Peter Gruss
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Peter Gruss (born June 28, 1949 in Alsfeld, Hesse) is a German developmental biologist and the current president of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (having been elected for the term from 2002 to 2008). In 1994, he received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, which is the highest honour awarded in German research.
Gruss's research has generally covered the topic of control mechanisms in the development of mammals, especially in the development of the nervous system. He has been able to produce insulin using stem cells. He is director at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry since 1986.
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