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Yen-Ping Hsueh receives the National Science and Technology Council Outstanding Research Award

Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen Director, Yen-Ping Hsueh, has been honoured with the prestigious 2025 Outstanding Research Award from the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) of Taiwan. The award ceremony took place on the 29th April 2025, in Taipei. This award acknowledges exceptional scientific and technological talents who have made significant contributions to enhancing Taiwan’s academic and international standing. more

ERC Consolidator Grant for Hassan Salem

Max Planck Research Group Leader Hassan Salem has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant to investigate how beetles use symbiotic relationships with microbes to digest plant material and how this strategy compares to acquiring digestive enzymes through gene transfer. The research aims to uncover the evolutionary and ecological significance of symbiosis in herbivorous beetles, providing new insights into their remarkable success as plant-eating insects. more

When the pressure is on, Archaea go multicellular

Mechanical compression induces multicellular organization in archaea more

The Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard Foundation receives prestigious award

The Foundation, created and named after the Nobel Prize winner, has been awarded Science Foundation of the Year by the German University Foundation (DUS) and the Stifterverband. more

Predatory behaviour is an inherited trait across multiple generations in nematodes

Study highlights the role of long-term environmental changes in the evolution of predatory behaviour in nematodes.
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New research group at the Friedrich Miescher Laboratory explores the evolution of limb regeneration

Can Aztekin heads the new research group “Structural Regeneration” investigating the evolution and capabilities of lost limb regrowth across species. more

More women directors than ever before

The share of women in leadership positions at the Max Planck Society continues to grow more

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