Max Planck Institute for Medical Research

Can you guess the lab equipment? 🕵️‍♂️🔬 👇️ Take a look at the the video and match it to one of our departments. #mpimr #maxplanck #opticalnanoscopy #cellularbiophysics #science #chemichalbiology #biomolecularmechanisms #labequipment #guessthelabequipment

Sun, fun, and fresh waffles! ☀️🧇 Today’s Waffle Day was the perfect excuse to step away from the #lab for a nice break and catch up. Huge thanks to our PhD and Postdoc reps for hosting such a great social event! 👏✨ #mpimr #maxplanck #WaffleDay #ScienceCommunity #PostdocLife #PhDLife

Can you guess the lab equipment? 🕵️‍♂️🔬 👇️ Take a look at the the video and match it to one of our research areas. #mpimr #maxplanck #opticalnanoscopy #cellularbiophysics #science #chemichalbiology #biomolecularmechanisms #labequipment #guessthelabequipment

✨Today's #ScienceFunFactFriday is brought to you by the Optical Nanoscopy Department at the Institute!🥳Let's learn about movement calculations on a nanometric scale!🔬 👀 The more you know...🧠 #ScienceFun #FunFact #ScienceTrivia #MaxPlanck #MPIMR

Today is the #InternationalDayofLight! This element is key at our institute. Our PhD researcher Philip Matthias show some of its applications. Find out more in the video! 👇️ #mpimr #maxplanck #opticalnanoscopy #light #research #science #physics #InternationaLDayofLight #microscopy

✨Our new #MPIMRSpotlight features PhD student Ana Sánchez Ferrón, from the Singe Molecule Sensing research group 🥼 Learn about her work with DNA origami ... and more! 👀 Stay tuned for new faces from the Institute! 😊📸 #MaxPlanck #MPIMR #STEM

We’re back! 👋 Despite the grey, cold, and occasional snow, our outlook is bright.🔆 The Institute's New Year’s resolution? More science and more collaboration, of course! 🔬😉 Let’s make 2026 a year of curiosity and discovery! 💡 #MaxPlanck #MPIMR #BackToWork

🎆 Happy 2026 from our multilingual institute! 🎉 One campus, many languages - united by science. 🥼 Our colleagues wish you a year of discovery and collaboration. 🤝 How many languages can you spot in our New Year’s greeting compilation? 💬👀 #HappyNewYear #MaxPlanck #MPIMR

🌟 Season’s greetings and plenty of cheer! 🎄 The Institute wishes you a joyful holiday season! 🔔 Enjoy the gleeful time "zwischen den Jahren" (the German idiom for that whimsical stretch between the holidays and New Year’s Eve)! 🎇 Let us gently recharge for 2026! 🔋🤩 #MaxPlanck #MPIMR #HolidaySeason

✨Our last #MPIMRSpotlight of the year features Chemical Biology PhD student @abdinasiradow.bsky.social, whose work bridges biology and chemistry. 🥼 Learn about his research building molecular tools ... and more! 👀 Stay tuned for more new faces from the Institute in 2026! ❇️📸 #MaxPlanck #MPIMR #STEM

✨Week 3 of our Advent Science Picture Puzzle is here!🕯️🎄These shapes may look like lametta eggs… but what are they really?🍳 How fast can you crack the puzzle? 🧩🧠Stay tuned for the final quiz next week!🌟 #MPIMR #MaxPlanck #AdventCalendar #Quiz #HolidaySeason

✨ We’re entering the second week of Advent with a new science picture-puzzle.🕯️ Each week until the holidays we’ll drop a new quiz. 🎄These bubbles may look like Christmas ornaments… but what are they really? How fast can you crack the puzzle? 🧩🧠 #MPIMR #MaxPlanck #AdventCalendar #Quiz #HolidaySeason

Ho, ho, HO! ❄️ In celebration of #Nikolaus Day, our #MaxPlanck bust has received a festive holiday makeover.🎅 We hope your morning brought a pleasant surprise - whether in your stockings or winter boots. ✨Let's stay festive!🎁 #MPIMR #HolidaySeason

