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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.
May 9, 2024
New Rhizobia-diatom symbiosis solves long-standing marine mystery
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May 3, 2024
We congratulate on the successful defence of the PhD thesis!
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May 31, 2024
Award for research into the deep biosphere
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May 17, 2024
Zombie cells in the sea: Viruses keep the most common marine bacteria in check
Marine microbes control the flux of matter and energy essential for life in the oceans.
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May 16, 2024
Our seagrass research on television
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Research and Instruments
An overview of our main equipment and methods
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May 31, 2024
Small, but smart: How symbiotic bacteria adapt to big environmental changes
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May 23, 2024
The “It MA(t)TERs” Conference 2024: Exploring microbes across land and sea
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May, 14, 2024
Kannibalismus unter marinen Bakterien - wichtige Facette des marinen Kohlenstoffkreislaufes enthüllt
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June 27, .2024
Making sugars in the lab to understand how algae capture carbon
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February 20, 2019
We train you!
Information about training as a chemical laboratory technician at our institute
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MarMic
International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology
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May 23, 2024
Hagen Buck-Wiese receives the BRIESE Prize for Marine Research 2023
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Coastal Filters
Visit our YouTube-channel.
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