Our new Postdoc Program

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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

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Origin and diversity of Hun Empire populations

Origin and diversity of Hun Empire populations

February 24, 2025
Human History
Far-reaching genetic ties between the Mongolian steppe and Central Europe under Hun rule
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Selective Jamming: A New Era of Cyber Threats

Selective Jamming: A New Era of Cyber Threats

February 24, 2025
Computer Science
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) technology enables high spatial resolution wireless jamming
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Synthetic Carbon Assimilation Surpasses Nature

Synthetic Carbon Assimilation Surpasses Nature

February 27, 2025
Microbiology (B&M) Synthetic Biology
New-to-Nature Pathway Outperforms Natural Pathway in Living Bacteria
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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)

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Research Exhibition: Rework, Retouch, Care: Case Studies from the Hertziana Collection.

Mar 4, 2025

Opening: March 4, 2025 at 18:45

Mettere mano. Reworking Early Modern Drawings

Mar 4, 2025

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Research Exhibition: Rework, Retouch, Care: Case Studies from the Hertziana Collection.

Mar 4, 2025

Opening: March 4, 2025 at 18:45

Mettere mano. Reworking Early Modern Drawings

Mar 4, 2025

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Research Exhibition: Rework, Retouch, Care: Case Studies from the Hertziana Collection.

Mar 4, 2025

Opening: March 4, 2025 at 18:45

Mettere mano. Reworking Early Modern Drawings

Mar 4, 2025

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Mar 4, 2025

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Mettere mano. Reworking Early Modern Drawings

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Mar 4, 2025

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Mar 4, 2025

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PhD Career Day 2025 at MPI Magdeburg

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

Research Exhibition: Rework, Retouch, Care: Case Studies from the Hertziana Collection.

Mar 4, 2025

Opening: March 4, 2025 at 18:45

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Mar 4, 2025

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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)

Research Exhibition: Rework, Retouch, Care: Case Studies from the Hertziana Collection.

Mar 4, 2025

Opening: March 4, 2025 at 18:45

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Mar 4, 2025

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Mar 4, 2025

Opening: March 4, 2025 at 18:45

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Mar 4, 2025

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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)

Research Exhibition: Rework, Retouch, Care: Case Studies from the Hertziana Collection.

Mar 4, 2025

Opening: March 4, 2025 at 18:45

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Mar 4, 2025

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Mar 4, 2025

Opening: March 4, 2025 at 18:45

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Mar 4, 2025

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Research Exhibition: Rework, Retouch, Care: Case Studies from the Hertziana Collection.

Mar 4, 2025

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Mettere mano. Reworking Early Modern Drawings

Mar 4, 2025

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Research Exhibition: Rework, Retouch, Care: Case Studies from the Hertziana Collection.

Mar 4, 2025

Opening: March 4, 2025 at 18:45

Mettere mano. Reworking Early Modern Drawings

Mar 4, 2025

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Research Exhibition: Rework, Retouch, Care: Case Studies from the Hertziana Collection.

Mar 4, 2025

Opening: March 4, 2025 at 18:45

Mettere mano. Reworking Early Modern Drawings

Mar 4, 2025

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Research Exhibition: Rework, Retouch, Care: Case Studies from the Hertziana Collection.

Mar 4, 2025

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Mettere mano. Reworking Early Modern Drawings

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Mettere mano. Reworking Early Modern Drawings

Mar 4, 2025

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Research Exhibition: Rework, Retouch, Care: Case Studies from the Hertziana Collection.

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Mettere mano. Reworking Early Modern Drawings

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Opening: March 4, 2025 at 18:45

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

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Mar 3, 2025 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany) - Mar 4, 2025 12:00 AM
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Palazzo Zuccari (Foyer, Sala Terrena), Via Gregoriana 30, 00187 Roma

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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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Barbara Huber Scholarship Program

Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Freiburg
February 28, 2025

Postdoctoral Researcher - Plasma Physicist (m/f/d)

Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (Garching), Garching
February 28, 2025

Postdoctoral Researcher - Beam Physicist (m/f/d)

Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (Garching), Garching
February 28, 2025
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75 years Max Planck Society
Annual Report 2023 of the Max Planck Society
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MaxPlanckResearch 3/2024: Focus: On Life and Survival
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MPI for Chemical Ecology
Hidden allies more
MPI for Heart and Lung Research
GPRC5B Regulates Macrophage Activity more
MPI for Plant Breeding Research
Root microbiota suppress plant immune system more

Multimedia


Unraveling Behavior

Unraveling Behavior

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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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