Press Releases

Top achievements honored

Top achievements honored

June 26, 2025
Cai Dieball, scientist at the MPI-NAT, and Björn Müller, researcher at the MPI for Solar System Research have been awarded the Otto Hahn Medal by the Max Planck Society for outstanding achievements in their dissertations.
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Maurer
Chemist Reinhard Maurer, nominated by the University of Göttingen and our institute, receives a Humboldt Professorship. The position is endowed with five million euros over five years.
Electrophysiology in atomic resolution
A team led by Bert de Groot has applied molecular dynamics simulations to visualize how potassium ions pass through a potassium ion channel at atomic resolution for the first time. The simulations could help to better understand how ion channels are regulated or how potential drugs act on them.

News

INSIDE NAT 2/25

INSIDE NAT 2/25

June 13, 2025
Take a look at the latest issue of our institute magazine! 
Podcast: Talking about ovulation
Tabea Marx reports about new insights into ovulation in the Max Planck podcast “Forschungsquartett”. (in German)
Light switches between electronic states
Researchers have succeeded in using light to specifically change the electronic state of a material.
Apprenticeship at the institute
Update in progress: Apprenticeship as an IT specialist for system integration (in German).

Multimedia & Events

Seminare

Manfred Eigen Award Lecture: Higher-order transient structures (HOTS) and the principle of dynamic connectivity in membrane signaling

Roderick MacKinnon
Jun 27, 2025 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Max-Planck-Institut für Multidisziplinäre Naturwissenschaften (MPI-NAT, Faßberg-Campus), Room: Manfred Eigen Lecture Hall

Synthetic Ex Utero Embryogenesis: from Naive Pluripotent Cells to Complete Developmental Models

Jacob Hanna
Jun 30, 2025 01:00 PM - 01:45 PM (Local Time Germany)
Max-Planck-Institut für Multidisziplinäre Naturwissenschaften (MPI-NAT, Faßberg-Campus), Room: Manfred-Eigen-Saal
Images from science
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.
Understanding the world with basic research
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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