MPI for Multidisciplinary Sciences
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Conducting research in the natural and medical sciences to obtain fundamental new insights. Posts by the communication team.
From the north campus to our institute: A rainbow of research lit up the Göttingen Campus @goettingen-campus.de this morning 🌈💡💛!
November 11, 2025 at 8:26 AM
From the north campus to our institute: A rainbow of research lit up the Göttingen Campus @goettingen-campus.de this morning 🌈💡💛!
10 million euros in funding for research into new mechanisms of translation regulation: Congratulations to our director Marina Rodnina & her colleagues Johannes Buchner @tum.de & Judith Frydman @stanford.edu on receiving an ERC Synergy Grant! @erc.europa.eu #ERCSyG
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November 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
10 million euros in funding for research into new mechanisms of translation regulation: Congratulations to our director Marina Rodnina & her colleagues Johannes Buchner @tum.de & Judith Frydman @stanford.edu on receiving an ERC Synergy Grant! @erc.europa.eu #ERCSyG
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Full moon on the Fassberg. @mpi-nat.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Full moon on the Fassberg. @mpi-nat.bsky.social
In our Department of Theoretical and Computational Biophysics @compbiophys.bsky.social, several exciting projects are waiting for you 😊. Are you currently looking for a new challenge as a PhD student or postdoc? Why not take a look at our job posting? ⬇️
💭 Would you like to contribute to projects in the field of "Theory and Methods for Non-equilibrium #Theory and Atomistic Simulations of Complex# Biomolecules"? Join our department as #PhD student or #Postdoc at @mpi-nat.bsky.social in 🇩🇪 🔗 Here are more details www.mpinat.mpg.de/4965656/10-2... #job
November 5, 2025 at 9:22 AM
In our Department of Theoretical and Computational Biophysics @compbiophys.bsky.social, several exciting projects are waiting for you 😊. Are you currently looking for a new challenge as a PhD student or postdoc? Why not take a look at our job posting? ⬇️
Curtain down – our 2025 scientific lecture series at the literature festival Göttinger Literaturherbst has come to an end! Ten evenings, lots of new insights, inspiring discussions. Big thank you to all speakers, moderators, organizers, & visitors. @mpimmg.bsky.social @mpsgoettingen.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Curtain down – our 2025 scientific lecture series at the literature festival Göttinger Literaturherbst has come to an end! Ten evenings, lots of new insights, inspiring discussions. Big thank you to all speakers, moderators, organizers, & visitors. @mpimmg.bsky.social @mpsgoettingen.bsky.social
Nobel laureate Katalin Karikó was honored at our institute with the Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer Award Lecture for her work in developing mRNA for therapy. Congratulations 🥂!
With the lecture, we recognize outstanding scientists & their work. Besides a medal, the prize is endowed with 10.000 euros.
With the lecture, we recognize outstanding scientists & their work. Besides a medal, the prize is endowed with 10.000 euros.
October 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Nobel laureate Katalin Karikó was honored at our institute with the Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer Award Lecture for her work in developing mRNA for therapy. Congratulations 🥂!
With the lecture, we recognize outstanding scientists & their work. Besides a medal, the prize is endowed with 10.000 euros.
With the lecture, we recognize outstanding scientists & their work. Besides a medal, the prize is endowed with 10.000 euros.
Are you looking for a PhD opportunity? Or would you like to start your postdoc after having earned your doctorate?
Our Department of Theoretical and Computational Biophysics @compbiophys.bsky.social is hiring: ⬇️
Our Department of Theoretical and Computational Biophysics @compbiophys.bsky.social is hiring: ⬇️
🧐 Are you a computational physicist and expert in probability theory? 👉 Contribute to our project "Theory and Algorithms for Structure Determination from Single Molecule X-Ray Scattering Images" as PhD student or Postdoc! 🔗 Check our job advert for more details www.mpinat.mpg.de/4988122/09-2...
October 29, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Are you looking for a PhD opportunity? Or would you like to start your postdoc after having earned your doctorate?
Our Department of Theoretical and Computational Biophysics @compbiophys.bsky.social is hiring: ⬇️
Our Department of Theoretical and Computational Biophysics @compbiophys.bsky.social is hiring: ⬇️
Coming up: Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer Award Lecture with Nobel laureate Katalin Karikó!
