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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

A new algorithm called LoL-align compares protein 3D structures more sensitively, more accurately, and up to 20 times faster than established tools.
Researchers have identified mRNA sequences in vaccines that cause ribosomes to easily slip into the wrong reading frame while translating the blueprint into a protein. And they found strategies to avoid that.
A record: Researchers have determined the structure of the protein rubredoxin at 0.43 Ångström resolution, by combining advanced X-ray crystallography and quantum mechanical calculations.

INSIDE NAT 2/26

September 23, 2026
Browse through the latest issue of our institute magazine! 

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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)

Seminare

Workshop Leica SCAPE light sheet microscope

Dr. Tom Phillips
Oct 26, 2026 09:00 AM (Local Time Germany) - Oct 30, 2026 06:00 PM
Max-Planck-Institut für Multidisziplinäre Naturwissenschaften (MPI-NAT, Faßberg-Campus), Room: Tower 2, SOG, https://www.mpinat.mpg.de/5176754/LightMicroscopy-MPI-NAT-Fassberg.pdf

Manfred Eigen Award Lecture: Making, Breaking, and Editing (Complex) Molecules with Single-Atom Precision

Bill Morandi
Oct 27, 2026 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Max-Planck-Institut für Multidisziplinäre Naturwissenschaften (MPI-NAT, Faßberg-Campus), Room: Manfred Eigen Lecture Hall

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Upcoming Seminars

Workshop Leica SCAPE light sheet microscope

Dr. Tom Phillips
Oct 26, 2026 09:00 AM (Local Time Germany) - Oct 30, 2026 06:00 PM
Max-Planck-Institut für Multidisziplinäre Naturwissenschaften (MPI-NAT, Faßberg-Campus), Room: Tower 2, SOG, https://www.mpinat.mpg.de/5176754/LightMicroscopy-MPI-NAT-Fassberg.pdf

Manfred Eigen Award Lecture: Making, Breaking, and Editing (Complex) Molecules with Single-Atom Precision

Bill Morandi
Oct 27, 2026 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Max-Planck-Institut für Multidisziplinäre Naturwissenschaften (MPI-NAT, Faßberg-Campus), Room: Manfred Eigen Lecture Hall
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