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Enzymes in dementia: EU awards around 2.5 Million euros for german research project
Markus Zweckstetter, research group leader at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Göttingen and at our institute, has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant. He will use the approximately 2.5 million euros to research the biomolecular mechanisms involved in Alzheimer’s disease. (Press release by the DZNE)
Light into the darkness of photosynthesis
Plant photosynthesis is essential for life on Earth. Researchers from Göttingen and Hannover now succeeded in visualizing the copying machine of chloroplasts, the RNA polymerase PEP, in high-resolution 3D for the first time. The snapshot provides new insights into the function and evolution of this cellular machine, which is essential for photosynthesis.
A new building block for understanding Alzheimer's 
Lipids play an important role in the development of Alzheimer's dementia. However, more details about this process were previously unknown. Scientists from Göttingen, Jülich, and Düsseldorf have now determined the atomic structures of lipid-fibril complexes for the first time. (in German)

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Molecular movements with nanometer precision
Researchers led by Stefan Hell have extended the MINSTED imaging microscopy to precise tracking of molecular movements.
The INSIDE NAT 1/24 is here!
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The early bird
On April 15, employees went on a bird tour through our BioDiversum.
Live from the kestrel box
Follow the breeding of our kestrels live.

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We are creating a biotope
Landscaper Ulrich Küneke explains the idea behind the BioDiversum and presents three of the measures: a renaturalized central area, the flowering meadows, and the pond.
Understanding the world with basic research
The MPI-NAT links basic research in the natural sciences with medical research to address the most urgent scientific questions of the 21st century. (in German)

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Upcoming Seminars

MPI-NAT Seminar: Molecular chaperones – cellular machines for protein folding

Johannes Buchner
May 7, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Max-Planck-Institut für Multidisziplinäre Naturwissenschaften (MPI-NAT, Faßberg-Campus), Room: Fassberg Campus, Ludwig-Prandtl-Saal

MPI-NAT Seminar: Germline Formation and Regeneration in the Annelid Platynereis dumerilii

B. Duygu Özpolat
May 23, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Max-Planck-Institut für Multidisziplinäre Naturwissenschaften (MPI-NAT, Faßberg-Campus), Room: Fassberg Campus / Seminar Room T5 1st floor
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