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Jochem Marotzke, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg.
Jochem Marotzke, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology,  shares his assessment of what the Trump administration's policies mean for his American colleagues and national and international climate research
A beach polluted with plastic waste, the sky is overcast.
Contrary to previous claims, the ocean absorbs more microplastics from the atmosphere than it releases into it
Yellow robot arm in a laboratory with artificial plants on the floor.
Grant helps to take AI-based harvesting robot Polybot from research-phase to startup-phase

Topic Specials

Climate and transformation
In addition to climate forecasts, the consequences of climate change are increasingly becoming the focus of research at Max Planck Institutes
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
Migration
The causes and consequences of human mobility and its history are central topics for research at Max Planck Institutes

Events

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Decentering Transnationality. The Impact of Latin American Artists in Post-War Europe

from Mar 3, 2025 12:00 AM to Mar 4, 2025 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

Public event without registration

Decentering Transnationality. The Impact of Latin American Artists in Post-War Europe

from Mar 3, 2025 12:00 AM to Mar 4, 2025 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

Public event without registration

PhD Career Day 2025 at MPI Magdeburg

Mar 11, 2025 from 09:00 AM to 05:30 PM (Local Time Germany)

Virtual Reality in Criminology and Criminal Justice – Current and Future Developments

Mar 20, 2025 from 09:45 AM to 06:30 PM (Local Time Germany)

OpenHouse | Spring 2025

Mar 27, 2025 from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)

Demystifying AI Interpretability

Mar 28, 2025 from 03:00 PM to 04:15 PM (Local Time Germany)

Upcoming Events

OpenHouse | Spring 2025

Mar 27, 2025 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
online

Demystifying AI Interpretability

Mar 28, 2025 03:00 PM - 04:15 PM (Local Time Germany)

ESG Intermediaries and Corporate Sustainability Convergence

Apr 8, 2025 05:00 PM - 06:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
Online-Event

Career

Max Planck Postdoc Program
The new Max Planck Postdoc Program offers top emerging talents a range of attractive measures and opportunities
Call for Applications 2025: Lise Meitner Research Groups
The MPG offers excellent researchers again the possibility to apply for a position as a Leader of a Lise Meitner Research Group in all areas of science. Applications are possible until April 08th, 2025. 

Job Offers

Postdoc position (m/f/d) | Correlated Operando Electron and X-ray Microscopy of Electrocatalysts

Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin
March 21, 2025

Scientific Project Coordinator (m/f/d)

Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena
March 21, 2025

Postdoc position (m/f/d) | Application of THz fields in ultrafast electron diffraction (UED)

Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin
March 21, 2025

Publications


Talent Companion
Research is calling - We promote pioneers in science
75 years Max Planck Society
Annual Report 2023 of the Max Planck Society
Yearbook Highlights 2023
MaxPlanckResearch 4/2024: Focus: Do I have a choice?
Living and working in Germany
Evaluation - The procedures of the Max Planck Society

From the Institutes


MPI for Plant Breeding Research
The Role of the Casparian Strip in Nitrogen Fixation more
MPI for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, et al.
Max Planck spin-off eversyn secures €1.6 million in seed funding more
MPI for Astronomy
Astronomy’s dirty window to space more
MPI for Evolutionary Biology
Active Gene mutates faster more
MPI for Evolutionary Biology
Population Structure Shapes Evolution more
MPI of Molecular Plant Physiology
Hormones determine whether plants form partnerships with fungi more
MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology
First articulating leg of Paranthropus robustus discovered more
MPI for Multidisciplinary Sciences, et al.
Optical nanoscopy without the ON/OFF more
MPI for Chemical Ecology
Hidden allies more
MPI for Heart and Lung Research
GPRC5B Regulates Macrophage Activity more
MPI for Plant Breeding Research
Root microbiota suppress plant immune system more
MPI for Plant Breeding Research
Exquisite control of a plant immune pathway revealed more
MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology
Some monkeys unintentionally produce sharp-edged flakes more
MP Florida Institute, et al.
The challenge of pursuit more
MPI of Biophysics, et al.
Molecular choreography of efficient microbial carbon capture more

Multimedia


Unraveling Behavior

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.
Cell droplet research

Cell droplet research

Video
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.
Flight and Trauma

Flight and Trauma

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

Optogenetics | briefly explained

Video
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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