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What is epigenetics and why do we study it? To find out, Deutsche Welle asked Asifa Akhtar, a researcher from Karachi working at Germany’s Max Planck Society. Her… more

The Max Planck Society in Freiburg, Germany, offers a leading scientific environment with resources and freedom for transformative research. The Max Planck Institute… more

Can a trauma suffered by our ancestors affect our own lives? A ZDF documentary explores this question and meets with Max Planck researcher Nicola Iovino... more

Epigenetics studies how certain parts of our genome can be switched on or off. Can epigenetics help us to become more musical, fitter, smarter, more beautiful? –… more

The 2021 Heinrich Wieland Prize is awarded to immunologist Thomas Boehm from the Max Planck Institute for Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Freiburg. With this… more

BBC Earth interview with Thomas Boehm on the anglerfish (AmazeMe, facebook) more

In 2021, the most important German research prize went to Max Planck Director Dr. Asifa Akhtar at at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in… more

Recording of the virtual gala for the 2020 Gairdner Awards. Among the award winners was MPI-IE Emeritus Director Rolf Kemler. Together with Masatoshi Takeichi from… more

Rolf Kemler, Emeritus Director at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, has been awarded the 2020 Canada Gairdner International Award together… more

Who defines the traffice rules in the immune system? Immune cells patrol the blood vessels. Only in the event of inflammation or infection of the tissue, they… more

Davor Solter, who served as a Director at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics Freiburg from 1991-2006, was awarded the 2018 Canada Gairdner… more

The most important German research prize went to Prof. Dr. Erika L. Pearce, biologist at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Freiburg. She… more

Technological advances are reshaping our understanding of metabolism in hematology and cancer research. In this two-part HemaSphere podcast Petya Apostolova and Jörg Büscher discuss the role of metabolism, challenges in metabolomics, and future research directions, particularly regarding acute myeloid leukemia (AML). more

Podcast special by detektor.fm on swarms and swarm intelligence, including an interview with Max Planck scientist Tim Lämmermann on immune cell swarms and pathogen hunting in a collective. more

In this episode of the Epigenetics Podcast by ActiveMotif, Marieke Oudelaar speaks about her work on chromatin organization during development and disease. more

Thomas Boehm spricht mit detektor.fm-Redakteur Dominik Lenze über Impfungen. Der Max-Planck-Direktor erläutert, wie eine Immunreaktion beim Impfen konkret abläuft. more

Thomas Boehm talks to detektor.fm editor Dominik Lenze about vaccinations. The Max Planck Director explains how an immune reaction actually takes place during vaccination. more