 The architects of the new building were the Auer Weber Assoziierte GmbH in Stuttgart.Since the founding of the MPI of Biophysics, one of the directors has also held a chair at Frankfurt's Goethe University.In cooperation with other MPIs (for Biochemistry, Medical Research, and Molecular Physiology) it operates its own at the Swiss Light Source (SLS) in Switzerland, "one of the most modern and powerful "third generation" in Europe" (source), in order to avoid the normally long waiting times for a measurement.