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The junior scientist has received the Otto Hahn Medal and Otto Hahn Award from the Max Planck Society (MPG) and the Doctoral Award from the Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM) more

For his outstanding doctoral thesis, Dr Maik Wolfram Schauerte has been honoured by the Max Planck Society with both the Otto Hahn Medal and the Otto-Hahn-Award. The Max Planck Society (MPS) presented the awards at its annual meeting in Magdeburg on 25 June. more

Using light to break down and bind CO₂: two new research groups want to make what nature already does much more efficient more

`Microbes for Climate` Cluster of Excellence will receive seven years of funding more

The Excellence Strategy is an important agreement between the federal and state governments that aims to sustainably promote cutting-edge research and strengthen the international competitiveness of German universities - and thus also of Germany as a business location. It is the successor to the Excellence Initiative and is divided into two central funding lines: clusters of Excellence and Universities of Excellence. more

Dr. Hai He has been awarded the M4C Explorer Award 2025 from the M4C “Microbes for Climate” Excellence Cluster initiative for his excellent research on enzyme flexibility and metabolic network evolution. The award was presented at the SYNMIKRO Annual Conference on April 23rd in Marburg. more

Max Planck researcher Martina Preiner has been awarded a Human Frontiers Science Grant more