translational research. The Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research and Mainz’s University of Applied Sciences are also all within easy reach. 

Frankfurt, only 35 km away, is home to Goethe University, with over 46,000 students. Research institutes in Frankfurt include the Max Planck Institute for Biophysics, the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research and the Ernst Strüngmann Institute for Cognitive Brain Research. Nearby, Darmstadt is home to both a Technical University, whose Department of Biology has a focus on synthetic biology and the biology of stress responses, and a University of Applied Sciences which includes a focus on biotechnology. 

There is an extensive industry R&D presence in Mainz, with the headquarters of Boehringer Ingelheim, BioNTech, Translational Oncology (TRON) and the Merck Group in close vicinity. For an illustration of the strong research environment in which Mainz is situated please see the IMB research environment map found here.

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