Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and Axel Ullrich were newly admitted into the "Hall of Fame" of German reserarch, an honour conferred since 2009 by "manager magazin" on top scientists for their contribution to Germany as a research location. [more]

Geneticist Svante Pääbo from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthroplogy is to receive the US$500,000 Gruber Genetics Prize for groundbreaking research in evolutionary genetics [more]

The Royal Astronomical Society honours Director at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy [more]

Max Planck researcher recognized for her marine research [more]

A reason to celebrate the fifth round of ERC Starting Grants: 21 researchers from 16 Max Planck Institutes have been awarded up to two million euros each to fund their projects. [more]

The neuroscientist Abeles, a researcher at the Bar-Ilan University in Israel, is honoured for his groundbreaking research into brain functions [more]

The Gertrud Reemtsma Foundation recognises importance of this young field for the neurosciences [more]