Researchers unravel how the very first eyes in evolution might have worked and how they guide the swimming of marine plankton towards light» read more

A syposium and a "Faculty Club" shall support networking and bundle strengths» read more

The first German female scientist to win the nobel prize for medicine is now Mercator Professor 2008 at the University Duisburg-Essen: Biologist Prof. Dr. Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (66). She is renowned for her research on...» read more

Göttingen, October 27, 2008. An interdisciplinary team of scientists from the Max Planck Institutes of Biophysical Chemistry (Göttingen), Biochemistry (Martinsried), Developmental Biology (Tübingen) and Biological...» read more

From October 27th to December 19th the Max Planck Guest House is showing the textile artwork of Gisela Weigand. In her exhibition "Textilbilder" she is showing her large-sized collages that were inspired by biological structures.» read more

Scientists from Diverse Set of Disciplines and Regions Receive $100,000 Each to Explore Bold, Untested Projects» read more

Researchers report the simultaneous completion of the first genomes of wild Arabidopsis thaliana strains as part of the 1001 Genomes Project.» read more