MPI for Multidisciplinary Sciences
@mpi-nat.bsky.social
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
www.mpinat.mpg.de/5162804/pr_2...
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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.
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
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 👇
How is artificial intelligence reshaping healthcare?
Open lecture & panel discussion (🇬🇧) on inclusive AI, ethics, & patient integration.
🗓️ 6 Oct, 5 pm
📍 Aula am Wilhelmsplatz, Göttingen
Speakers: Mei Lin Fung, Liz Goodman, Huw Williams.
Please register via [email protected].
@uni-goettingen.de
Open lecture & panel discussion (🇬🇧) on inclusive AI, ethics, & patient integration.
🗓️ 6 Oct, 5 pm
📍 Aula am Wilhelmsplatz, Göttingen
Speakers: Mei Lin Fung, Liz Goodman, Huw Williams.
Please register via [email protected].
@uni-goettingen.de
October 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
How is artificial intelligence reshaping healthcare?
Open lecture & panel discussion (🇬🇧) on inclusive AI, ethics, & patient integration.
🗓️ 6 Oct, 5 pm
📍 Aula am Wilhelmsplatz, Göttingen
Speakers: Mei Lin Fung, Liz Goodman, Huw Williams.
Please register via [email protected].
@uni-goettingen.de
Open lecture & panel discussion (🇬🇧) on inclusive AI, ethics, & patient integration.
🗓️ 6 Oct, 5 pm
📍 Aula am Wilhelmsplatz, Göttingen
Speakers: Mei Lin Fung, Liz Goodman, Huw Williams.
Please register via [email protected].
@uni-goettingen.de
Yesterday, about 30 researchers from Göttingen’s four Max Planck Institutes swapped labs for classrooms at #MaxPlanckGoesToSchool. From animal welfare to AI & space tech, students got a glimpse of frontier research. Thanks to all – see you in 2026! 🧑🏫🔬
@mpsgoettingen.bsky.social
@mpimmg.bsky.social
@mpsgoettingen.bsky.social
@mpimmg.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Yesterday, about 30 researchers from Göttingen’s four Max Planck Institutes swapped labs for classrooms at #MaxPlanckGoesToSchool. From animal welfare to AI & space tech, students got a glimpse of frontier research. Thanks to all – see you in 2026! 🧑🏫🔬
@mpsgoettingen.bsky.social
@mpimmg.bsky.social
@mpsgoettingen.bsky.social
@mpimmg.bsky.social
Colorful leaves ✅
Pumpkin spice ✅
Göttinger Literaturherbst …↺ loading…
Our scientific lecture series at Göttingen’s literature festival is fast approaching! We will be providing you with info about the topics and speakers here. Stay tuned!
@mpsgoettingen.bsky.social @mpimmg.bsky.social
Pumpkin spice ✅
Göttinger Literaturherbst …↺ loading…
Our scientific lecture series at Göttingen’s literature festival is fast approaching! We will be providing you with info about the topics and speakers here. Stay tuned!
@mpsgoettingen.bsky.social @mpimmg.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Colorful leaves ✅
Pumpkin spice ✅
Göttinger Literaturherbst …↺ loading…
Our scientific lecture series at Göttingen’s literature festival is fast approaching! We will be providing you with info about the topics and speakers here. Stay tuned!
@mpsgoettingen.bsky.social @mpimmg.bsky.social
Pumpkin spice ✅
Göttinger Literaturherbst …↺ loading…
Our scientific lecture series at Göttingen’s literature festival is fast approaching! We will be providing you with info about the topics and speakers here. Stay tuned!
@mpsgoettingen.bsky.social @mpimmg.bsky.social
Five MPI-NAT trainees joined 160 peers from 41 Max Planck Institutes at the first Trainee BarCamp in Berlin💡. The two days with crowd-sourced program covered career planning, team building, mental health, and much more. Looking forward to next time! 🤝🤩 @maxplanck.de
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Five MPI-NAT trainees joined 160 peers from 41 Max Planck Institutes at the first Trainee BarCamp in Berlin💡. The two days with crowd-sourced program covered career planning, team building, mental health, and much more. Looking forward to next time! 🤝🤩 @maxplanck.de
Today was Apprentice Welcome Day at the MPI-NAT! New trainees met seasoned peers, explored the institute, and grabbed insider tips. Looking for a hands-on apprenticeship in one of 9 exciting professions? Check out our website (in German) 👉 www.mpinat.mpg.de/ausbildung
September 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Today was Apprentice Welcome Day at the MPI-NAT! New trainees met seasoned peers, explored the institute, and grabbed insider tips. Looking for a hands-on apprenticeship in one of 9 exciting professions? Check out our website (in German) 👉 www.mpinat.mpg.de/ausbildung
Surprising tag: Scientists from @sonjalorenzlab.bsky.social and colleagues have now discovered that the human ligase HUWE1 can tag synthetic drug-like molecules in cells with ubiquitin. Their finding could open up new avenues in drug discovery and biotechnology.
@compbiophys.bsky.social
@compbiophys.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Surprising tag: Scientists from @sonjalorenzlab.bsky.social and colleagues have now discovered that the human ligase HUWE1 can tag synthetic drug-like molecules in cells with ubiquitin. Their finding could open up new avenues in drug discovery and biotechnology.
@compbiophys.bsky.social
@compbiophys.bsky.social