We are thrilled to announce that @steffenmau.bsky.social, one of Germany’s leading sociologists, has been appointed Director at our Institute. He will lead a new Department on Inequality, Transformation & Conflict, addressing pressing societal challenges via cutting-edge social science research.

🌱 New beginnings, fresh faces! As our pilot phase wraps up, the school is ready to grow and thrive. We’re thrilled to welcome 18 new fellows to the #MatterToLife Faculty 🎉 Each brings exciting perspectives from across interdisciplinary research. mattertolife.maxplanckschools.org/355008/new-f...

Letzte Chance: Die Ausstellung „Was zum Quant?!“ im Forum Wissen endet am Sonntag (5.10.). Sie zeigt, wie hier vor 100 Jahren die Quantenmechanik entstand – und welche Technologien heute darauf basieren. Mehr dazu: www.forum-wissen.de/sonderausste...

Vorlesungen als geistige Speise: Heute vor 80 Jahren nahm unsere Uni ihren Vorlesungsbetrieb an allen Fakultäten wieder auf. Unter den knapp 4.300 Studierenden war der spätere Bundespräsident Richard von Weizsäcker. www.campuspost.goettingen-campus.de/2025/09/17/v...

Two weeks in and our new students have been busy! ✨ 🎉 Welcome dinners at each study site 🔬 Interdisciplinary research with @stefanklumpp.bsky.social — mapping themselves across subjects 🤝 Virtual team-building Week 2 brought prep courses in math & chemistry. The welcome course continues… Good luck!

Komplexe biologische Systeme leben vom dynamischen Zusammenspiel ihrer Bestandteile. Ein internationales Netzwerk bietet nun die Chance, während der Promotion eine eigene Perspektive darauf zu entwickeln und bisher getrennte Ansätze zu verbinden. Mehr dazu: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/3240.html...

Konzert & Quanten: Die Dt. Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG) und unsere Universitätsmusik laden zur Kantate „Die Ordnung der Wirklichkeit“ ein. Dazu spricht Physikerin Heike Riel über Quantencomputer. 10.9. ab 19.30 Uhr, Stadthalle. Eintritt frei. Anmelden: quantum25.dpg-tagungen.de/programm/eve...

Integrated MSc/PhD Graduate Program applications are now open! mattertolife.maxplanckschools.org/application Get an impression about our program and science: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ni1.... Apply now and become part of our vibrant student body. Spread the word!

Join my team for a PhD in Learning in living adaptive networks (Theory). Apply by October 7th through www.portal.graduatecenter.lmu.de/ocgc/qmb

Unsere öffentliche Ringvorlesung zum Thema „100 Jahre #Quantenmechanik“ ist vorbei. Verpasst? Kein Problem, hier geht es zur Playlist mit allen Vorträgen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lrs... #WorldQuantumDay

another new paper to which we contributed: Evidence for magnetic sensing beyond passive alignment in the magnetotactic bacterium SS-5. Collaboration with Emilie Gachon, Damien Faivre +group. Sascha Lambert performed Bayesian inference to exclude alternative explanations. doi.org/10.1016/j.is...

new paper: analyzing FRAP experiments in synapses in collaboration with the Rizzoli group - doi.org/10.1016/j.bp...

schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2... #MicroSky

Will you be at the #ACSFall2025 today? Want to learn more about Matter to Life, our program and how to get in? Come and check out our booth at the graduate fair. We will be there between 2.30 and 4.30 pm (local time). Hope to see, talk and inspire many of you! @acs.org

Elio Schaechter, eminent microbiologist and great human, leaves us his memoirs that tell the story of an extraordinary life: www.eliosmemoirs.org. What a fantastic and impactful journey!

Moselio "Elio" Schaechter obituary www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/4...

This may be a good time to re-read Elio's memoirs 😥 schaechter.asmblog.org/elios_memoirs/

Saddened to learn of the passing of Moselio "Elio" Schaechter—Distinguished Professor at Tufts, SDSU and UCSD—humanist and visionary leader in the fields of microbiology and scientific communication—mentor, friend, and inspiration to me and so many others Small Things Considered Big Things Achieved

📣 Applications for URO 2026 are now OPEN! 👉 How about a funded research internship in Germany? Spend 10 weeks in the lab of one of our faculty Fellows! Work alongside renowned scientists and gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge methods 🙌 mattertolife.maxplanckschools.org/uro-research...

Herzlichen Glückwunsch, liebes MPI für Dynamik und Selbstorganisation! 👏 Vielen Dank für 100 Jahre tolle Zusammenarbeit am Göttingen Campus.

new paper: making patchy-particle systems more fluid-like, so they can be used to model fluid bimolecular condensates. Congrats to joint first authors Alena, Devika, and Simon. doi.org/10.1063/5.02...

Next up in the MtL Lecture Series: Marcus Müller from @uni-goettingen.de explores how modeling membrane dynamics reveals key mechanisms behind vesicle fusion and fission in neurotransmission: "From Fusion to Fission: Insights from Modeling" Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

We have a @fwf-at.bsky.social doc.funds PhD position @jku.at! Join us to study how cells sense forces and develop molecular force sensors. Apply by May 31, 2025. For details and instructions go to www.jku.at/en/institute... #PhDposition #Biophysics #Mechanobiology #CellMechanics #AcademicJobs

Thank you @KlumppStefan for writing a commentary on our paper on vimentin filament dynamics in the Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org Please see doi.org/10.1083/jcb....

Next week, it is time for another Matter to Life lecture! MtL Fellow Andreas Janshoff from the University of Göttingen will speak about “The role of polarity in tissue mechanics”. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Wie funktioniert das #Gehirn? Mit dem bisher größten Schaltplan und der größten Funktionskarte eines Säugetiergehirns ist ein weltweites Team und Beteiligung unserer Uni der Antwort näher gekommen: s.gwdg.de/UudoyA Übersicht über die Paper in #nature: s.gwdg.de/IyYJQj

For many, an uncorked bottle is the sound of celebration. But for a physicist and homebrewer, it presented an opportunity to study the intense changes in temperature, sound, and speed that occur when a swing-top glass bottle is opened.

Dishonest charts are coming from all directions, and they're only going to hit harder. Unless we push back. So, an interactive guide: Defense Against Dishonest Charts flowingdata.com/projects/dis...

Cool physics experiments from our neighbors in the institute www.mdr.de/wissen/natur...

🚀 Great news! With support of the Dieter Schwarz Foundation, the #MaxPlanckSchools will keep growing. The funding boosts top-tier research & training—#ShapingTheFuture of science! Read more at bit.ly/3DQR9NZ @maxplanck.de @unigoettingen.bsky.social @uniheidelberg.bsky.social @tum.de