🏆 🍒 We also celebrate non-scientific achievements: Congratulations on the group victory at the German Cherry Pit Spitting Championships at the traditional Cherry Festival in Witzenhausen! Our researchers Arian, Anush, Jaschka, Morten und Taras achieved a spit distance of 43,39m in total! 👏Well done!

We are hiring an #IT expert! Interested to join our department @mpi-nat.bsky.social in #Göttingen 🇩🇪 as Hardware Operations Technician (IT-Systemtechniker*in)? Please apply! 📩 #joboffer #job #openposition 🔗 www.mpinat.mpg.de/5292977/23-26 📅 Don't miss the application deadline: August 23, 2026

Our managing director Melina Schuh has now been formally admitted to the @royalsociety.org at the Admissions Day ceremony in London. Congratulations for this remarkable recognition! 😊

AI meets cutting-edge microscopy: Welcome Constantin Pape, head of our new Machine Intelligence in the Life Sciences group! 👋 🔬 His team develops AI methods to analyze high-resolution microscopy & cryo-EM data to better understand the function of proteins and protein complexes inside cells. (1/3)

🏆 Congrats to Jan-Wilke Henke on receiving the Born-Franck Dissertation Award 2026! In his thesis he investigated how free electrons and light can be effectively coupled. A well-deserved recognition from the Faculty of Physics @uni-goettingen.de !

66 colleagues, 23 nationalities, one team. 🙌 A record number of MPI-NAT staff joined the Göttingen Altstadtlauf, making us the 4th largest company team. We are of everyone who took part! 👏You did a great job!

Nanobodies herstellen, Proteine aufreinigen oder Plasmide konstruieren – erforsche in deinem neuen Team, wie Zellen ihre Welt organisieren🧬: Technische Assistenz in der Abteilung Zelluläre Logistik gesucht! Bewerbungsfrist: 19. Juli 2026 👉 Ausschreibung: www.mpinat.mpg.de/22-26

New hope for Huntington’s 🧠: A drug reduces harmful protein clumps and improves movement & lifespan in mice and human cells. New paper @embomolmed.org by @irinadudanova.bsky.social . #Huntingtons @mpi-nat.bsky.social ➡️ go.uniwue.de/dudanova-embo 📷 Miguel da Silva Padilha

A pleasure to welcome the Max Planck Funding Foundation to Göttingen’s MPIs. Thank you for your generous support of basic research and for taking the time to engage with our scientists and their work! 🤝🔬 @mpips.bsky.social, @mpsgoettingen.bsky.social, MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization

Congrats to Alexander Rotsch to the Otto Hahn Medal 🏅 by @maxplanck.de for his doctoral thesis where he investigated a “criminal case”: the theft of mRNA caps by influenza viruses. For more information on his research project: 👇 www.mpinat.mpg.de/5270051/pr_2... © : Bettina Ausserhofer / MPG

Congratulations to #OvoLabs! Melina Schuh, director @mpi-nat.bsky.social, Agata Zielinska, and Oleksandr Yagensky received the Max Planck #Startup Award of the Stifterverband yesterday in Frankfurt. The company aims to significantly improve success rates in assisted #reproduction.

🌍 Molecular biology meets networking: The Horizons 2026 symposium @horizonsmolbio.bsky.social at the MPI-NAT in Göttingen (Sept 7-10). Present your research, meet peers, & explore careers. Register until Aug 15. More info: www.mpinat.mpg.de/horizons

What can a glimpse inside an egg cell reveal about fertility, miscarriage & health? 🎧 Listen to the new episode of “Ach, Mensch!” podcast about @schuhlab.bsky.socials research on meiosis (in German): detektor.fm/wissen/ach-m...

Update in progress… IT training at our institute! As an IT specialist, no two days are alike: 💻 Develop 🧠 Solve problems 🚀 Bring ideas to life Watch our video for a real look at the apprenticeship at our institute.

All kestrel chicks have hatched! Mom and dad are taking really good care of their offspring. Need proof? 👉 Watch our livestream from the kestrel camera at any time: www.mpinat.mpg.de/kestrel-camera

Mitochondrial ribosomes follow a precisely timed 🕺choreography to coordinate protein production, folding & insertion. 👉 About the collab between Peter Rehling (University Medical Center Göttingen) & our project group leader @niels-fischer.bsky.social & their teams: www.mpinat.mpg.de/5263150/pr_2...

What if we could visualize indicators of Parkinson's in the living brain before symptoms occur? 🧠 Novel PET tracer detects alpha-synuclein deposits developed by University Hospital Tübingen, MODAG GmbH & our director Christian Griesinger. 👉 Joint press release: www.mpinat.mpg.de/5262756/pr_2...

