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Microscopic images of yeast cells in different stages.

Double defence against self-recognition

May 11, 2026
Microbial Communication Sourjik

When erroneous production occurs, yeast cells can prevent responding to their own signals more

Scenes from Girls' Day 2026: colorful agar plates, two girls looking at the camera and holding pipettes, girls inoculating samples at a lab bench, a girl looking at a machine's control panel

Girls’Day at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology

April 29, 2026
Veranstaltungen

16 Girls Explore Research, Lab Work, and Precision Engineering more

Several individuals participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on a stage with a backdrop displaying the Max Planck-Chinese Academy Center for Synthetic Biochemistry logo.

MPI-TM Opens New Research Center for Natural Product Research with Chinese Partners

April 20, 2026
Bode Naturstoffe Synthetic Biology

New Max Planck Center Strengthens Research Partnership with China more

Dr. Patrick Gonschorek, project group leader at the Max Planck Institute in Marburg, and Dr. Christian Schelhas from the “Natural Products in Organismic Interactions” department are working together at a laboratory bench.

Seeking Powerful Drug Candidates

April 14, 2026
Bode iGEM Natural Products

Interdisciplinary research into bacterial modular systems wins international recognition more

Men in suits are holding documents; the flags of China and Germany are in the foreground.

Two New Max Planck Centers Strengthen the Research Partnership with China

April 14, 2026
Bode High-throughput Screening Natural Products Synthetic Biology

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

Rebecca Hinrichs is standing in a blue sweater in front of the entrance to the SYNMIKRO building

Rebecca Hinrichs is a new research group leader at the Microcosm Earth Center (MEC) in Marburg

March 27, 2026
MEC SYNMIKRO

The microbiologist investigates how bacteria regulate their responses to environmental conditions
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Helena Schulz-Mirbach and Frederik Schmidt

Helena Schulz-Mirbach and Frederik Schmidt Receive the 2026 VAAM Doctoral Award

March 26, 2026

Two former doctoral researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg have been awarded the 2026 VAAM Doctoral Prize, endowed with €2,000, by the German Society for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM). The awarded research focuses on utilizing climate-damaging CO₂ as a valuable resource, enabling direct biological availability of nitrogen, and efficiently establishing novel metabolic pathways. more

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