📅 Oct 30
🕚 11 am
📍 Manfred Eigen Hall, Fassberg Campus
She presents her work on the development of new mRNA vaccines. The technology she developed made it possible to use mRNA therapeutically for the first time.
📅 Oct 30
🕚 11 am
📍 Manfred Eigen Hall, Fassberg Campus
She presents her work on the development of new mRNA vaccines. The technology she developed made it possible to use mRNA therapeutically for the first time.
October 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Coming up: Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer Award Lecture with Nobel laureate Katalin Karikó!
📅 Oct 30
🕚 11 am
📍 Manfred Eigen Hall, Fassberg Campus
She presents her work on the development of new mRNA vaccines. The technology she developed made it possible to use mRNA therapeutically for the first time.
📅 Oct 30
🕚 11 am
📍 Manfred Eigen Hall, Fassberg Campus
She presents her work on the development of new mRNA vaccines. The technology she developed made it possible to use mRNA therapeutically for the first time.
Du bist ein Organisationstalent? Your English is on point? Du arbeitest gut im Team, bist flexibel und belastbar?
Dann bewirb dich bei uns als Direktionsassistenz – zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt und in Vollzeit.
Bewerbungsschluss ist der 2. November. ⬇️
www.mpinat.mpg.de/38-25?c=2501...
Dann bewirb dich bei uns als Direktionsassistenz – zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt und in Vollzeit.
Bewerbungsschluss ist der 2. November. ⬇️
www.mpinat.mpg.de/38-25?c=2501...
October 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Du bist ein Organisationstalent? Your English is on point? Du arbeitest gut im Team, bist flexibel und belastbar?
Dann bewirb dich bei uns als Direktionsassistenz – zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt und in Vollzeit.
Bewerbungsschluss ist der 2. November. ⬇️
www.mpinat.mpg.de/38-25?c=2501...
Dann bewirb dich bei uns als Direktionsassistenz – zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt und in Vollzeit.
Bewerbungsschluss ist der 2. November. ⬇️
www.mpinat.mpg.de/38-25?c=2501...
Our scientific lecture series at the literature festival Göttinger Literaturherbst 📚🍂 is underway! After two evenings full of insights and inspiring discussions, we will continue tomorrow with events every evening until Nov 2. Fancy to join 🙂? 👇 @mpimmg.bsky.social @mpsgoettingen.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Our scientific lecture series at the literature festival Göttinger Literaturherbst 📚🍂 is underway! After two evenings full of insights and inspiring discussions, we will continue tomorrow with events every evening until Nov 2. Fancy to join 🙂? 👇 @mpimmg.bsky.social @mpsgoettingen.bsky.social
Scientists from our institute, @uni-goettingen.de, & EPFL have generated quantum light using an electron beam instead of a laser. Unlike LED or laser light, this type of quantum light is characterized by a precisely defined and constant number of light particles per light pulse. ⬇️
October 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Scientists from our institute, @uni-goettingen.de, & EPFL have generated quantum light using an electron beam instead of a laser. Unlike LED or laser light, this type of quantum light is characterized by a precisely defined and constant number of light particles per light pulse. ⬇️
📣 Werde technische Assistenz an unserem Institut!
Unsere Abteilung Gewebedynamik und Regeneration sucht eine*n Mitarbeitende*n zur Unterstützung & Entwicklung von Next-Generation Sequencing Anwendungen.
Deine Aufgaben und was du mitbringen solltest, findest du hier: ⬇️
www.mpinat.mpg.de/36-25
Unsere Abteilung Gewebedynamik und Regeneration sucht eine*n Mitarbeitende*n zur Unterstützung & Entwicklung von Next-Generation Sequencing Anwendungen.
Deine Aufgaben und was du mitbringen solltest, findest du hier: ⬇️
www.mpinat.mpg.de/36-25
October 23, 2025 at 11:50 AM
📣 Werde technische Assistenz an unserem Institut!
Unsere Abteilung Gewebedynamik und Regeneration sucht eine*n Mitarbeitende*n zur Unterstützung & Entwicklung von Next-Generation Sequencing Anwendungen.
Deine Aufgaben und was du mitbringen solltest, findest du hier: ⬇️
www.mpinat.mpg.de/36-25
Unsere Abteilung Gewebedynamik und Regeneration sucht eine*n Mitarbeitende*n zur Unterstützung & Entwicklung von Next-Generation Sequencing Anwendungen.