@mariekeoudelaar.bsky.social becomes a director at the MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics (@mpi-ie.bsky.social) in Freiburg - congratulations! 🎉 Thank you for the experience & expertise you shared with us at MPI-NAT and all the best in your new department of Genome Biology.

Congratulations to Melina Schuh (@schuhlab.bsky.social) who has been elected to the Fellowship of the @royalsociety.org !🌟 Five MPI directors join this Fellowship of the world's most eminent scientists, engineers, & technologists in 2026. 👉 Our press release: www.mpinat.mpg.de/5261979/pr_2...

The new issue of our INSIDE NAT magazine is out! 📚 What’s inside? 🫀 🔍 Miniature organs 🌏 carbon capturing 🔨 carpentry apprenticeship and more! Check it out and enjoy reading 👉 www.mpinat.mpg.de/en/inside-nat

Melina Schuh (@schuhlab.bsky.social) has officially received the Carus medal of @leopoldina.org in Schweinfurth🏆 - congratulations! Her research on mammalian egg cells is paving the way for improved in vitro fertilization success rates. 🌟 © Foto: Stadt Schweinfurt, Kristina Dietz

Neurizons 2026 has started in Göttingen! 🧠 Organized by PhD students of the International Max Planck Research School for Neurosciences, bringing together researchers for exchange, networking & collaboration. We wish all participants an inspiring & successful conference!

We are hiring a PhD student or PostDoc in the field of understanding and manipulating ubiquitin ligase specificities at @sonjalorenzlab.bsky.social. 📅 The positions should be filled as soon as possible. 👉 More info: www.mpinat.mpg.de/19-26?c=2501...

Reinhard Maurer was officially awarded a Humboldt Professorship in Berlin! A pioneer in applying machine learning & AI to theoretical chemistry, he joined us as Humboldt Professor at the @uni-goettingen.de and our institute & MPG Fellow. More Info👉 www.humboldt-foundation.de/entdecken/ne...

Congrats to @mariekeoudelaar.bsky.social on the FEBS Anniversary Prize 2026 of @gbmev.bsky.social for her studies of genome organization and regulation! 👏 ℹ️ 🏆The award recognizes achievements in the field of biochemistry & molecular biology or related sciences with a certificate & 2000€.

🍻 Round two: Come join us for more Pints of Science! Meet our scientists in a relaxed setting in Göttingen pubs and discuss current research about "Frigid break-ups" (topic of the event). 📅 May 20, 7-9 pm 📍Duke Pub Do not wait – spots are limited. See you there! Topics and scientists: 👇

Come join us for a Pint of Science🍺! Meet our scientists in a relaxed setting in Göttingen pubs and discuss current research. 📅 May 18, 7-9 pm Do not wait – spots are limited. See you there! Topics, scientists, and places: 👇

Congrats to Melina Schuh @schuhlab.bsky.social on winning the Pearse Prize 👏! The @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social awards this prize to scientists who contribute significantly to histochemistry & the life sciences.

Breaking news from our kestrel nesting box: the livestream is back! A kestrel pair has moved in, & there are now several eggs in the nest. Whether they are the same pair from the past 2 years or new residents remains a mystery. 👉 Do not miss this breeding season 🐣: www.mpinat.mpg.de/kestrel-camera

We are hiring two PhD students in the European LipAgg Network. Possible projects at MPI NAT: 🔵 “Structural characterisation of α-Synuclein-lipid complexes” 🔵 “NMR structure of AP-L complex of hIAPP and its effect on fibrils and membranes” More information ⬇️ www.mpinat.mpg.de/626404/jobs

MPI-NAT researchers have decoded how changes in the UFM1 system, a protein modification machinery, disrupt the protein production in neurons, leading to severe developmental disorders. The findings provide a new molecular understanding of childhood encephalopathy ⬇️ www.mpinat.mpg.de/5256523/rn_2...

Bewirb dich bei uns als Mitarbeiter*in für die Grundstücksinstandhaltung / Grünflächenpflege. 🌳 Deine Aufgaben: Pflege & Bepflanzung von Grünanlagen, Instandhaltung von Wegen, Bedienung von Maschinen sowie Winterdienst. Alles weitere erfährst du hier: 👇 www.mpinat.mpg.de/20-26

Was passiert eigentlich im Inneren einer Zelle? 🤔 Finde es mit deinem neuen Team heraus! Unsere Abteilung Zelluläre Logistik sucht eine Technische Assistenz. Du bringst Laborskills, Motivation & gute Englischkenntnisse mit – wir geben dir spannende Aufgaben. www.mpinat.mpg.de/12-26

Hands-on, interactive research🔬 – that is what we offered today at our Future Day. Thank you to all participants for your curiosity & to our employees for your dedication to bring science to life for the children. See you next year 😊 – registration opens in Jan 2027 via our website.

