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21.05.2013 // “Whodunnit” of Irish potato famine solved
A potato specimen from the Kew Garden herbarium, collected in 1847, during the height of the Irish famine. The legend reads “Botrytis infestans”, because it was not known yet that Phytophthora does not belong to the mildew causing Botrytis fungi. Suggested paths of migration and diversification of P. infestans lineages HERB-1 and US-1. The location of the metapopulation that gave rise to HERB-1 and US-1 remains uncertain; here it is proposed to have been in North America.

An international team of scientists reveals that a unique strain of potato blight they call HERB-1 triggered the Irish potato famine of the mid-nineteenth century.

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22.04.2013 // Computers accomplish a lot –the human brain remains unmatched
Girls'Day 2012 at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics. Picture: Martin Breidt, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen. Girls'Day 2012 at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics. Picture: Martin Breidt, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen. Girls'Day 2012 at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics. Picture: Martin Breidt, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen. Girls'Day 2012 at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics. Picture: Martin Breidt, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen. Girls'Day 2012 at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics. Picture: Martin Breidt, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen.

Max Planck Institutes oin Tübingen are participating in the Girls' Day

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15.04.2013 // New York City – A City in the Mirrow of Fashion
New York City – A Citty in the Mirrow of Fashion 2011. Photo: Ulrike Renner New York City – A Citty in the Mirrow of Fashion 2011. Photo: Ulrike Renner New York City – A Citty in the Mirrow of Fashion 2011. Photo: Ulrike Renner New York City – A Citty in the Mirrow of Fashion 2011. Photo: Ulrike Renner

Ulrike Renner presents her photographies at the Max Planck Haus.

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11.04.2013 // The neurobiology of house-hunting at sea
Apical organ. Picture: MPI for Developmental Biology. Platynereis larva. Picture: MPI for Developmental Biology. Platynereis larva. Picture: MPI for Developmental Biology.

Max-Planck-researchers study the life-cycle of marine ragworms

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04.04.2013 // Patrick Müller receives Career Development Award
Picture: Patrick Müller /Private

Patrick Müller is one of eight awardees of the Career Development Award granted by the Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP).

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27.03.2013 // A robot learns to juggle and throw darts
Jens Kober. Picture: Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems.

Award for the best European PhD thesis in 2012 in robotics for former PhD student at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems.

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27.02.2013 // Variety of shapes and colors
Marietta Witzgall, Acryl, 2007 Marietta Witzgall, Acryl, 2007 Marietta Witzgall, Acryl, 2007

The Max Planck House shows the painting of Marietta Witzgall

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08.02.2013 // Sugar influences the onset of flowering
In experiments in Arabidopsis thaliana, the team found that the sugar molecule trehalose-6-phosphate influences the onset of flowering. Photo: Josef Bergstein/MPI of Molecular Plant Physiology

Only when light, age and energy conditions are right do plants flower

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22.01.2013 // IEEE RAS Early Career Award for Prof. Dr. Jan Peters
Jan Peters (right) recieves the award. Picture: Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems. Jan Peters (right) recieves the award. Picture: Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems.

Significant award for robotics research for young scientist

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17.01.2013 // The neurobiological consequence of predating or grazing
Pristionchus pacificus can prey on other worms if bacteria get scarce. Here Caenorhabditis elegans is the prey. Picture: MPI for Developmental Biology

Scientists from Tübingen compare neuronal network connections in two worm species

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