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Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
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Max Planck Institute investigating the structure and function of proteins - from individual molecules to whole organisms.
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We are excited to welcome Jan-Michael Peters from the @impvienna.bsky.social as external scientific member of the @mpibiochem.bsky.social!

You can find more on this news here: www.biochem.mpg.de/jan-michael-...

(Photo ©: Adam Cooper/IMP)
November 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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#pictureofthemonth: The pic shows 30 different protein types with spatial resolution in a neuronal „atlas“ created with the imaging method SUM-PAINT.
More: www.biochem.mpg.de/jungmann

November – institute calendar of @mpibiochem.bsky.social and @mpiforbi.bsky.social
Image by Eduard Unterauer"
November 7, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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We are looking for a System Administrator with a focus on Storage and HPC Infrastructure. This position has a versatile profile and we welcome all applications:

❕ Apply until: November 23 2025
❕ lnkd.in/eDuSstxG

#hiring #jobalert #SystemAdmin #Storage #HPC #Infrastructure #ITjob
November 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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We are looking for a System administrator focused on Linux and Storage Infrastructure. This position has a versatile profile and we welcome you to send in your application:

❕ Apply until: November 23 2025
❕ lnkd.in/eVuSuizK

#hiring #jobalert #SystemAdmin #Linux #Infrastructure #ITjob
October 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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We highly recommend this paper, fresh out of the @mannlab.bsky.social :

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
AlphaDIA enables DIA transfer learning for feature-free proteomics - Nature Biotechnology
An open-source platform for data-independent acquisition proteomics adapts predicted libraries to experimental settings.
www.nature.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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Yesterday, the #ShawPrize award ceremony took place. We congratulate all the awardees, especially our scientist and former director Wolfgang Baumeister.

www.shawprize.org/prizes-and-l...
The Prize in Life Science & Medicine - The Shaw Prize
www.shawprize.org
October 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗠 𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀-𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀?

Bring them along to our Kids University and do hands-on courses in our visitors’ lab at the Open Day next week!

🔬 Hands-on experiments, fun learning, and more – for all ages!

Find out more (in German): mpi.lineupr.com/tdot/
October 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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We are offering a Vocational Training in Precision Mechanics as a Precision Engineer (M/F/D) for the new term in 2026.

❕ Apply until: May 31 2026
❕ www.mpg.de/25511181/aus...

#hiring #jobalert #PrecisionEngineer #PrecisionMechanics
October 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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We are looking for an Expert (m/f/d) for Hazardous Goods, Materials and Waste Disposal. A completed Vocational Training in this specific or an adjacent field is mandatory.

❕ Apply until: October 31 2025
❕ www.mpg.de/25220494/mit...

#hiring #jobalert #WasteDisposal #HazardousGoods
October 14, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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We are hiring a Travel Expenses Clerk (m/f/d) for our administration. If this position speaks to you, feel free to apply:

❕ Apply until: October 30 2025
❕ www.mpg.de/25528364/sac...

#hiring #jobalert #TravelExpenses #Administration #scientificinstitute
October 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀?

Visit our career fair at the Open Day! Scientist, service empolyees, trainees or HR: Meet your future co-worker and ask them all your questions!

Find out more (in German): lnkd.in/d2TuWrQx
October 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Are you an expert in all things HR and want to work within a renowned scientific research institute? We are looking for a HR-Administrator (m/f/d) :

❕ Apply until: October 30 2025
❕ www.mpg.de/25528428/per...

#hiring #jobalert #HRAdministrator #HumanResources #scientificinstitute
October 9, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Congratulations to all laureates!
scienceacademyswe.bsky.social The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences @scienceacademyswe.bsky.social · Oct 8
🎖️ 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
October 8, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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We are offering a Vocational Training as an Office Management Assistant (M/F/D) for the new term in 2026. If you want to learn how science works behind the scenes we await your applications:

❕ Apply until: March 31 2026
❕ www.mpg.de/25512107/kau...

#OfficeManagement #VocationalTraining
October 8, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Congratulations to all laureates!
scienceacademyswe.bsky.social The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences @scienceacademyswe.bsky.social · Oct 7
🎖️ 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
October 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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We are offering a Vocational Training as an Animal keeper (M/F/D) for the new term in 2026. We are open for applications:

❕Apply until: January 31 2026
❕ www.mpg.de/25511537/tie...

#hiring #jobalert #AnimalKeeper #clinicalwork #research
October 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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This October our #pictureofthemonth shows a male white-browned sparrow-weaver taking a break from feeding its chicks.

More on this topic can be found here: www.bi.mpg.de/gahr

The picture is part of our ongoing series/calendar with our sister institute @mpiforbi.bsky.social
mpiforbi.bsky.social MPI for Biological Intelligence @mpiforbi.bsky.social · Oct 5
#pictureofthemonth: A male white-browed sparrow-weaver in the Kalahari savannah takes a break from
feeding its chicks.

Find out more: www.bi.mpg.de/gahr

October – Institute calendar of @mpibiochem.bsky.social and @mpiforbi.bsky.social
Picture by Lisa Trost
October 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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The @briggsgroup.bsky.social has a new paper out! Perfect read to start the week.
October 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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We are offering a Vocational Training as Biology Laboratory Assistant (M/F/D)
Keen to learn how to work in a BioLab?

❕ Apply until: January 31 2026
❕ www.mpg.de/25511710/aus...

#hiring #jobalert #VocationalTraining #LabJob #LabAssistant
October 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Congratulations to all Awardees.
ki.se Karolinska Institutet @ki.se · Oct 6
The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for their groundbreaking discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance that prevents the immune system from harming the body 🧪 www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic...
Photo: Cecilia Odlind
October 6, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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From DNA to proteins: How do we investigate how life unfolds?

✨ Hands-on, minds-blown: Get exciting insights into our leading life-science research in Martinsried at our Open Day!

Find out more (in German): mpi.lineupr.com/tdot/
October 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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To support emerging scholars in the early stages of their careers the Max Planck Society is inviting all outstanding scientists with a doctorate within one of the fields of research in the organization to apply for one of the positions as Research Group Leader (m/f/d).
maxplanck.de Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · Sep 15
Early-career researchers: want to run your own lab? 🌟Max Planck Research Groups offer 6+ years, up to €2.7M in funding, open-topic freedom, team support & tenure-track opportunities. Intrigued? 😃Apply by Oct 14, 2025! www.mpg.de/max-planck-r...
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September 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Let's finish the week with wholehearted Congratulations to Ericka Mae Corazon Itang from the mannlab.bsky.social
on her #PhD! 🎉
September 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵?
Then join us at our Open Day and get exciting sneak peaks behind the scenes of one of Europe’s largest life science campuses in Martinsried.

Find out more (in German): mpi.lineupr.com/tdot/
September 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Reposted by Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
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Why are α-synuclein aggregates in Parkinson’s disease (PD) toxic at the cell biological level?

Our new study shows that α-syn fibrils hijack the ESCRT membrane repair system, triggering a feedback loop that worsens aggregation.

You can find it at: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.
authors.elsevier.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM