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For his outstanding achievements in his doctorate at the interface between chemistry and biology, Jonas Wilhelm is awarded an Otto Hahn Medal 2025 by the Max Planck Society. He wrote his doctoral thesis in the department Chemical Biology of Kai Johnsson at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research. more

Patrick Cramer speaks with Bram Wijlands, Managing Director of Max Planck Innovation, about researchers launching start-ups – and their exciting ventures. more

Battery electrodes thicken as a result of the accelerated transport of lithium ions via metal fleeces, making them particularly efficient and cost-effective more

Peer Fischer, research group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg and Professor at the Institute for Molecular Systems Engineering and Advanced Materials at Heidelberg University, has been elected a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). more

The growth and function of nerve cells is based on a lattice-like structure called membrane-associated periodic skeleton (MPS). However, how the organization of the MPS is controlled has not been elucidated until now. A team from the Max Planck Institutes for Medical Research and for Multidisciplinary Sciences has now discovered that it is regulated by the concentration of the protein paralemmin-1. more