Conducting research in the natural and medical sciences to obtain fundamental new insights. Posts by the communication team. www.mpinat.mpg.de/de/imprinthttps://bsky.app/profile/mpi-nat.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpi-nat.bsky.social/post/3mvs57spugs2gGerne weiterleiten an euer IT-Netzwerke: Wir stellen eine*n Systemtechniker ein! 🔗 www.mpinat.mpg.de/5292977/23-26 [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Sep 2026 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:dztvincappd6eyfgfjqeb74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvs57spugs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mpi-nat.bsky.social/post/3mvk5pme4ws2rSome promising ideas for carboncapture may already exist inside living cells. 🦠 How do microorganisms capture CO₂ and what can we learn from them? 👉 Discover how @amkueffner.bsky.social and his Sustainable Biocatalysis research group are investigating exactly that at our institute.15 Sep 2026 07:58 +0000at://did:plc:dztvincappd6eyfgfjqeb74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvk5pme4ws2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpi-nat.bsky.social/post/3mv3jl57lgk2f@horizonsmolbio.bsky.social 2026 is in full swing! Organized by PhD students of the IMPRS for Molecular Biology, the conference brings together young and established researchers to exchange ideas and explore molecular biology. Happy to welcome you all on our Fassberg Campus! @uni-goettingen.de09 Sep 2026 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:dztvincappd6eyfgfjqeb74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3jl57lgk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpi-nat.bsky.social/post/3muzavpoock2r“Are we facing an egg cell crisis?” asks the ARTE documentary series “42 – Die Antwort auf fast alles”. Our director Melina Schuh responds and explains why aged eggs can be so prone to defects. Tune in📺 https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/127467-002-A/stecken-wir-in-einer-eizellen-krise/ (in German)08 Sep 2026 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:dztvincappd6eyfgfjqeb74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzavpoock2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpi-nat.bsky.social/post/3mup6stes7k2yPhD students from across Göttingen came together at MPI-NAT for PhD Day 2026: Nobel laureate Q&A, PhD research posters & conversations about careers, funding, mental health and more. Big thanks to our PhD reps for organizing and everyone who contributed!04 Sep 2026 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:dztvincappd6eyfgfjqeb74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mup6stes7k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpi-nat.bsky.social/post/3mumhhitqj22vCongratulations, Elisa Oberbeckmann! Our research group leader and junior professor @uni-goettingen.de has received a coveted Starting Grant from the @erc.europa.eu 🥳🎉 With her team, she aims to decipher the molecular functions and interaction networks of chromatin remodelers. Well done, Elisa 👏👏03 Sep 2026 12:33 +0000at://did:plc:dztvincappd6eyfgfjqeb74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumhhitqj22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpi-nat.bsky.social/post/3mujtr7eefk23Every electron counts⚛️! Researchers have determined the structure of the protein rubredoxin at an unprecedented 0.43 Ångström resolution. The method could now allow routine quantum crystallography of biological macromolecules. 👇More about this major advancement: https://www.mpinat.mpg.de/5314392/rn_260402 Sep 2026 11:35 +0000at://did:plc:dztvincappd6eyfgfjqeb74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujtr7eefk23https://bsky.app/profile/mpi-nat.bsky.social/post/3mtjcm4phkc2211 speakers explore research & big questions – from democracy and climate to AI, cooperation & killer asteroids: check out the programme of this year’s science series at 📚 Göttinger Literaturherbst, Oct. 2.