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20.04.2016 From the scent of roses to nylon and plastics

Apr 20, 2016

Enzyme for plastics production from renewable raw materials

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22.02.2016 Career planning in research

Feb 22, 2016

Visit us at the Career Fair on the Jacobs University Campus

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08.02.2016 MPI Seminars

Feb 8, 2016

Invitation to the MPI seminar
Tuesday, February 09, 3:00pm
Dr. Silvia Bulgheresi: ”Dressed to cooperate: anomalous reproductive strategies of nematode bacterial symbionts"

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05.02.2016 100 Eddy Kilometres

Feb 5, 2016

Marine scientists from Kiel and Bremen, for the first time, document the formation of an eddy off the coast of Peru.

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25.01.2016 Ultrapac: Across the Pacific Ocean

Jan 25, 2016

Fourth report from our cruisers.

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04.01.2016 Ultrapac: Across the Pacific Ocean

Jan 4, 2016

Happy New Year from S 23°30' W 110°00'

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01.01.2016 Ultrapac: Towards the Gyre

Jan 1, 2016

Read the second report from Clara.

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01.01.2016 Happy New Year 2016

Jan 1, 2016

We wish you a Happy New Year 2016!

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29.12.2015 Ultrapac: Across the Pacific Ocean

Dec 29, 2015

Finally the cruise starts. Read the first report from Clara.

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Invitation to the MPI seminar
Wednesday, December 16, 4:00 pm
Prof. Dr. Nikolai Kuhnert: Structure elucidation of isomeric natural products and food processing products using tandem mass spectrometry

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21.10.2015 How Microorganisms organise their power supply via nano-wires

Oct 21, 2015

Heavily Wired: How Microorganisms organise their power supply via nano-wires to oxidise the greenhouse gas methane

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16.09.2015 Deep-sea mussels with highly toxic tenants

Sep 16, 2015

Imagine you have a tenant living in your house. They’re keeping your fridge topped up. But in addition to this, they’re producing all kinds of toxic substances. More harm than good? Not necessarily; it all depends what you’re using the toxins for.

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Nautilus in the Gulf of Mexico

May 7, 2015

MPI researchers on board of research vessel Nautilus in the Gulf of Mexico

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Self-healing concrete

May 2, 2015

“Bio-concrete” set to revolutionise the building industry:
Dutch inventor of self-healing concrete named finalist for European Inventor Award

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14.03.2011 Algae in darkness – Survival strategy unraveled

Mar 14, 2011

The world’s oceans teem with unicellular algae that carry out photosynthesis in the sunlight. It has been known for some time that the particularly abundant diatoms (unicellular algae with a silicate frustule) are also able to survive in the dark bottom of the ocean, where neither photosynthesis ...

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The Settling of Porous Particles in Water

The Max Planck Society supports a scientific collaboration between the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology and the Massachussets Institute of Technology, MIT.

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11.07.2008 Linking deep sea biodiversity and climate dynamics

Does the biodiversity and functioning of deep-sea organisms play a role in the Earth’s climate? Science blog: METEOR Expedition M76/3 GUINECO - MARUM research on fluid and gas seepage off West Africa

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10.12.2008 Tiny knights in shining armor – bacteria detoxify deadly seawater

Some marine bacteria produce hydrogen sulphide, which is toxic to animals. Scientists now discovered that bacteria also protect marine animals from this toxic gas. A bacterial bloom detoxified a vast expanse of hydrogen sulphide-containing water off the coast of Namibia, before it could unfold it...

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31.03.2009 Advanced colour photography – a new method of spectral analysis gets to the bottom of single cells and biofilms

Investigations of the inner life of single cells usually require the destruction of these cells in order to extract and quantify their content. Until now this rendered repeated measurements and studies of temporal developments impossible. A recent development at the Max-Planck-Institute for Marin...

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Press releases

20.04.2016 From the scent of roses to nylon and plastics

Apr 20, 2016

MPI Seminars

Mar 30, 2016

22.02.2016 Career planning in research

Feb 22, 2016

08.02.2016 MPI Seminars

Feb 8, 2016

05.02.2016 100 Eddy Kilometres

Feb 5, 2016

25.01.2016 Ultrapac: Across the Pacific Ocean

Jan 25, 2016

04.01.2016 Ultrapac: Across the Pacific Ocean

Jan 4, 2016

01.01.2016 Ultrapac: Towards the Gyre

Jan 1, 2016

01.01.2016 Happy New Year 2016

Jan 1, 2016

29.12.2015 Ultrapac: Across the Pacific Ocean

Dec 29, 2015

14.12.2015 MPI Seminars

Dec 14, 2015

21.10.2015 How Microorganisms organise their power supply via nano-wires

Oct 21, 2015

16.09.2015 Deep-sea mussels with highly toxic tenants

Sep 16, 2015

Nautilus in the Gulf of Mexico

May 7, 2015

Self-healing concrete

May 2, 2015

14.03.2011 Algae in darkness – Survival strategy unraveled

Mar 14, 2011

The Settling of Porous Particles in Water

11.07.2008 Linking deep sea biodiversity and climate dynamics

10.12.2008 Tiny knights in shining armor – bacteria detoxify deadly seawater

31.03.2009 Advanced colour photography – a new method of spectral analysis gets to the bottom of single cells and biofilms