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Light-Controlled Cell Networks: How Scientists Build Artificial Structures Inside Living Cells

A new method for controlling cellular processes could help shape the future of medicine

How water hides its quantum secret

How water hides its quantum secret

Researchers show experimentally why water and heavy water behave similarl

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Using science for more animal welfare

Researchers develop alternative to goose liver

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Thermometers for bees

Thermometers for bees

Video September 03, 2024

A bee family can consist of thousands of bees. In order to measure their temperature and find out whether the bees are doing well, many small clinical thermometers are needed. Dr. Stanislav Balouchev and his team are researching this. They were featured in a television report on SWR.

Foundations of success: 40 years of MPI for Polymer Research

Foundations of success: 40 years of MPI for Polymer Research

Youtube-Video July 08, 2024

Dept Bonn Dept. Blom Dept. Butt Dept. Kremer Dept. Landfester Dept. Weil

The founding history of the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research

The MPI for Polymer Research introduces itself

The MPI for Polymer Research introduces itself

Video October 04, 2023

Dept Bonn Dept. Blom Dept. Butt Dept. Kremer Dept. Landfester Dept. Weil

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PhD Positions in Computational Chemistry/Physics at the STREAM Group

April 07, 2025

Max Planck Research Group Leader (W2) in Molecular Design

April 03, 2025

Postdoctoral/PhD Research Position in Machine Learning for Molecular Mechanics

February 18, 2025

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Life Cell Imaging & Fluorescence Lifetime Microscopy

Apr 23, 2025 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Room: Hermann Staudinger Lecture Hall

Introduction to Fluorescence Microscopy and Super-resolution Microscopy

Apr 30, 2025 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Room: Hermann Staudinger Lecture Hall

Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy

May 7, 2025 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Room: Hermann Staudinger Lecture Hall

Highlight-Publications

Binary peptide coacervates as an active model for biomolecular condensates

Cracking the code of contact electrification: it's all about the touch!

Unravelling the workings of ‘miracle solvent’ hexafluoro-isopropanol

Fine-Tuning the Microstructure and Photophysical Characteristics of Fluorescent Conjugated Copolymers Using Photoalignment and Liquid-Crystal Ordering

Co-delivery of STING and TLR7/8 agonists in antigen-based nanocapsules to dendritic cells enhances CD8+T cell-mediated melanoma remission

Dipeptide coacervates as artificial membraneless organelles for bioorthogonal catalysis