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 🙂!

The cold season is in full swing, throats are scratchy, noses are running🤧. Hopefully it’s not the flu 🤞. Scientists from our institute, @embl.org, & @pasteur.fr have deciphered the process by which the influenza virus steals the cap of the host RNA to replicate. www.mpinat.mpg.de/5179649/pr_2...

Mach was Greifbares! 🛠️🪚 Starte bei uns deine Ausbildung als Tischler*in! Ob Möbel, Laboreinrichtung oder individuelle Projekte – hier lernst du, wie man aus Rohholz echte Meisterwerke macht. www.mpinat.mpg.de/5199421/04-b...

Welcome to Göttingen – we are delighted that Reinhard Maurer joined us on March 1 as Humboldt Professor ‪@uni-goettingen.de and our institute, as well as MPG Fellow. We wish him all the best in his new role and many successful research projects 🙂! @humboldt-foundation.de‬ @maxplanck.de

Bock auf Technik, die was aushält? 🛠️💥 Dann starte eine Ausbildung als Metallbauer*in, Fachrichtung Konstruktionstechnik! Ob Stahlkonstruktionen oder Tore – hier lernst du, wie man Stahl & Metall in Form bringt & präzise arbeitet 💪. www.mpinat.mpg.de/5199421/04-b...

Auf der Suche nach einer neuen Herausforderung im Bereich Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit? Das trifft sich gut! Lerne das Team Kommunikation & Medien im Video kennen. Jetzt kannst du dich ja nur noch bei uns bewerben, oder 😎? Bewerbungsschluss ist der 1. März. 👇

Benjamin Kaupp @MPI-NAT & Olivia Kendall @unibonn.bsky.social have discovered that sea urchin & salmon regulate sperm motility differently than mammals. Previously, it was assumed that sperm motility was regulated via a universal mechanism in all living organisms. www.mpinat.mpg.de/5211203/pr_2...

Congrats to Ovo Labs, the winner of the Max Planck Start-up Award 2026 from the Stifterverband 🥂! This spin-off company from @schuhlab.bsky.social develops novel therapeutics to improve the quality of human eggs and increase the chances of a successful pregnancy. 👇 www.mpinat.mpg.de/5213531/pr_2...

Funded with ~€500,000 by the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture & @volkswagenstiftung.de: Congrats to Sonja Lorenz @sonjalorenzlab.bsky.social & Gali Prag (Tel Aviv University)! They aim to develop new strategies to influence the regulation of human proteins.

Technik, die begeistert – bist du dabei? ⚙️💡 Dann starte bei uns deine Ausbildung als Feinwerkmechaniker*in, Fachrichtung Feinmechanik! Hier lernst du, wie man mit Fingerspitzengefühl und Köpfchen maßgeschneiderte Technik erstellt. www.mpinat.mpg.de/5199421/04-b...

A position with prospects! We offer excellent researchers again the possibility to apply for a position as a Leader of a Lise Meitner Research Group in all areas of #science. Applications are possible between February 11th and April 15th, 2026. www.mpg.de/lise-meitner... #lisemeitnergroups

Blanca Baños receives a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship🥂🎉! Congratulations! Our postdoctoral researcher @sonjalorenzlab.bsky.social aims to decipher the structural mechanisms by which ubiquitin ligases build ubiquitin chains and to develop new strategies to identify their substrates.

Bock auf einen Job mit Zukunft? 🔧💧 Starte eine Ausbildung als Anlagenmechaniker*in für Sanitär-, Heizungs- und Klimatechnik bei uns! Ob moderne Heiztechnik oder nachhaltige Klimalösungen – hier lernst du, wie Technik funktioniert, die Menschen jeden Tag brauchen. www.mpinat.mpg.de/5199421/04-b...

The Faculty of Physics @uni-goettingen.de annually awards the Berliner-Ungewitter Prizes. Congratulations to Annke de Maeyer who receives this award for her exceptional master’s degree👏! We are happy she continues her PhD with us @compbiophys.bsky.social