Awards

Max Planck scientist receives the world’s top prize in neuroscience for her pioneering work on molecular mechanisms of brain development and plasticity more

Max Planck scientist and Ivan Ðikić are jointly awarded for their contributions to the ubiquitin research field more

Director at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena honoured for her discoveries on plant natural product biosynthesis more

The director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig is honoured for his pioneering work in the field of palaeogenetics, of which he is considered the founder more

Anthony Hyman and Clifford Brangwynne receive the world's largest science prize, the 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences more

Award for political scientist Margaret Roberts and Medals for Vanessa Ogle and Wim Decock more

The director of the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden received the Körber Prize in Hamburg's City Hall for the discovery of a completely new state of biological matter more

Huda Zoghbi and Adrian Bird receive the International Prize for Translational Neuroscience of the Gertrud Reemtsma Foundation for their findings on the causes of Rett syndrome more

The scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics is honoured for developing pioneering instruments more

Newly established prize by the Max Planck Society and the Stifterverband aims to promote start-up culture in science more

Many publications by Max Planck scientists in 2022 were of great social relevance or met with a great media response. We have selected 12 articles to present you with an overview of some noteworthy research of the year more

The statistical model with which global warming can be attributed to increasing concentrations of CO₂ in the atmosphere was developed by former Director of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Klaus Hasselmann, who will be receiving the Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 for his work. more

Ufuk Akcigit, this year's winner of the Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award, explains the unique set-up of his Germany-based research project more

The Higgs particle gives mass to matter - and wings to experimental physicists more

Max Planck scientists revolutionize neurobiology and win coveted science prize more

Trying to controvert a seemingly incontrovertible law is a hard job. And Stefan Hell discovered just how hard when he attempted to thwart the resolution limit of optical microscopes. Initially, his ideas fell on deaf ears. Today, however, Stefan Hell is a Director at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry. more