
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.
April 3, 2025
FULLY BOOKED: Zukunftstag 2025
Unfortunately, there are no more vacancies.


February 11, 2025
We congratulate on the successful defence of the PhD thesis!


February 19, 2025
Resilient algae may speed up Greenland ice melt
Ice inhabitants darken the glacier surface.


February 5, 2025
The Molecular Choreography of Efficient Microbial Carbon Capture


ICoN9 – The Ninth International Conference on Nitrification and Related Processes


Deep Sea Adventure
Current research as an entertaining video adventure.


January 9, 2025
EuroC1 Symposium


December 9, 2024
Oxygen is not the limit: Diversity and metabolic potential of globally distributed endosymbionts


February 21, 2025
Where coastal upwelling and Saharan dust support marine life


October 16, 2024
New Method for Measuring Luminescence Lifetime Offers Breakthrough in Scientific Imaging


Research and Instruments
An overview of our main equipment and methods


May 16, 2024
Our seagrass research on television


September 5, 2024
ERC starting grant for Luis Humberto Orellana Retamal
He receives the Grant for his project “ERODERS".


Coastal Filters
Visit our YouTube-channel.

