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Max Planck School Matter to Life
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An international graduate program aiming to understand, simulate and predict life-like processes and systems. Our school connects Germanys leading scientists in the interdisciplinary field of #mattertolife.

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Science at New Heights🏔️ In August, our #mattertolife community headed to the Zugspitze (2,962 m) for a 4-day symposium organized by our PhD candidates Sophia Hampe & Irene Pellini. Read the recap 👉 mattertolife.maxplanckschools.org/381440/zugsp...
A group of Matter to Life PhD candidates are sitting at a table on a terrace with drinks and papers. In the background, a few clouds can be seen in the sky. View of a cable car ascending a rocky mountain slope toward the Schneefernerhaus research station on the Zugspitze under a clear blue sky. Wide mountain panorama near the Zugspitze with sharp, dark ridges, light rocky terrain in the foreground, and a bright blue sky with scattered clouds above.
November 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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During his Master’s practical training at #mattertolife, Andrey Sysoev joined a collaborative project by Petra Schwille from @mpibiochem.bsky.social and @hendrikdietz.bsky.social from @tum.de, bridging wet-lab work and computational workflows. Read about his experience on our website👉 bit.ly/47Sd0zG
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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"Turning Peptides into Drugs - Protacs and Permeability"

Join us for a special lecture where MtL alumnus Philipp Baur will share insights from his postdoctoral research experience at the University of Queensland.

📍 Our lecture series is open to all. Register now at us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...!
Flyer for the lecture, which takes place on 12 November at 3 pm (Central European Time)
November 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Our PhD candidate Mussa completed his practical training with MtL Fellow Philippe Bastiaens, who sadly passed away earlier this year. At the @mpi-dortmund.bsky.social, Mussa explored the intricate mechanisms of cell signaling. Read the full article: mattertolife.maxplanckschools.org/386224/lab-r...
PhD candidate Mussa, with a stone bridge that spans rocky cliffs with a cloudy sky in the background
November 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Join us for the next Matter to Life lecture with our new MtL faculty member Silvia Vignolini @vignolinilab.bsky.social from @mpici.bsky.social, who will explore the fascinating world of biomimetic colour engineering! Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Flyer for the lecture that takes place on October 15 at 3 pm Central European Summer Time
October 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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We are especially proud that our MtL alumna Anastassiya Schramm is representing #mattertolife on the Max Planck School Day’s stage today 👏🏻
October 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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MPS Day 2025 is on! 🎉 This year’s topic: Science in the Age of AI

A warm welcome to all new PhD candidates – from our sister schools @mps-cognition.bsky.social @mps-photonics.bsky.social and our very own MPS #mattertolife!

Now on stage: Our Fellow Karin Jacob’s for the #passionforscience lecture!
October 9, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Thinking about applying? Curious about the admission process, or unsure about the requirements?
We’re hosting info sessions in October and November to give you an insight into our Integrated MSc/PhD program and to answer your questions!
👉 mattertolife.maxplanckschools.org/get-to-know-...
October 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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👏 And that's a wrap for Fall Days 2025 @mpip-mainz.mpg.de!

We thank all the speakers, presenters, participants, and our hosts @graeterlab.bsky.social @landfesterdept.bsky.social @weilgroup.bsky.social, for making this event lively and the science vibrant.

Next stop Spring Days 2026 in Marburg!🥳
Group photo of Fall Days participants gathered in the auditorium Frauke Gräter welcoming everyone with slides projected on the screen Matter to Life students discussing research findings at a poster presentation. Students engaged in a group discussion with Matter to Life Fellow Katharina Landfester during the event
September 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Meet Franziska Lautenschläger from Saarland University @uni-saarland.de! She is one of our new Fellows joining the Matter to Life faculty in October and will share insights into her research during her talk on “The Cytoskeleton Steering Cells” 👏

👉 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Flyer for the lecture, taking place on 1 October at 3 PM (Central European Summer Time)
September 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Our #mattertolife Fall Days have just started 👏🏻 Thank you @mpip-mainz.mpg.de for hosting us!