Deine Aufgaben und was du mitbringen solltest, findest du hier: ⬇️
www.mpinat.mpg.de/36-25
Problems speaking or walking, muscle tremors, & seizures – in a large interdisciplinary collaboration, scientists led by @noalipstein.bsky.social @fmp-berlin.de & Nils Brose of our institute have discovered a new developmental disorder linked to variations in the UNC13A gene.
October 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Problems speaking or walking, muscle tremors, & seizures – in a large interdisciplinary collaboration, scientists led by @noalipstein.bsky.social @fmp-berlin.de & Nils Brose of our institute have discovered a new developmental disorder linked to variations in the UNC13A gene.
Du studierst in Göttingen oder Umgebung & suchst einen Nebenjob? Dann bewirb dich bei uns als studentische Hilfskraft!
Unsere Abteilung @compbiophys.bsky.social sucht Unterstützung beim Ausbau & der Wartung der Hardware ihres Linux-Clusters.
Bewerbungsschluss: 26.10. 👇
www.mpinat.mpg.de/37-25
Unsere Abteilung @compbiophys.bsky.social sucht Unterstützung beim Ausbau & der Wartung der Hardware ihres Linux-Clusters.
Bewerbungsschluss: 26.10. 👇
www.mpinat.mpg.de/37-25
October 21, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Du studierst in Göttingen oder Umgebung & suchst einen Nebenjob? Dann bewirb dich bei uns als studentische Hilfskraft!
Unsere Abteilung @compbiophys.bsky.social sucht Unterstützung beim Ausbau & der Wartung der Hardware ihres Linux-Clusters.
Bewerbungsschluss: 26.10. 👇
www.mpinat.mpg.de/37-25
Unsere Abteilung @compbiophys.bsky.social sucht Unterstützung beim Ausbau & der Wartung der Hardware ihres Linux-Clusters.
Bewerbungsschluss: 26.10. 👇
www.mpinat.mpg.de/37-25
Attention art fans 🖼️🎨🖌️: After a three-year hiatus, “Kunst am Fassberg” is back! From Oct 23 to Nov 24, artist Birgit Egen will showcase her abstract paintings under the theme “FARBCODE” (color code). The vernissage will take place on Oct 23, at 5:30 pm. You are cordially invited!
October 20, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Attention art fans 🖼️🎨🖌️: After a three-year hiatus, “Kunst am Fassberg” is back! From Oct 23 to Nov 24, artist Birgit Egen will showcase her abstract paintings under the theme “FARBCODE” (color code). The vernissage will take place on Oct 23, at 5:30 pm. You are cordially invited!
“Shaping the Future of Medical Decisions” – How can AI technologies be responsibly integrated into clinical practice? What opportunities could this integration create for more inclusive, patient-centered medicine? These questions were the focus of the international symposium at our institute.
October 17, 2025 at 10:36 AM
“Shaping the Future of Medical Decisions” – How can AI technologies be responsibly integrated into clinical practice? What opportunities could this integration create for more inclusive, patient-centered medicine? These questions were the focus of the international symposium at our institute.
Tropical disease Leishmaniasis affects the world’s poorest regions. Scientists led by Thornton Fokkens & Sonja Lorenz @sonjalorenzlab.bsky.social have shown that leishmania parasites require the protein TKUL to maintain infections of host cells. 👇 (1/3)
October 17, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Tropical disease Leishmaniasis affects the world’s poorest regions. Scientists led by Thornton Fokkens & Sonja Lorenz @sonjalorenzlab.bsky.social have shown that leishmania parasites require the protein TKUL to maintain infections of host cells. 👇 (1/3)
Our institute & the Applied Physics Division at the NIST (Boulder, CO, USA) are seeking a postdoc to develop high-efficiency superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) and arrays for mid-infrared spectroscopy.
Apply by Nov 2. More info here: ⬇️
www.mpinat.mpg.de/5122824/27-25
Apply by Nov 2. More info here: ⬇️
www.mpinat.mpg.de/5122824/27-25
October 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Our institute & the Applied Physics Division at the NIST (Boulder, CO, USA) are seeking a postdoc to develop high-efficiency superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) and arrays for mid-infrared spectroscopy.
