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Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Zellbiologie und Genetik (MPI-CBG)

Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Zellbiologie und Genetik (MPI-CBG)
Auditorium
Pfotenhauerstraße 108
01307 Dresden (Dresdner Süden)

Prof. Dr. Wieland Huttner, Direktor Emeritus

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Duration of the talk: 30 minutes

Information on the event format

Lecture

Stations

Pfotenhauerstr.

62 (bus)
64 (bus)

Königsheimplatz

6 (tram)

Johannstadt

62 (bus)

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