✨We are kicking off the festive first week of Advent with a science picture‑puzzle series.🕯️ A new visual riddle will launch each week until the holidays.🎄 How fast can you solve today’s?🧩🧠 #MPIMR #MaxPlanck #AdventCalendar #Quiz

🍂Trick or trivia? 🎃 PhD student Christopher Heidebrecht challenges you with today’s #Halloween question from our 2025 #ScientificRetreat pub quiz. 🦇 What's your guess? 👻 #MaxPlanck #MPIMR #Trivia #Quiz

✨Today's #MPIMRSpotlight features our PhD student Betül Karakoc, who is involved in designing nanostructures for targeted photodynamic therapy. 💡 Let's learn about her work in the newly established Single Molecule Sensing research group at the Institute!👀 🌟 #MaxPlanck #MPIMR #STEM #BehindTheScenes

✨Today's #ScienceFunFactFriday is brought to you by the Biomolecular Mechanisms Department at the Institute!🥳Let's learn about the software and hardware advances in quantum-chemistry calculations!💻👀 The more you know...🧠 #ScienceFun #FunFact #ScienceTrivia #MaxPlanck #MPIMR

Today is #DayOfTheGirl !💪 To celebrate the focus on girls' empowerment and the fulfilment of their rights, we asked some of our female colleagues at the Institute what they would love to tell their younger selves 💬 Have a look! 👀 #MPIMR #MaxPlanck #WomenInSTEM

✨Today's #MPIMRSpotlight features our Postdoc Thomas Müller, who is involved in many projects on super resolution microscopy and biosensing 🔬💡 Let's learn about his work in the newly established Single Molecule Sensing research group at the Institute!👀🌟 #MaxPlanck #MPIMR #STEM #BehindTheScenes

🍂Today is the first day of fall – and fall welcomes us with dreary, continuous rain. 😒🌧️ ☔ Let's look back instead on the last days of summer in our institute garden, where we played table tennis in good company and sunshine! 🌞 🏓 #maxplanck #mpimr #tabletennis #sunversusrain #summersover

Today's #MPIMRSpotlight features our PhD student Yuqi @yuqizhang.bsky.social ✨👏 She gives insights into her research in the Chemical Biology department 👀💡 #MaxPlanck #MPIMR #STEM #BehindTheScenes #womeninscience

🌟Our new #MPIMRSpotlight features PhD student Amanda Pasqual✨ Let's learn about her research on genetic engineering of viruses and on the development of bioinspired materials for medical and filtering applications! 👀💡 #MaxPlanck #MPIMR #STEM

🔬 Welcome back to #ScienceFunFactFriday! 🥳 Today we learn about bacterial cells and their peculiar behaviors in relation to antibacterial drugs! 🧫👀 The more you know...🧠 #ScienceFun #FunFact #ScienceTrivia #MaxPlanck #MPIMR

🌟Today's #MPIMRSpotlight features Nicole Wambold, a chemistry Master’s student and member of the Single Molecule Sensing research group at the Institute. ✨ Let's explore her work on engineering DNA nanostructures for biomedical uses, focusing on photodynamic therapy!🧬👀 #MaxPlanck #MPIMR #STEM

🌞 Good morning, Heidelberg! We absolutely love our commute, especially when the sun is shining so brightly over the Neckar. ⛵ #Heidelberg #MaxPlanck #MPIMR #SunnyDay #Commute

🔬 Welcome back to #ScienceFunFactFriday! 🎉 Ever wondered about the quirkiest science facts? We're here to share them! Dive into our team's top picks and share your own fun fact with us.🌟🧠Today we learn about the texture of chocolate!🍫 😋 #ScienceFun #FunFact #ScienceTrivia #MaxPlanck #MPIMR

🌟Join us for our #MPIMRSpotlight series, where we shine a light on the scientists at our Institute and their exciting research! 👀👏Today, we are happy to feature Justas Lekavičius, MA student in Photonics and Nanotechnology and member of the Single Molecule Sensing research group at the Institute. 🔬

🌟 Take a glimpse at some behind-the-scenes moments from our recent Institute photoshoot! A huge thank you to photographer Alexander Grüber and the creative team for making it such a fun and memorable experience. 📸✨ #MPIMR #Teamwork #Photoshoot #BehindTheScenes

