Max-Planck-Campus Tübingen

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Cutting-Edge Research at the Frontiers of Knowledge

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1200 Employees from More than 50 Nations at Four Scientific Institutes

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Think Tank and Hotbed of AI Research

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Stepping Stone for Junior Scientists

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Research Centre in Neuroscience

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Encouraging New and Interdisciplinary Approaches

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World-Class Fundamental Biological Research

Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen

Fundamental research in modern biology

Friedrich Miescher Laboratory

Stepping stone for young researchers

Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics

Exploring information processing in the brain

Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems

Research and development of intelligent systems

Cyber Valley

Europe´s largest AI research consortium

ELLIS

European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems

Science Hub

Application-related AI research

News

MPI for Biology Tübingen

The survival strategy of “freezing” when trapped by a predator

September 09, 2025

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Can Aztekin receives Starting Grant from the European Research Council

September 03, 2025

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Ancient origins and evolutionary fate of sex chromosomes in brown algae

August 26, 2025

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Research Made Understood

January 14, 2026

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How Little Information Do We Need to Recognize a Face?

December 08, 2025

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Inauguration of the Max Planck House

November 18, 2025

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Cyber Valley

Events & Careers

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“Insight – Research Made Understood”

New speaker series in German held at the Max Planck Campus in Tübingen invites citizens to discuss basic research.

May 09, 2026

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Warum 24 Stunden nicht gleich 24 Stunden sind: Ein Crashkurs zur Chronobiologie

Jan 21, 2026 at 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

DSSS - Decoding Cellular Quality Control via Evolutionary Cell Biology

Jan 22, 2026 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

GTC - PhD Info Session

Jan 26, 2026 from 04:00 PM to 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Course: Research Data Management Onboarding Course

Jan 29, 2026

Events

GTC - PhD Info Session

Jan 26, 2026 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

online only

Course: Research Data Management Onboarding Course

Jan 29, 2026

TBA

DSSS - Need for Speed: Accelerating Biocatalytic Innovation through Data-Driven and Cell-Free Approaches

Feb 5, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6

DSSS - The zebrafish skin: development, carcinogenesis and regeneration

Feb 12, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6

Course: Scientific Writing

Feb 23, 2026 - Feb 27, 2026

TBA

Biologische Prozesse verstehen: Wie können uns Tiermodelle helfen?

Feb 25, 2026 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Max-Planck-Haus, Max-Planck-Ring 6, 72076 Tübingen, Room: Hörsaal

Job Board

Network Administrator (m/f/d)

December 18, 2025

Videos

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https://youtu.be/hwxWec1w8yM?si=fGNPWdDyIah7lyRM

Youtube-Video

How affects light your sleep and well-being? This little video about the science roadshow of the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics has the facts.

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Plant Pathogen Evolution: Bananas

Youtube-Video

Honour McCann's introduces the impact of the plant pathogen on banana plantations.

Magnetic Microalgae on a mission to become robots

Youtube-Video

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems have coated a single-celled green microalga with a magnetic material and turned it into a microrobot.