
Welcome to the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
At the Max Planck Institute in Bremen we investigate the smallest inhabitants of the ocean. Who lives where? How do they function and how diverse are they? What's their role in the global biogeochemical cycles? What does it mean for our environment and climate? These and many other questions are in the focus of researchers from around the world, engineers, technicians and many more colleagues at our institute.
29. September 2025
Welcome, MarMic Class of 2030
We welcome the 13 new MarMics to our institute!


September 26, 2025
We congratulate on the successful defence of the PhD thesis!


June 10, 2025
We welcome the Ecological Genomics Group


September 22, 2025
We were part of the Bremer Forschungsmeile 2024


September 8, .2025
Structures of methane-activating enzyme in elusive archaea


July 10, 2025
Illuminated Sugars Reveal How Microbes Feed on the Ocean’s Carbon Stores


Deep Sea Adventure
Current research as an entertaining video adventure.


ICoN9 – The Ninth International Conference on Nitrification and Related Processes


June 26, 2025
Strong Max Planck Runners team at the Bremer Firmenlauf


Research and Instruments
An overview of our main equipment and methods


May 27, 2025
Nitrogen loss on sandy shores: The big impact of tiny anoxic pockets


Coastal Filters
Visit our YouTube-channel.

