International

Jinyi Shangguan, formerly a scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching, has taken over as head of a Max Planck Partner Group at the Kavli Institute at Peking University. Together with his team, he is researching supermassive black holes – mysterious objects from the early days of our universe. more

Max Planck Society (MPG) and National Science Centre Poland (NCN) invite applications for the Fifth Call for two interdisciplinary Dioscuri Centres of Scientific Excellence. The centres are to be located in Poland. more

Max Planck Society deepens its partnership with the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) more

New collaborations focus on synthetic biochemistry and the interactions between air pollution, extreme weather, and climate more

Jason Hendry from the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin, documents a two week trip to Burkina Faso. He is collaborating with researchers from the Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (IRSS) to help find ways to prevent the spread of drug-resistant malaria. more