Max Planck Institute for Medical Research

📣 🌟 Our research group leader @romansarott.bsky.social will give the next talk in the virtual #mattertolife Lecture Series. Register, join in and enjoy, next Wednesday, March 11, at 3 pm! 📅
#mpimr #maxplanck #scientifictalks

✨Our new #MPIMRSpotlight features PhD student Ana Sánchez Ferrón, from the Singe Molecule Sensing research group 🥼 Learn about her work with DNA origami ... and more! 👀 Stay tuned for new faces from the Institute! 😊📸 #MaxPlanck #MPIMR #STEM

👀Robust photoactivatable fluorescent markers with red and #far-red emission for live-cell imaging are difficult to find? Not anymore! Researchers at our Optical Nanoscopy Department have developed new far-red markers. Successfully used in STED, PALM and MINFLUX nanoscopy!🔬
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🥳 Have a great weekend, everyone!
#mpimr #carnivalseason #fasching

🍰🫐Yogurt cinnamon cake with berries – sounds delicious, right? 😋This is the winning cake in this year's great #MPImR bake off, baked by Betül Karakoc! 🥇Congratulations, Betül, and many thanks to all our bakers for their yummy cakes, muffins, and more!❤️
#bakeoff #bakesale #lifeisbetterwithcake

For anyone who missed Seraphine's talk at our Rudolf Mössbauer Colloquium last year, and for anyone interested in “Spatiotemporal control in synthetic and living cells using light”, of course!

Fog over the institute and the river

As you can see, you can't see much - we can't either at the moment.😆🌫️ Greetings from foggy Heidelberg!
#mpimr #foggyday #fogonthewater

Art exhibition in South Korea with image from MPI for Medical Research

🔬🖼️Science meets art: We are represented at the “Art in Science” exhibition in South Korea, curated by the Institute for Basic Science in collaboration with the Max Planck Society @maxplanck.de. 😎 Our image shows cells migrating together.
@senneseneca.bsky.social
#mpimr #artinscience #maxplanck

In remembrance of Peer Bork  | EMBL EMBL and its community are deeply saddened by the death of Peer Bork, the organisation’s Interim Director General.

We mourn the loss of Peer Bork, a highly esteemed colleague and outstanding scientist. Since 2023, Peer Bork had been associated with our institute as a member of the Board of Trustees. We are grateful to Peer Bork. Our sympathy goes out to his family.🕊️
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📣 Invitation to the first Rudolf Mößbauer Colloquium 2026!
👉 January 21 at 4 pm
👩‍🔬 with Milena Schuhmacher from #EPFL
We are delighted to welcome her and learn more about her research! 🤩Join on site in seminar room A/B!
#maxplanck #mpimr #science #talkingscience #sciencetalk

We’re back! 👋 Despite the grey, cold, and occasional snow, our outlook is bright.🔆 The Institute's New Year’s resolution? More science and more collaboration, of course! 🔬😉 Let’s make 2026 a year of curiosity and discovery! 💡 #MaxPlanck #MPIMR #BackToWork

🎆 Happy 2026 from our multilingual institute! 🎉 One campus, many languages - united by science. 🥼 Our colleagues wish you a year of discovery and collaboration. 🤝 How many languages can you spot in our New Year’s greeting compilation? 💬👀 #HappyNewYear #MaxPlanck #MPIMR

🌟 Season’s greetings and plenty of cheer! 🎄 The Institute wishes you a joyful holiday season! 🔔 Enjoy the gleeful time "zwischen den Jahren" (the German idiom for that whimsical stretch between the holidays and New Year’s Eve)! 🎇 Let us gently recharge for 2026! 🔋🤩 #MaxPlanck #MPIMR #HolidaySeason

✨Our last #MPIMRSpotlight of the year features Chemical Biology PhD student @abdinasiradow.bsky.social, whose work bridges biology and chemistry. 🥼 Learn about his research building molecular tools ... and more! 👀 Stay tuned for more new faces from the Institute in 2026! ❇️📸 #MaxPlanck #MPIMR #STEM

✨Week 3 of our Advent Science Picture Puzzle is here!🕯️🎄These shapes may look like lametta eggs… but what are they really?🍳 How fast can you crack the puzzle? 🧩🧠Stay tuned for the final quiz next week!🌟 #MPIMR #MaxPlanck #AdventCalendar #Quiz #HolidaySeason

