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Methane-producing microbes solve one of biology's most energy-demanding challenges: converting carbon dioxide into methane by using an energy-boosting trick called electron bifurcation. Now Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics and the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology discovered that different microorganisms link these two reactions in different ways. The findings open up a new understanding of the diversity of molecular architectures that allow methanogens to thrive in different environments. more

The National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina honors the Director emerita at the Max Planck Institute and professor at the University of Marburg for her lifetime achievements more

Isocyanides enable detection of nickel-free methane production in environmental samples more

The protein channel that is essential to all cells can now be studied in a cell-free environment more

Within the framework of the 41st Erfinderlabor (Inventors’ Lab) organized by the Zentrum für Chemie (ZFC), Prof. Dr. Helge Bode at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg provided high school students with insights into research and daily operations at a research institute. more

Researchers at the Max Planck Society have gained fundamental insights into the pyrenoid, a key enhancer of CO₂ fixation more

African researcher Catherine Oluwakemi Esuola receives funding from the Max Planck Africa Mobility Grant to conduct research at the Max Planck Institute in Marburg, Germany more