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The Max Planck Postdoc Program provides talented early career researchers with a range of attractive opportunities to advance their careers in science. Applications are accepted twice a year - on March 1 and September 1. However, in 2025, the application period will begin on April 1. From right to left: Runita Shirdhankar, Alessia Atzori, Pascal Malkemper, Georgina Fenton, Li Zhang and Sybille Wolf-Kümmeth - members of a research team at the Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behaviour - caesar in Bonn

The postdoc phase: a springboard after the PhD

Have you completed your doctorate and want to prepare for a leadership role in science, business, or society? Or are you planning to launch your own company? Whatever your career goals, the Max Planck Society is the right place for you! more

Lise Meitner Excellence Program

The Lise Meitner Excellence Programme is designed to attract and specifically promote exceptionally qualified female scientists more

Max Planck-Weizmann Postdoctoral Programme

The application deadline for the third round of the German-Israeli 'Max Planck-Weizmann Postdoc Programme' will be announced in spring 2025 more

News

The satellite orbits the Earth in space, while glowing green gravitational waves can be seen in the background, spreading through the cosmos.

AI finds merging neutron stars in real time

March 05, 2025
Astronomy Astrophysics Gravitational Waves
Neural network registers gravitational wave signal from neutron star collisions early on and shows telescopes where to find the subsequent kilonova explosion in the sky
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Part of the earth can be seen, with the coast of Florida on the left. In the ocean, colors running from blue to red indicate ocean currents and eddies.

Weaker ocean circulation could cost trillions

February 28, 2025
Climate Europe
A weakening of the North Atlantic overturning circulation would cause the ocean to absorb less carbon dioxide - this is associated with economic costs and the climate continues to heat up
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A satellite with a golden surface and two rectangular solar panels in space.

Indian spacecraft Aditya-L1 observes solar flare

February 28, 2025
Astronomy Solar System
Just a few months after it was launched, the spacecraft observed one of the most violent flare eruptions on the sun – from its origin to its full release.
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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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Decentering Transnationality. The Impact of Latin American Artists in Post-War Europe

from Mar 3, 2025 12:00 AM to Mar 4, 2025 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

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Decentering Transnationality. The Impact of Latin American Artists in Post-War Europe

from Mar 3, 2025 12:00 AM to Mar 4, 2025 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

Public event without registration

PhD Career Day 2025 at MPI Magdeburg

Mar 11, 2025 from 09:00 AM to 05:30 PM (Local Time Germany)

Career Perspectives with a PhD in Natural & Life Sciences – Dr. Lam-Ha Ly (IMPRS-CBSC alumna)

Mar 13, 2025 from 05:00 PM to 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Virtual Reality in Criminology and Criminal Justice – Current and Future Developments

Mar 20, 2025 from 09:45 AM to 06:30 PM (Local Time Germany)

Upcoming Events

PhD Career Day 2025 at MPI Magdeburg

Mar 11, 2025 09:00 AM - 05:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
Max Planck Institute Magdeburg, Room: Big Seminar Room "Prigogine"

Career Perspectives with a PhD in Natural & Life Sciences – Dr. Lam-Ha Ly (IMPRS-CBSC alumna)

Mar 13, 2025 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
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Virtual Reality in Criminology and Criminal Justice – Current and Future Developments

Mar 20, 2025 09:45 AM - 06:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
Freiburg/Germany, Günterstalstr. 73, and online, Room: 125
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Career

Max Planck Postdoc Program

Max Planck Postdoc Program

The new Max Planck Postdoc Program offers top emerging talents a range of attractive measures and opportunities
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Call for Applications 2025: Lise Meitner Research Groups

Call for Applications 2025: Lise Meitner Research Groups

The MPG offers excellent researchers again the possibility to apply for a position as a Leader of a Lise Meitner Research Group in all areas of science. Applications are possible until April 08th, 2025. 
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Job Offers

PhD Student (f/m/d) | Synthetic Biology and Bioinformatics

Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg
March 07, 2025

Research Software Engineer (m/f/d)

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön
March 06, 2025

Proteomics & Mass Spectrometry Scientist (m/f/d)

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried
March 06, 2025
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Talent Companion
Research is calling - We promote pioneers in science
75 years Max Planck Society
Annual Report 2023 of the Max Planck Society
Yearbook Highlights 2023
MaxPlanckResearch 4/2024: Focus: Do I have a choice?

From the Institutes


MPI of Molecular Plant Physiology
Hormones determine whether plants form partnerships with fungi more
MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology
First articulating leg of Paranthropus robustus discovered more
MPI for Multidisciplinary Sciences, et al.
Optical nanoscopy without the ON/OFF more
MPI for Chemical Ecology
Hidden allies more

Multimedia


Unraveling Behavior

Unraveling Behavior

Podcast
A science podcast about the patterns driving human judgment and decision making. In each episode,  Ana Sofia Morais sits down with a researcher to explore how people make decisions, how they handle risk, and how our surroundings and the online world shape our behavior.
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Cell droplet research

Cell droplet research

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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

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Traumatic experiences from fleeing war zones can lead to distressing symptoms, which impair everyday life. Now with Ukranian sub-titles.
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