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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

How brown algae choose their mates

May 28, 2026

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Sleeping Giants: How hidden viruses wake up inside seaweed, and pass on to future generations

May 18, 2026

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Vitamin B12 Found to Drive Inherited Behavioral Changes Across Generations

April 10, 2026

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“AI doesn't really have a clue what it's doing”

May 13, 2026

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Exploring Teenagers' Mental Health Through Brain Games

May 06, 2026

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Fish Have Complex Sleep Architecture, Study Finds

May 06, 2026

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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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DSSS - cancelled

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

Workshop: Open Science

from Jun 15, 2026 09:00 AM to Jun 17, 2026 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Oscillatory coordination during the updating of goal representations: Gate, switch and amplify fronto-striatal routing states.

Jun 15, 2026 from 04:00 PM to 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Workshop: Open Science

from Jun 15, 2026 09:00 AM to Jun 17, 2026 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Workshop: Open Science

from Jun 15, 2026 09:00 AM to Jun 17, 2026 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

DSSS - From DNA to ecosystems – the promise of metabarcoding biological archives for biodiversity monitoring

Jun 25, 2026 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Events

DSSS - cancelled

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

MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6

Workshop: Open Science

Jun 15, 2026 09:00 AM (Local Time Germany) - Jun 17, 2026 04:00 PM

MPR 11, Seminar Room

Oscillatory coordination during the updating of goal representations: Gate, switch and amplify fronto-striatal routing states.

Jun 15, 2026 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Max-Planck-Haus, Max-Planck-Ring 6, 72076 Tübingen, Room: Lecture Hall

DSSS - From DNA to ecosystems – the promise of metabarcoding biological archives for biodiversity monitoring

Jun 25, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6

DSSS - tba

Jul 2, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6

5th International Pristionchus Meeting

Jul 6, 2026 - Jul 7, 2026

Max-Planck-Haus, Max-Planck-Ring 6, 72076 Tübingen

Job Board

PhD positions (m/f/d) | Computational Neuroscience

May 18, 2026

Videos

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Molecular "Spies" for the Brain: Meet AVATars

June 02, 2026

In this researcher portrait, Dr. Robert Ohlendorf discusses his work at the intersection of neuroscience, molecular engineering, and brain imaging. His research focuses on developing molecular sensors known as AVATars, which are designed to make specific biological signals visible in MRI scans.

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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.

Honor McCann holds three bananas in her hands. Indirect light in the background.

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.