Post from the North Pole

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Christina Bienhold from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen spent two months on the research icebreaker Polarstern in the central Arctic. As co-leader of the ArcWatch-1 expedition she reached the North Pole in summer 2023. This photograph shows the 120m-long ice-breaker and research vessel "Polarstern" moored to an ice floe during the ArcWatch-1 expedition.

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Notes from fieldwork around the world: Max Planck scientists cooperate with partners in around 120 countries worldwide. Here they relate their personal experiences and impressions from their work in other corners of the world. more

Post from Australia

Jozefien Van de Velde from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne traveled to Australia for two months in search of frogs in the outback. This was no easy task, as her study subjects are nocturnal, hide underground in dry conditions, and only emerge after heavy rain. more

Post from Norway

Clabe Wekesa from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena spends two summer months north of the Arctic Circle. Using wild blueberries, he is investigating how arctic light conditions affect plants’ resistance to pests. more

Unusual research locations

The Effelsberg radio telescope, the Schneeferner House on the Zugspitze or the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre on the campus in Garching: our picture gallery focuses on unusual places where Max Planck scientists conduct research. more

News

In the foreground to the left is a sphere half illuminated on the right side, almost filling the image vertically. The surface consists of several parallel, pale-coloured bands aligned horizontally. To the top right is a much smaller orange, circular light source, illuminating the large sphere in the foreground. The background is black with numerous tiny white dots.

Super-Jupiter

July 24, 2024
Astronomy Astrophysics
An image of the the James Webb Space Telescope shows the oldest and coldest known exoplanet
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Do we really know how our data is used?

Do we really know how our data is used?

July 12, 2024
Computer Science Jurisprudence Language
New study on user perception of data collection purposes highlights a lack of clarity in privacy notices
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A motor for cell-free metabolism

A motor for cell-free metabolism

July 11, 2024
Synthetic Biology
Researchers have developed the first cell-free system in which genetic information and metabolism work together
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Career

Max Planck Partner Groups 2024

Max Planck Partner Groups 2024

The deadline for the submission of nomination documents is Wednesday, 30 September 2024
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The path to a doctorate

The path to a doctorate

When it comes to training and supporting doctoral students, Max Planck institutes have a wealth of experience to call on. They cooperate closely with the universities through which the doctorates are officially awarded.
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Job Offers

Technical Assistant (m/f/d) | Epigenetics Research Lab

Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg
July 29, 2024

Biological technical assistant (BTA) (m/f/d) | Chromosome Biology

Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne
July 25, 2024

Postdoctoral researcher position (m/f/d) | Receptor Structures at the Plant-Microbe Interface

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm
July 25, 2024
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Topic Specials

Climate and transformation

Climate and transformation

In addition to climate forecasts, the consequences of climate change are increasingly becoming the focus of research at Max Planck Institutes
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The brain

The brain

The human brain is the most complex organ that nature has ever produced: 100 billion nerve cells and many times more contact points give it capabilities that no supercomputer can match
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Migration

Migration

The causes and consequences of human mobility and its history are central topics for research at Max Planck Institutes
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Further Topic Specials

Publications


Evaluation - The procedures of the Max Planck Society
Living and working in Germany
Lise Meitner Excellence Program 2021
MaxPlanckResearch 1/2024: Focus: Un(free)
Yearbook Highlights 2023
Annual Report 2023 of the Max Planck Society
75 years Max Planck Society
Research is calling - We promote pioneers in science
Talent Companion

From the Institutes


MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology, et al.
Local food production saves costs and carbon more
MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
How adaptable to psychosocial stress is the teenage brain? more
MPI for Neurobiology of Behavior
Balancing instability and robustness more
MPI for Multidisciplinary Sciences
Modular design: New insights into protein factories in human mitochondria more
MPI for Astronomy
Webb finds differences in the eternal morning and evening skies on a distant world more
MPI for Chemistry
Complex Impact of Large Wildfires on Ozone Layer Dynamics more
MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology
What about bipedalism in Sahelanthropus? more
MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics
The symphony of organelles more
MPI for Molecular Genetics
Maximum Potential more
MPI for Gravitational Physics (Hannover)
Laser light to pave the way for the Einstein Telescope more
MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology
Synthesis pathway for new antibiotics elucidated more
MPI of Biochemistry
Urm1 protects proteins in stress situations more
MPI of Molecular Physiology
Where to put head and tail? more
MPI for Biology Tübingen
New tool maps microbial diversity with unprecedented details more
MPI for Chemical Ecology
Symbiodolus bacteria in insects more
MPI for Chemical Ecology
Odors are encoded in rings in the brain of migratory locusts more
MPI for Plant Breeding Research
Finding the balance in the plant immune response more
MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Metal concentrations in cells more

Videos 


Cell droplet research

Cell droplet research

A new hope for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. A film about the research of Anthony Hyman, who was awared the Koerber Prize 2022 and the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences 2023.
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Flight and Trauma

Flight and Trauma

Traumatic experiences from fleeing war zones can lead to distressing symptoms, which impair everyday life. Now with Ukranian sub-titles.
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COVID-19 vaccine: From vaccination to medication

COVID-19 vaccine: From vaccination to medication

Three pioneering experts - Uğur Şahin, Tzachi Pilpel and Patrick Cramer - discussed the future of combating Covid-19, 11th November 2021.
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Optogenetics | briefly explained

Optogenetics | briefly explained

Turning nerve cells on and off using pulses of light. Optogenetics is a relatively new field that uses light to control genetically modified cells. It is based on light-activated membrane proteins, such as bacteriorhodopsin or channelrhodopsin, that are built into nerve cells.
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Four questions for Raisa Sherif

Four questions for Raisa Sherif

March 04, 2021
Social Sciences Support for young researchers
Raisa Sherif,  now a senior research fellow at Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, talks about her work, what advice she has for girls who want to become researchers, and the challenges of becoming a researcher.
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