-11.: https://www.literaturherbst.com/programm/wissenschaft-beim-goettinger-literaturherbst/20 Aug 2026 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:dztvincappd6eyfgfjqeb74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjcm4phkc22https://bsky.app/profile/mpi-nat.bsky.social/post/3mszpzn6kck2wFriendly reminder: Registration for Horizons in Molecular Biology 2026 Symposium, September 7th–10th, at the MPI-NAT, Faßberg Campus closes tomorrow (August 15th)! Info and registration: www.mpinat.mpg.de/horizons [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2026 08:20 +0000at://did:plc:dztvincappd6eyfgfjqeb74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mszpzn6kck2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mpi-nat.bsky.social/post/3msx4qwc5n22o🌞🔭 Researchers at our institute brought the community together to observe the partial solar eclipse 2026 from one of our rooftops and share their passion for astronomy. Where did you watch? 😊13 Aug 2026 07:30 +0000at://did:plc:dztvincappd6eyfgfjqeb74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3msx4qwc5n22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mpi-nat.bsky.social/post/3mssm3v3g4c2p🎓 From PhD to Nobel Prize: Join our PhD day for a Q&A with Nobel laureates Erwin Neher + Stefan Hell, a PhD poster session + info booths on careers, funding, startups, mental health, equal opportunities + more for early career scientits in Göttingen. 📅 Sept 4 | 📝 events.gwdg.de/event/1513/11 Aug 2026 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:dztvincappd6eyfgfjqeb74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssm3v3g4c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mpi-nat.bsky.social/post/3mspzmy7fes24Looks unorganized to you? It isn’t. Indeed, you are looking at fixed 3D structures of the cancer protein p53. It can adopt at least 50 different 3D structures and is much more ordered than previously thought! 🎥© @dszollosi.bsky.social l / MPI-NAT @compbiophys.bsky.social (1/3)10 Aug 2026 11:45 +0000at://did:plc:dztvincappd6eyfgfjqeb74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mspzmy7fes24https://bsky.app/profile/mpi-nat.bsky.social/post/3mshyczufqs2u🎧Hörtipp: Nobelpreisträger Stefan Hell erzählt, wie er d. Auflösungsgrenze der Lichtmikroskopie durchbrochen hat - jetzt im detektor.fm/@spektrum.de - Podcast. Hell entwickelt am @mpi-mr.bsky.social + unserem Institut + abberior optische Nanoskopie stetig weiter. 🔗 https://detektor.fm/wissen/die-grossen-fragen-der-wissenschaft-stefan-hell-mikroskopie [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Aug 2026 07:01 +0000at://did:plc:dztvincappd6eyfgfjqeb74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mshyczufqs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpi-nat.bsky.social/post/3msfr635lrs2eHow does a species adapt to a new environment? An international team discovered how herring evolved its reproduction migrating from the Atlantic into the low-salinity Baltic Sea 🌊. MPI-NAT researchers contributed proteomics analyses. Read our press release here: https://www.mpinat.mpg.de/5302322/pr_261706 Aug 2026 09:47 +0000at://did:plc:dztvincappd6eyfgfjqeb74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3msfr635lrs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mpi-nat.bsky.social/post/3mrphrkxu422a📢 PhD students: Don't miss Third Infinity 2026! 🗓 Sept. 23–25 📍 MPI-NAT Faßberg Campus, Göttingen 🎤 Talks & posters across life sciences, physics & chemistry 📋 organized by IMPRS for Physics of Biological and Complex Systems 📝 Register by August 1: https://thirdinfinity.mpg.de/registration-2/ !28 Jul 2026 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:dztvincappd6eyfgfjqeb74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrphrkxu422ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mpi-nat.bsky.social/post/3mrcjgerq5k2wCongrats @thomas-hensel.bsky.social on receiving the German Thesis Award by @koerber-stiftung.de for his PhD research! 🎊His work makes molecular dynamics visible by tracking protein-like structures with advanced light microscopy.23 Jul 2026 09:26 +0000at://did:plc:dztvincappd6eyfgfjqeb74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrcjgerq5k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mpi-nat.bsky.social/post/3mqtci7pebk2q🏆 🍒 We also celebrate non-scientific achievements: Congratulations on the group victory at the German Cherry Pit Spitting Championships at the traditional Cherry Festival in Witzenhausen! Our researchers Arian, Anush, Jaschka, Morten und Taras achieved a spit distance of 43,39m in total! 