🌟Great news! Kevin Jahnke @kejahnke.bsky.social will start the new research group “Biomembrane Engineering” at our institute, advancing synthetic lipid nano/micro-systems for biophysics and drug delivery. Funded by the #EmmyNoetherProgram 🎉
See you soon, Kevin!🤩
Team members wanted - get in touch!📧

✨ We’re entering the second week of Advent with a new science picture-puzzle.🕯️ Each week until the holidays we’ll drop a new quiz. 🎄These bubbles may look like Christmas ornaments… but what are they really? How fast can you crack the puzzle? 🧩🧠 #MPIMR #MaxPlanck #AdventCalendar #Quiz #HolidaySeason

Ho, ho, HO! ❄️ In celebration of #Nikolaus Day, our #MaxPlanck bust has received a festive holiday makeover.🎅
We hope your morning brought a pleasant surprise - whether in your stockings or winter boots. ✨Let's stay festive!🎁
#MPIMR #HolidaySeason

✨Our new #ScienceSnapshot highlights PhD researcher Christopher Heidebrecht (Optical Nanoscopy) as he prepares samples for microscopy.🔬Stay tuned for more behind-the-scenes lab moments! 📸🤩 #MaxPlanck #MPIMR #Research #BehindTheScenes

✨We are kicking off the festive first week of Advent with a science picture‑puzzle series.🕯️ A new visual riddle will launch each week until the holidays.🎄 How fast can you solve today’s?🧩🧠 #MPIMR #MaxPlanck #AdventCalendar #Quiz

👉 Today at 3pm: Our Research Group Leader @glembockyte.bsky.social will give an online @mattertolife.bsky.social lecture on "Engineering optical nanoscale tools with DNA". 🔬 Participation recommended - Viktorija's research work is fascinating!😀🤩✨
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It’s #TagDerSuppe!🍲 Our Single Molecule Sensing research group at the Institute keeps a weekly soup ritual.😋 As the weather turns colder, it’s the perfect opportunity to slow down, connect, and enjoy lunchtime together.♨️ #MaxPlanck #MPIMR #DayOfTheSoup

✨We are kicking off the week with a fresh #ScienceSnapshot! 📸Our postdoc, Nataliia Stepanenko (Optical Nanoscopy), is labeling a human cell line with a fluorescent dye. 🧫🔬More lab moments soon! 🤩 #MaxPlanck #MPIMR #BehindTheScenes #Research

#Science met #curiosity!✨

At the “Home game science” talk yesterday in Bad Schönborn, our PhDs Ann-Kathrin Gelmroth & Philip Matthias shared how curiosity drives their #research: from #antibioticresistance to the beauty of #microscopy. Conversations continued long after the talk💬🧪
#maxplanck #mpimr

Poster: Invitation to a lecture on Wednesday, November 12, at 7 p.m. in Bad Schönborn at Café Glashaus

Invitation to a #MaxPlanck Special edition of “Heimspiel Wissenschaft” (home game science) 🏡✨! Scientists from more rural regions return to their hometowns and make #science accessible outside of large cities and university towns. Talk in German, this Wednesday with two of our PhDs! 🧪💬
#mpimr

🎉 Congratulations to all @erc.europa.eu grant recipients, including our Director Kai Johnsson!

ERC Synergy Grant for MPI Director Kai Johnsson

🎉🌟Big news! Our Director @kjohnsson.bsky.social has received an @erc.europa.eu Synergy Grant, together with teams from EPFL @sulianamanley.bsky.social and @unibe.ch! 👏They’ll explore how mitochondria communicate with other cell parts🔬 #ERCSyG #maxplanck #mpimr #science
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📅 We are excited to announce three upcoming Rudolf Mößbauer Colloquia with outstanding scientists in November and December.

We are inviting you to join on site or register for online participation. 👇
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Ever wondered what our interns work on in the lab?👀 In today’s #ScienceSnapshot, Optical Nanoscopy MA student Joshua Eigenmann is staining human cells to investigate them via fluorescent microscopy.🔬 Stay tuned for future snapshots from our labs!📸🥼 #MaxPlanck #MPIMR #BehindTheScenes

🍂Trick or trivia? 🎃 PhD student Christopher Heidebrecht challenges you with today’s #Halloween question from our 2025 #ScientificRetreat pub quiz. 🦇 What's your guess? 👻 #MaxPlanck #MPIMR #Trivia #Quiz