Apply by Nov 2. More info here: ⬇️
www.mpinat.mpg.de/5122824/27-25
Apply by Nov 2. More info here: ⬇️
www.mpinat.mpg.de/5122824/27-25
True stories from science – and the people behind them – at the Göttinger Literaturherbst: Nobel Prize laureate Katalin Karikó shares her journey, while Hans-Hennig von Grünberg looks back on the pioneers of quantum mechanics. Details below 👇 @mpimmg.bsky.social @mpsgoettingen.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 7:42 AM
True stories from science – and the people behind them – at the Göttinger Literaturherbst: Nobel Prize laureate Katalin Karikó shares her journey, while Hans-Hennig von Grünberg looks back on the pioneers of quantum mechanics. Details below 👇 @mpimmg.bsky.social @mpsgoettingen.bsky.social
What values guide us, and where do we draw the line? At the Göttinger Literaturherbst, Johanna M. Lukate and Alena Buyx will discuss racism, beauty standards, medical ethics, and moral living. @mpimmg.bsky.social @mpsgoettingen.bsky.social Details below 👇
October 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
What values guide us, and where do we draw the line? At the Göttinger Literaturherbst, Johanna M. Lukate and Alena Buyx will discuss racism, beauty standards, medical ethics, and moral living. @mpimmg.bsky.social @mpsgoettingen.bsky.social Details below 👇
Thanks to basic research, we learn more about the universe, the building blocks of life, and the origins of communication. At Göttingen’s Literaturherbst, astrophysicist Jason Steffen and biologist Kathleen Wermke will share their insights. @mpimmg.bsky.social @mpsgoettingen.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Thanks to basic research, we learn more about the universe, the building blocks of life, and the origins of communication. At Göttingen’s Literaturherbst, astrophysicist Jason Steffen and biologist Kathleen Wermke will share their insights. @mpimmg.bsky.social @mpsgoettingen.bsky.social
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2025 Basic Award winner Dirk Görlich @mpsgoettingen.bsky.social advises scientists to overcome "headwinds against new ways of thinking" by putting ideas to the "strictest possible test" and finding satisfaction in the journey, not just the destination. #LaskerAwards
September 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
2025 Basic Award winner Dirk Görlich @mpsgoettingen.bsky.social advises scientists to overcome "headwinds against new ways of thinking" by putting ideas to the "strictest possible test" and finding satisfaction in the journey, not just the destination. #LaskerAwards
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🎖️ The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 is awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson & Omar Yaghi! They have created molecular constructions, known as metal–organic frameworks, that can contribute to solving some of humankind’s greatest challenges.
www.kva.se/nobelchemistry2025
#Nobelprize
www.kva.se/nobelchemistry2025
#Nobelprize
October 8, 2025 at 9:48 AM
🎖️ The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 is awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson & Omar Yaghi! They have created molecular constructions, known as metal–organic frameworks, that can contribute to solving some of humankind’s greatest challenges.
www.kva.se/nobelchemistry2025
#Nobelprize
www.kva.se/nobelchemistry2025
#Nobelprize
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🎖️ The Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis!
The laureates used a series of experiments to demonstrate that the bizarre properties of the quantum world can be made concrete in a system big enough to be held in the hand.
www.kva.se/nobelphysics2025
The laureates used a series of experiments to demonstrate that the bizarre properties of the quantum world can be made concrete in a system big enough to be held in the hand.
www.kva.se/nobelphysics2025
October 7, 2025 at 9:48 AM
🎖️ The Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis!
The laureates used a series of experiments to demonstrate that the bizarre properties of the quantum world can be made concrete in a system big enough to be held in the hand.
www.kva.se/nobelphysics2025
The laureates used a series of experiments to demonstrate that the bizarre properties of the quantum world can be made concrete in a system big enough to be held in the hand.
www.kva.se/nobelphysics2025
Will humanity outlive its own power – and break the cycle of violence? Kai Michel, Johannes Krause, and Thomas Trappe explore at Göttinger Literaturherbst the history of humankind to find answers for its future. @mpimmg.bsky.social @mpsgoettingen.bsky.social
Details below 👇
Details below 👇
October 7, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Will humanity outlive its own power – and break the cycle of violence? Kai Michel, Johannes Krause, and Thomas Trappe explore at Göttinger Literaturherbst the history of humankind to find answers for its future. @mpimmg.bsky.social @mpsgoettingen.bsky.social
Details below 👇
Details below 👇