🔬 Welcome back to #ScienceFunFactFriday! 🎉 Ever wondered about the quirkiest science facts? We're here to share them! Dive into our team's top picks and share your own fun fact with us. Let's make science (even more) fun together! 🌟🧠 #ScienceFun #FunFact #ScienceTrivia #MaxPlanck #MPIMR

🔥 Our fire protection officer Mario is training the team on handling unexpected fires in our facilities.These exercises cerainly match today's sizzling heat! 🌞😉 #FireSafety #StayCool #WorkplaceSafety #BehindTheScenes #MPIMR

Good morning, Heidelberg! ☀️

Let's finish the week on a high note by playing another guessing game! 💡Check out the close-up image below and guess which piece of lab equipment it belongs to! 🧪 Did you guess correctly? ✅ Keep an eye out for more exciting guessing games! 👀 #ScienceFun #Quiz #BehindTheScenes #MaxPlanck #MPIMR

🔬 Welcome back to #ScienceFunFactFriday! 🎉 Ever wondered about the quirkiest science facts? We're here to share them! Dive into our team's top picks and share your own fun fact with us. Let's make science (even more) fun together! 🌟🧠 #ScienceFun #FunFact #ScienceTrivia #MaxPlanck #MPIMR

Let's play another round of our guessing game! 💡Check out the close-up image below and guess which piece of lab equipment it belongs to! 🧪 Did you guess correctly? ✅ Keep an eye out for more exciting guessing games! 👀 #ScienceFun #Quiz #BehindTheScenes #MaxPlanck #MPIMR

Let's kick off the work week by playing another guessing game! 💡Check out the close-up image below and guess which piece of lab equipment it belongs to! 🧪 Did you guess correctly? ✅ Keep an eye out for more exciting guessing games! 👀 #ScienceFun #Quiz #MaxPlanck #MPIMR

Here are more impressions from this year's wonderful #GirlsDay! 📸🔬A big thank you to our young participants for their curiosity and enthusiasm!💡🌟 #MaxPlanck #MPIMR #WomenInSTEM #Science

Today, we experienced a fantastic #GirlsDay with amazing guests from 7th grade and onwards! 🌟 It was a joy to see you that curious and excited for our science experiments and work in our labs. 🧪🔬 It was great having you! 😊 #MaxPlanck #MPIMR #STEM #WomenInSTEM

🌟Join us for our #MPIMRSpotlight series, where we shine a light on the scientists at our Institute and their exciting research! What sparks their curiosity? ✨What are they aiming to achieve? 👀Today, we're featuring @chrisheideb.bsky.social from the Optical Nanoscopy department. 🔬 Check out his work!

🌟 Happy #InternationalWomensDay! 🌟 Join us as our colleagues share stories of the women who have inspired and empowered them—from influential leaders and talented athletes to supportive mothers all around. 💪👩‍🔬✨Who are the women that have inspired you? 💡 #IWD25 #WomenInScience #MPIMR

🔬 Welcome to #ScienceFunFactFriday! 🎉 Ever wondered about the quirkiest science facts? We're here to share them! Dive into our team's top picks and share your own fun fact with us. Let's make science (even more) fun together! 🌟🧠 #ScienceFun #MaxPlanck #MPIMR

🚀Optical #nanoscopy without “ON/OFF”: A team of scientists led by our director Stefan Hell has increased the resolution in fluorescence #microscopy by a factor of 30 without having to sequentially switch fluorescent molecules between light & dark states. 👀🔬 #maxplanck 👉 www.mr.mpg.de/14614607/new...

Happy International Day of Women & Girls in Science! ✨ We would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to the vital work of our Equal Opportunities Office, which plays a crucial role in promoting gender equality and fostering a diverse workplace environment. 🔬🤝 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM

For #DataProtectionDay, we asked our wonderful IT team at the Institute for three essential tips for protecting our data online. 👩‍💻 As per usual, they were quick to respond and supportive as ever! 😊 Check out what they told us! #DataPrivacy #MaxPlanck