Innovation made by Max Planck

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Patrick Cramer speaks with Bram Wijlands, Managing Director of Max Planck Innovation, about researchers launching start-ups – and their exciting ventures. Innovation made by Max Planck

Metal fleece: material for the batteries of the future

Battery electrodes thicken as a result of the accelerated transport of lithium ions via metal fleeces, making them particularly efficient and cost-effective more

Jymmin Face Active App for mobilizing facial muscles in cases of paralysis

Licensed Max Planck technology helps stroke patients more

Start-up capital for successful in vitro fertilization

Max Planck start-up Ovo Labs develops drugs to improve fertility treatments more

Research news

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Sniffing out hunger: a nose-to-brain connection linked to appetite

June 11, 2025
Brain Medicine Neurobiology
How the smell of food triggers brain cells that make mice feel less hungry
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Magnetic field of the Sun in a state of turmoil

June 11, 2025
Astronomy Astrophysics Solar System
The Solar Orbiter is the first spacecraft to study the Sun's poles – and finds the magnetic field in a state of flip
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Running circles in my head

June 10, 2025
How the ELAV protein shapes the brain’s unique circular RNA landscape
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Further News

Topic Specials

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Climate and transformation

In addition to climate forecasts, the consequences of climate change are increasingly becoming the focus of research at Max Planck Institutes
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The brain

The human brain is the most complex organ that nature has ever produced: 100 billion nerve cells and many times more contact points give it capabilities that no supercomputer can match
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Migration

The causes and consequences of human mobility and its history are central topics for research at Max Planck Institutes
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Further Topic Specials

From the Institutes


MPI for Demographic Research
Couples with opposing political views face higher risk of separation more
MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology
Social influence, not norms, drives pro-FGMC attitudes more
MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Balance of neurons in the brain changes with age more
MPI for Chemical Ecology
Invented twice more
MPI of Psychiatry
Psychiatric disorders with shared biological mechanisms more
MPI of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
All-in-one model reconstructs complex liver architecture more
MPI of Molecular Plant Physiology
Kinetic Coupling more
MPI for Marine Microbiology, et al.
Nitrogen loss on sandy shores more
MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology
“Gene scissors”: Synthetic CRISPR gRNAs almost always cut more
MPI of Molecular Plant Physiology
Rapid DNA repair keeps genome stable more
MPI of Molecular Plant Physiology
Adaptor for Symbiosis more
MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Motor learning through mental imagery more
MPI of Animal Behavior
Very different mammals follow the same rules of behavior more
MPI of Molecular Physiology
Promising Parkinson's drug decoded more
MPI for Chemical Physics of Solids
Superconducting nanostructures in 3D  more
MPI of Molecular Plant Physiology
New method for predicting plant traits for higher yields more
MPI of Psychiatry
Early Life Stress Can Build Resilience in Females more
MPI of Biophysics
Necroptosis Regulation: Balancing Life and Death more

Career

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Innovative training programmes for Phd students

Talented German and foreign junior scientists are offered the opportunity to earn a doctorate under excellent research conditions
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Max Planck Postdoc Program

The new Max Planck Postdoc Program offers top emerging talents a range of attractive measures and opportunities
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Job Offers

Dissertation Writing-up Fellowships

Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle (Saale)
June 10, 2025

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (m/f/d)

Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne
June 06, 2025

Postdoctoral and a PhD position | Probing the structure of advanced materials for electrocatalysis using synchrotron radiation and lab-based X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin
June 04, 2025
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Sustainable Private Law Talks

Jun 5, 2025 from 05:00 PM to 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

18th Science Night in Magdeburg

Jun 14, 2025 from 06:00 PM to 11:59 PM (Local Time Germany)

Advanced Gender Equality Amid Global Backlash

Jun 25, 2025 from 04:00 PM to 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Socio-Legal Studies

Jun 27, 2025 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Digital Disruption, Colonial Hangover, and Law in Africa

Jun 27, 2025 from 04:00 PM to 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

10th Max Planck Symposium for Alumni and Early Career Researchers - SustainAbility

Jun 30, 2025

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Jun 25, 2025 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
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Publications


Evaluation - The procedures of the Max Planck Society
Living and working in Germany
Cover of the MaxPlanckResearch 1/2025 Science Magazine
Yearbook Highlights 2023
Image brochure - Max Planck Society
Annual Report 2023 of the Max Planck Society
Research is calling - We promote pioneers in science
Talent Companion

Multimedia


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My Science and Me

What fascinates scientists about their research? What drives them? Science thrives on the people who shape it. Our picture gallery depicts aspects of research from the perspective of those who carry it out
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Unraveling Behavior

Podcast
A science podcast about the patterns driving human judgment and decision making. In each episode,  Ana Sofia Morais sits down with a researcher to explore how people make decisions, how they handle risk, and how our surroundings and the online world shape our behavior.
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Cell droplet research

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A new hope for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. A film about the research of Anthony Hyman, who was awared the Koerber Prize 2022 and the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences 2023.
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Flight and Trauma

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Traumatic experiences from fleeing war zones can lead to distressing symptoms, which impair everyday life. Now with Ukranian sub-titles.
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Optogenetics | briefly explained

Optogenetics | briefly explained

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Turning nerve cells on and off using pulses of light. Optogenetics is a relatively new field that uses light to control genetically modified cells. It is based on light-activated membrane proteins, such as bacteriorhodopsin or channelrhodopsin, that are built into nerve cells.
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