Press Releases

Four trainiee awards for Göttingen’s Max Planck Institutes: Laura Kaulich, Maurice Ahlborn, und Nils Ebert from our institute as well as Pascal Schlote from the MPI for Solar System Research receive the award from the Max Planck Society. (in German)
News from the natural and social sciences: In the scientific lecture series at the Göttinger Literaturherbst, eleven authors discuss current research topics. (in German)
Researchers have visualized, for the first time, how the three-dimensional structure of the cancer protein p53 changes dynamically over time – in slow motion up to ultrafast time lapse.

News

Researchers have determined the structure of the protein rubredoxin at 0.43 Ångström resolution, by combining advanced X-ray crystallography and quantum mechanical calculations.

MPG research highlights 2025

December 22, 2025
The Max-Planck-Society selected twelve research highlights from 2025 to share. Among them: two publications from our institute.

INSIDE NAT 2/26

September 23, 2026
Browse through the latest issue of our institute magazine! 
Update in progress: Apprenticeship as an IT specialist for system integration (in German).

Multimedia & Events

Scientists at our institute create impressive images from their wide ranging fields of research. The resulting online exhibition offers you fascinating insights into the world of science.
The MPI-NAT links basic research in the natural sciences with medical research to address the most urgent scientific questions of the 21st century. (in German)

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Seminar Leica SCAPE light sheet microscope and STELLARIS confocal platform

Dr. Andreas Fulterer
Oct 13, 2026 10:00 AM - 12:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
Online / Digital

MPI-Nat Seminars: Investigating the roles of adhesion GPCRs in synapse formation and circuit assembly

Richard Sando
Oct 13, 2026 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Max-Planck-Institut für Multidisziplinäre Naturwissenschaften (MPI-NAT, City-Campus), Room: Lecture Hall

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Upcoming Seminars

Seminar Leica SCAPE light sheet microscope and STELLARIS confocal platform

Dr. Andreas Fulterer
Oct 13, 2026 10:00 AM - 12:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
Online / Digital

MPI-Nat Seminars: Investigating the roles of adhesion GPCRs in synapse formation and circuit assembly

Richard Sando
Oct 13, 2026 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Max-Planck-Institut für Multidisziplinäre Naturwissenschaften (MPI-NAT, City-Campus), Room: Lecture Hall
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