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November 19, 2025
Patrick Cramer, Stefan Hell, Klaus-Armin Nave, and Johannes Söding are on Clarivate's “Highly Cited Researchers 2025” list, placing them among the most cited scientists in their fields worldwide.
Marina Rodnina
The CHAPEROME project, now awarded an ERC Synergy Grant, aims to uncover how molecular folding helpers – known as chaperones – work together with the translation machinery to keep cells functional and adaptable.
Nerve cells (green) form neural networks in which information is transmitted. Errors in this communication can lead to neurodegenerative, neurological, and neuropsychiatric diseases.
Variants of the UNC13A gene cause severe neurological impairments. Three different forms of the disease can be distinguished. The findings open up new treatment options for those affected. 

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Artistic representation of the measured quantum behavior of electron-induced light.
Researchers have succeeded in generating quantum light using an electron beam rather than a laser.
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)
Apprenticeship at the institute
Update in progress: Apprenticeship as an IT specialist for system integration (in German).

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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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MPI CAMPUS SEMINAR: "A Novel Strategy to Rescue Chromosome Errors in Human Eggs" / “Regulation of cell death by an invertebrate DNA sensor with ancient roots in bacterial phage defense”

Debojit Saha; Leonard Drees
Dec 17, 2025 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Max-Planck-Institut für Multidisziplinäre Naturwissenschaften (MPI-NAT, Faßberg-Campus), Room: Large Seminar Room

MPI-NAT Seminar: Decoding transcriptional regulation

Alexander Stark, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna
Dec 18, 2025 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Max-Planck-Institut für Multidisziplinäre Naturwissenschaften (MPI-NAT, Faßberg-Campus), Room: Ludwig Prandtl Hall

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