👏Well done!17 Jul 2026 08:11 +0000at://did:plc:dztvincappd6eyfgfjqeb74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtci7pebk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpi-nat.bsky.social/post/3mqqze5jhtc2nOur managing director Melina Schuh has now been formally admitted to the @royalsociety.org at the Admissions Day ceremony in London. Congratulations for this remarkable recognition! 😊 [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jul 2026 10:23 +0000at://did:plc:dztvincappd6eyfgfjqeb74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqqze5jhtc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpi-nat.bsky.social/post/3mq7sn3vju22cAI meets cutting-edge microscopy: Welcome Constantin Pape, head of our new Machine Intelligence in the Life Sciences group! 👋 🔬 His team develops AI methods to analyze high-resolution microscopy & cryo-EM data to better understand the function of proteins and protein complexes inside cells. (1/3)09 Jul 2026 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:dztvincappd6eyfgfjqeb74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7sn3vju22chttps://bsky.app/profile/mpi-nat.bsky.social/post/3mpxuvkze4k2c🏆 Congrats to Jan-Wilke Henke on receiving the Born-Franck Dissertation Award 2026! In his thesis he investigated how free electrons and light can be effectively coupled. A well-deserved recognition from the Faculty of Physics @uni-goettingen.de !06 Jul 2026 10:27 +0000at://did:plc:dztvincappd6eyfgfjqeb74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpxuvkze4k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mpi-nat.bsky.social/post/3mpo62e4fvs2y66 colleagues, 23 nationalities, one team. 🙌 A record number of MPI-NAT staff joined the Göttingen Altstadtlauf, making us the 4th largest company team. We are of everyone who took part! 👏You did a great job!02 Jul 2026 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:dztvincappd6eyfgfjqeb74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpo62e4fvs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpi-nat.bsky.social/post/3mpkv7e7pq22qNanobodies herstellen, Proteine aufreinigen oder Plasmide konstruieren – erforsche in deinem neuen Team, wie Zellen ihre Welt organisieren🧬: Technische Assistenz in der Abteilung Zelluläre Logistik gesucht! Bewerbungsfrist: 19. Juli 2026 👉 Ausschreibung: www.mpinat.mpg.de/22-2601 Jul 2026 06:27 +0000at://did:plc:dztvincappd6eyfgfjqeb74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpkv7e7pq22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpi-nat.bsky.social/post/3mp76rqfpgs2cA pleasure to welcome the Max Planck Funding Foundation to Göttingen’s MPIs. Thank you for your generous support of basic research and for taking the time to engage with our scientists and their work! 🤝🔬 @mpips.bsky.social, @mpsgoettingen.bsky.social, MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization26 Jun 2026 14:47 +0000at://did:plc:dztvincappd6eyfgfjqeb74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp76rqfpgs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mpi-nat.bsky.social/post/3mokmdx5ix224Congrats to Alexander Rotsch to the Otto Hahn Medal 🏅 by @maxplanck.de for his doctoral thesis where he investigated a “criminal case”: the theft of mRNA caps by influenza viruses. For more information on his research project: 👇 https://www.mpinat.mpg.de/5270051/pr_2612 © : Bettina Ausserhofer / MPG18 Jun 2026 10:24 +0000at://did:plc:dztvincappd6eyfgfjqeb74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mokmdx5ix224https://bsky.app/profile/mpi-nat.bsky.social/post/3mocvbr2rv22v🌍 Molecular biology meets networking: The Horizons 2026 symposium @horizonsmolbio.bsky.social at the MPI-NAT in Göttingen (Sept 7-10). Present your research, meet peers, & explore careers. Register until Aug 15. More info: www.mpinat.mpg.de/horizons15 Jun 2026 08:42 +0000at://did:plc:dztvincappd6eyfgfjqeb74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mocvbr2rv22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpi-nat.bsky.social/post/3mnwohzwcq22sWhat can a glimpse inside an egg cell reveal about fertility, miscarriage & health? 🎧 Listen to the new episode of “Ach, Mensch!” podcast about @schuhlab.bsky.socials research on meiosis (in German): https://detektor.fm/wissen/ach-mensch-melina-schuh10 Jun 2026 12:09 +0000at://did:plc:dztvincappd6eyfgfjqeb74c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnwohzwcq22s