@graeterlab.bsky.social @landfesterdept.bsky.social @weilgroup.bsky.social
Lecture hall with a large group of people watching a presentation
September 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Two weeks in and our new students have been busy! ✨
🎉 Welcome dinners at each study site
🔬 Interdisciplinary research with @stefanklumpp.bsky.social — mapping themselves across subjects
🤝 Virtual team-building
Week 2 brought prep courses in math & chemistry.
The welcome course continues… Good luck!
About 15 people sit together at a long wooden table in a restaurant, smiling toward the camera 23 people sit together at a long wooden table in a restaurant with exposed brick walls, menus and colorful drinks in front of them, smiling toward the camera The cloud map mentioned. Larger blue text labels fields like “Math,” “Physics,” “Biology,” and “Chemistry,” while individual names in red, black, purple, and blue are placed around them. It shows that there is a strong diversity of academic backgrounds among the students. The names are spread across multiple fields, showing that the group is interdisciplinary by design. Pure math and chemistry backgrounds are less common than pure physics and biology backgrounds. Students sit around a table in a seminar room, leaning over laptops and notebooks with focused expressions. Behind them, a large screen shows a hybrid lecture taking place via video call.
September 17, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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👏 Join us in welcoming the newest #mattertolife PhD candidates who are embarking on the Masters/PhD program with us. From over 10 countries and different disciplines, their strength would be their diversity. All the best 🚀

#maxplanckschools #WelcomeStudents #InterdisciplinaryResearch
Group photos of the new Matter to Life PhD Candidates Cohort 2025, welcoming 20 international students from diverse disciplines.
September 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Can tiny droplets hold clues to the origin of life? 🙌

The MtL Lecture Series continues with a talk on “Droplets Come to Life” by MtL Fellow David Zwicker @zwickergroup.bsky.social from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization! 🎉

Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Flyer for the lecture, which will take place on September, 17th at 3 pm Central European Summer Time
September 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Next in the MtL Lecture Series: MtL Fellow Andrea Musacchio from @mpi-dortmund.bsky.social and @unidue.bsky.social on: "Building up from scratch the large and very complex molecular machine required for chromosome segregation". Register now at us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Flyer for the lecture, including that it takes place on July, 16th at 3 pm CEST
July 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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🥳 We celebrated the first-ever graduation ceremony of the #maxplanckschools at Bildungscampus in Heilbronn– Congratulations to all MPS graduates, and especially to our very own Brianda Santini, Kevin Kaub, Leila Abbaspour, and Oliver Drozdowski!
Read more: www.maxplanckschools.org/551712/gradu...
Graduates of the Max Planck Schools holding certificates next to a banner
June 25, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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Next up in the MtL Lecture Series: Marcus Müller from @uni-goettingen.de explores how modeling membrane dynamics reveals key mechanisms behind vesicle fusion and fission in neurotransmission: "From Fusion to Fission: Insights from Modeling" Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Flyer for the lecture, which takes place on 25 June at 3 pm CEST
June 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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The MtL Lecture Series continues with talks by Marcus Müller from @uni-goettingen.de‬, Andrea Musacchio from @mpi-dortmund.bsky.social & @unidue.bsky.social‬, and David Zwicker from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization.
Register now on our website!
June 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Who adjusts to what? Physics to Life or Life to Physics?? An interesting panel discussion as part of the lecture series 'The Fine Tuned Universe'. Register now (write to [email protected]) for this online event. @caslmu.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Next week, it is time for another Matter to Life lecture! MtL Fellow Andreas Janshoff from the University of Göttingen will speak about “The role of polarity in tissue mechanics”. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Digital flyer for the lecture, including that it will take place on Wednesday, May 7th at 3 pm Central European Time
May 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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🚀 Great news!
With support of the Dieter Schwarz Foundation, the #MaxPlanckSchools will keep growing. The funding boosts top-tier research & training—#ShapingTheFuture of science! Read more at bit.ly/3DQR9NZ

@maxplanck.de
@unigoettingen.bsky.social
@uniheidelberg.bsky.social
@tum.de
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March 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Don't miss the next Matter to Life lecture this Wednesday! We are glad to welcome MtL Fellow Christine Selhuber-Unkel from @uniheidelberg.bsky.social - she will speak about "Guiding and controlling cells by in situ laser printing". Register here: buff.ly/25A8k46
Digital flyer for the lecture, including that it will take place on Wednesday, March 12th at 3 pm Central European Time
March 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Congratulations to our PhD candidate Lena Strieker
whose image of 3D organization of actin in sphingolipid-deficient epithelial cells was selected in the German Society for Cell biology (DGZ) photo competition!
zellbiologie.de/dgz-photo-co...

www.zellbiologie.de/dgz-photo-co...
February 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Tomorrow 👉 Join the next lecture of our virtual MtL Lecture Series with MtL Fellow Laura De Laporte from DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials about "Synthetic molecular and colloidal building blocks to overcome challenges in tissue engineering"! 🔬💡 https://buff.ly/4i1B1b8
Flyer for the lecture, which will take place on February, 19th at 3 pm (Central European Time)
February 18, 2025 at 10:09 AM