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ERC Consolidator Grant for Hassan Salem

April 22, 2025

Max Planck Research Group Leader Hassan Salem has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant to investigate how beetles use symbiotic relationships with ...

When the pressure is on, Archaea go multicellular

April 09, 2025

In a discovery that reframes our understanding of life’s fundamental organization, researchers at Brandeis University, the MRC Laboratory of Molecular ...

The Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard Foundation receives prestigious award

April 01, 2025

The German University Association (DUS) awarded six prizes on Monday 31 March as part of the "Gala of German Science". 300 guests from universities ...

Talks and Events

DSSS - Elisa Izaurralde Memorial Lecture

Apr 30, 2025 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany)

NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

DSSS - Cryptic genetic variation: the hidden treasures of phenotypic variation

May 9, 2025 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

DSSS - Epigenetic inheritance of chromatin states in C. elegans

May 16, 2025 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

DSSS - Competition and warfare in bacteria and the human microbiome

May 23, 2025 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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Videos

The Origin of Life

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Introduction into the key research fields of the Department of Protein Evolution, led by Andrei Lupas.

On the Trail of Gut Microbes

Youtube-Video

Get to know the Department of Microbiome Science which is headed by Ruth Ley.

The Evolution of Sexual Systems

Youtube-Video

Dive into algal research and the science behind the evolution of the sexes at the Department of Algal Devolopment and Evolution, directed by Susana Coelho.