Invitation to the MPI seminar
Wednesday, December 16, 4:00 pm
Prof. Dr. Nikolai Kuhnert: Structure elucidation of isomeric natural products and food processing products using tandem mass spectrometry

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21.10.2015 How Microorganisms organise their power supply via nano-wires

Oct 21, 2015

Heavily Wired: How Microorganisms organise their power supply via nano-wires to oxidise the greenhouse gas methane

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16.09.2015 Deep-sea mussels with highly toxic tenants

Sep 16, 2015

Imagine you have a tenant living in your house. They’re keeping your fridge topped up. But in addition to this, they’re producing all kinds of toxic substances. More harm than good? Not necessarily; it all depends what you’re using the toxins for.

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Nautilus in the Gulf of Mexico

May 7, 2015

MPI researchers on board of research vessel Nautilus in the Gulf of Mexico

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Self-healing concrete

May 2, 2015

“Bio-concrete” set to revolutionise the building industry:
Dutch inventor of self-healing concrete named finalist for European Inventor Award

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14.03.2011 Algae in darkness – Survival strategy unraveled

Mar 14, 2011

The world’s oceans teem with unicellular algae that carry out photosynthesis in the sunlight. It has been known for some time that the particularly abundant diatoms (unicellular algae with a silicate frustule) are also able to survive in the dark bottom of the ocean, where neither photosynthesis ...

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Workshop on Molecular Markers: Ribosomal RNA

7- 9 April 2008: International Workshop on ribosomal RNA technology held in Bremen.

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Genomic Standards for the Future

Setting the Guidelines

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31.10.2008 Watching microorganisms at work

A novel nanoSIMS-based technology provides unprecedented insights into the activity of single cells with surprising results.

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02.03.2009 The Marine Nitrogen Cycle - Revisited

Predicting the ocean’s role for global climate requires a profound understanding of the cycling of matter in the sea.
Regarding nitrogen losses, scientists were apparently off the mark. A novel study reveals the complex interactions in the nitrogen cycle of the Eastern Tropical South Pacific oxge...

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08.06.2009 Global Warming: Oxygen and Aquatic Habitats in a Changing World

Due to global warming and eutrophication aquatic systems suffer increasingly from hypoxic (low oxygen) conditions.

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12.08.2009 Deep sea observatory installed

Three research institutions from Bremen installed a deep sea observatory close to the Hakon Mosby mud volcanoe in the artic. This expedition was funded by the EU.

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17.09.2009 Arctic bacteria — some like it hot

Surprisingly high numbers of heat-loving bacteria found in the cold Arctic Ocean

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12.11.2009 Hidden Treasures

Hidden treasures in subterranean sulfidic springs

Scientists of the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology and the Pennsylvania State University explore microorganisms in subterranean sulfidic springs of the largest limestone cave system in Italy, le Grotte di Frasassi.

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