For experiments to be possible at all, we also need the people behind the scenes – in the Precision Mechanics workshop⚙️, Carpentry🔨, IT & Electronics Service💻🔌, and the Animal Husbandry 🪼. On today’s Future Day, students gained hands-on experience💪

Imagine being 11 years old, walking into a lab, putting on your lab coat 🥼 and gloves, and getting started. Waiting for you: a microscope 🔬, real samples, and lots of questions. Today is Future Day – and this is what the morning looks like for the school students visiting the MPI-NAT 🙂!

HPC trifft Forschung 💻🔬 – wir suchen dich! Du willst nicht nur Systeme verwalten, sondern Wissenschaft möglich machen? Dann komm als IT-Systemadministrator*in / HPC-Infrastruktur-Manager*in in unsere Abteilung @compbiophys.bsky.social. Alles weitere erfährst du hier: www.mpinat.mpg.de/13-26

Do you have all the answers? 😎 Apply as Data Scientist / Bioinformatician at our institute: 👇 www.mpinat.mpg.de/5238879/14-26

XVI International Symposium on Flatworm Biology 📅 September 1 – 4, 2026 | 📍 Göttingen Join an international community of researchers to explore the latest findings in free-living and parasitic flatworms. More information & registration: ⬇️ events.gwdg.de/e/isfb2026

Do you love research computing? ❤️ We do too! Join us as Scientific IT Specialist / Research Software Engineer: 👇 www.mpinat.mpg.de/5239120/15-26

What is it like to work in research computing at the MPI-NAT? This is your chance to find out: 💻 Data Scientist / Bioinformatician 👉 www.mpinat.mpg.de/14-26?c=2501... 💻 Scientific IT Specialist / Research Software Engineer 👉 www.mpinat.mpg.de/15-26?c=2501... Apply now!

Precision training – your future at the MPI-NAT! As a precision mechanic, you will work with state-of-the-art technology at the micrometer level – and create high-tech parts that become a cornerstone for cutting-edge research. 🎥 Take a look & start your apprenticeship at our institute!

Congrats to our postdoc, @thomas-hensel.bsky.social, who has been selected as a Schmidt Science Fellow 👏! The fellowship program supports top young researchers as they transition to a new field of study after completing their PhD.

Save the date 📅: @horizonsmolbio.bsky.social Symposium 2026 Look forward to an international conference from Sep 7 to 10 at our institute – you can expect exciting scientific presentations from fields such as cell biology, structural biology, bioinformatics, neuroscience, genomics, and immunology. 👇

Congratulations to Melina Schuh @schuhlab.bsky.social on the Carus Medal! 🥂 The @leopoldina.org is honoring our director for her research on mammalian egg cells – specifically, how they develop and why errors can occur during egg cell formation. Read more here: ⬇️ www.leopoldina.org/en/newsroom/...

Are you a postdoc thinking about your next career steps? Then come to the Postdoc Fair – organized by postdocs of the @goettingen-campus.de. 📅 Mar 19 ⏰ 2:30 to 5:30 pm 📍 Physics Foyer, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, Göttingen Drop by! More information: 👇 goettingen-campus.de/postdoc-fair

The Max Planck #PostdocProgram offers top emerging talents a range of attractive measures and opportunities. The current call for applications is open from March 1st until April 13th, 2026. Please share or consider applying! 🙏 www.mpg.de/en/max-planc... #careerinscience #sciencecareer

We can do it! The positive trend in #womeninscience leadership positions within the Max Planck Society continues. All figures in detail 📈➡️ www.mpg.de/26233321/app... #idw2026

Scientists @MPI-NAT, @fmp-berlin.de, @hhmi-science.bsky.social, University of Utah, & @stanford.edu, have identified the presynaptic protein Munc13-1 as a key control point linking intracellular lipid & Ca2+ signals to vesicle readiness and synaptic performance. www.mpinat.mpg.de/5220593/rn_2...

We are at the Göttingen Career Information Day! From 10 am to 3 pm, our team is in the Lokhalle to answer your questions & give you insights into our apprenticeships. Whether you are a student exploring career paths or a parent looking for opportunities for your child – stop by 🙂!