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Ashwin Chari
The VolkswagenStiftung funds a joint project involving Ashwin Chari with two million euros over five years.
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Cited worldwide

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.

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In a dark hall, brightly glowing metal flows from a furnace into a round, man-sized tub. A man wearing a hard hat stands in front of the furnace.

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.
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INSIDE NAT 3/25

December 11, 2025
Take a look at the latest issue of our institute magazine! 
The confocal microscopy image shows a co-culture of pancreatic cancer patient-derived organoids with T-cells (blue). For method development, T-cells from a red fluorescence protein (RFP)-transgenic reporter mouse were used.

Powerful in vitro tool

February 03, 2026
Researchers have developed a co-culture system for assessing complex responses to different immunotherapies. 
Apprenticeship at the institute
Update in progress: Apprenticeship as an IT specialist for system integration (in German).

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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)

Seminare

MPI-NAT Seminar: Dynamics and inheritance of chromatin states

Simon Elsässer
Feb 19, 2026 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Max-Planck-Institut für Multidisziplinäre Naturwissenschaften (MPI-NAT, Faßberg-Campus), Room: Ludwig Prandtl Hall

Facility for Light Microscopy: Tomocube Holotomography Imaging Hands-on Demo

Reza Pari-Nejad ; Peter Lenart
Feb 23, 2026 09:00 AM (Local Time Germany) - Feb 26, 2026 06:00 PM
Max-Planck-Institut für Multidisziplinäre Naturwissenschaften (MPI-NAT, Faßberg-Campus), Room: Facility for Light Microscopy, T2, SOG

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