Max Planck Society
@maxplanckpress
Followers
187K
Following
10K
Media
4K
Statuses
22K
Official account of the Max Planck Society. Devoted to basic research in #physics #astronomy #chemistry #biology #mathematics #socialsciences & the #humanities
Joined October 2010
ππππ#NobelPrize!ππππππππππππππ#PhysicsNobelPrize2023 for Ferenc Krausz, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics! πππ₯°ππ₯³ππππ
ππππ₯³ππππππ₯°ππππππ₯³ππππππ₯°πππππππ₯³ππππ₯°πππππππππ₯³ππππ₯°ππ
ππππ₯³πππππππππ₯³ππππ.
84
580
6K
What better way to celebrate your #NobelPrize than being grabbed by your colleagues & thrown into your Institute's pond?πAt #MedicineNobelPrize Winner Svante PÀÀbo's @MPI_EVA_Leipzig, scientific success is traditionally celebrated w/ a quick *voluntary* bath!ππ@maxplanckpress
35
692
6K
Speechless! HAPPY! Pinching ourselves! #NobelPrize2022 in Physiology or Medicineππ₯³πππ€ππ€ππ₯³πππ π₯³πππππ€πππ€£πSvante PÀÀbo @MPI_EVA_Leipzig πππ€@maxplanckpress πππππ₯³ππππ€ππ€£ππ€£πππ€π€ππ₯³πππ€πππ₯³πππππ€ππππ²ππππ₯³ππ€ππ€ππ₯³ππππ²π₯³π π₯³.
42
463
5K
We are speechless!ππππππππ€πβΊοΈππππ#NobelPrizePhysics 2021 πππβΊοΈKlaus Hasselmann @MPI_Meteoπππππππππππππ@maxplanckpressπππππππππππππππππππππππβΊοΈππππβΊοΈππππβΊοΈππππππ πππππππ.
35
251
4K
π₯³πππ₯³π₯³πππππ₯³π₯³πππππ₯³π₯³πππ₯³ππππππππ₯³πππππ₯³πππππππ₯³πππππ₯³πππππππ₯³πππππππ₯³ππππ₯³πππ₯³ππππ₯³ππππ₯³πππππππ₯³ππ#NobelPrize2020 #Chemistry.
32
286
4K
Sorry for repeating ourselves - but we are speechless AGAIN!π―ππ―ππππ€ππ―ππππ―ππΎππππππ―ππ€πΎππππππΎπ€ππ―ππππ―ππ€πΎππππ―πππΎπ#NobelPrizeChemistry2021 Benjamin List @maxplanckpress Max-Planck-Institut fΓΌr Kohlenforschungπ€π―πππΎπ―ππ€ππππππ€π.
36
259
3K
Wir sind sprachlos! Dieser Echtzeit-MRT-Film zeigt live die Bewegungen im Mund- und Rachenraum beim Sprechen. Copryright: Β© Jens Frahm / Max-Planck-Institut fΓΌr biophysikalische Chemie #MRT #EuropeanInventorAward @mpi_bpc
52
1K
3K
#Chemistry #NobelPrizeLaureate Emmanuelle Charpentier: βThe fact that two women won this Prize will hopefully show to young girls & young female scientists. that nothing is impossibleβ. π The full video of yesterday's press conference: @maxplanckpress
11
651
2K
π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³πππππππππππππ₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π#PhysicsNobelPrize.
20
172
2K
Good morning, everyone! Wishing you all a lovely day today . with many inspirational squirrels!ππΏοΈπΏοΈπΏοΈCartoon by @errantscience @MCeeP
25
311
2K
Today's a very special day for usπ- it's our birthday!ππHappy birthday, Max Planck Society! π€ 75 years ago, on February 26, 1948, the Max Planck Society was founded in GΓΆttingen as the successor organization to the Kaiser Wilhelm Society. #OTD #maxplanck75 #maxplanckhistory
35
322
2K
"Man ist es nicht gewohnt auf Probleme zu reagieren, die viele Jahre dauern. daher bin ich dankbar, dass jetzt die Jugend ΓΌberall auf das Problem aufmerksam macht". #Physik-NobelpreistrΓ€ger Klaus Hasselmann @MPI_Meteo ΓΌber das Engagement #FridaysforFuture gegen den #Klimawandel
30
445
2K
So: how exactly do you put the 'Merry' into the 'Christmas'? πWouldnβt it be great if there was, say, an #equation for it? πOooh, weβre so glad you asked!πHereβs one of our absolute favourite seasonal tweets: the merry X-ma(th)s equation! ππ
πβοΈHappy Christmas, everyone!π€
13
313
2K
Wir gratulieren Emmanuelle Charpentier, Direktorin der Max-Planck-Forschungsstelle fΓΌr die Wissenschaft der Pathogene, zum #Nobelpreis fΓΌr #Chemie! Sie wird gemeinsam mit Jennifer Doudna fΓΌr ihre Arbeiten zur Genschere #CRISPR/Cas-9 geehrt
13
210
2K
Gratulation, Viola Priesemann! ππ Die Physikerin hat heute fΓΌr ihre Wissenschaftskommunikation wΓ€hrend der Corona-Pandemie den Communitas-Preis der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft erhalten. #Wisskomm #CoronaPandemie @ViolaPriesemann.
84
169
1K
Congratulations to #Svante PÀÀbo, director @ the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology @MPI_EVA_Leipzig on winning this year's #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine! πππππ€ ππ€πΎπΎπ€πΎπ€π.
BREAKING NEWS: .The 2022 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Svante PÀÀbo βfor his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution.β
11
209
1K
The #BlackHole family photo album gets its first picture! πThis is the first ever image of a supermassive black hole: it's located deep in the galaxy M87, about 55 million light years away from Earth & sporting a whopping 6.5 billion solar masses #EHTBlackHole
29
445
1K
We got so many fantastic birthday wishes! πThank you to all our Max Planck Institutes that are celebrating with us & sending us their birthday greetings! ππ€This video is from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry - now we canβt stop humming "happy birthday"!ππΆ#maxplanck75
10
67
1K
Researchers have observed a Sumatran #orangutan in the wild repeatedly treating its own wound with a plant with several known medicinal properties - the first scientific record of this behaviour in a wild animal @IsabelleLaumer @carolschuppli
19
397
1K
We are ecstatic beyond words that Ferenc Krausz, director @ Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics @MPI_Quantum, has been awarded the #NobelPrize for #Physics βfor experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter.βπ₯³π.
16
122
1K
#NobelPrize for Svante PÀÀbo! π The director @MPI_EVA_Leipzig in Leipzig is honoured for his pioneering work in the field of #palaeogenetics, of which he is considered the founder. @NobelPrize
16
202
1K
Calling all emerging scientists - itβs time to send us an application! ππ Lead your own #MaxPlanck Research Group w/ β¬2.7M in funding over 6 yrs, full independence & resources to hire staff. State-of-the-art infrastructure awaits you!π Apply todayβ‘οΈ
9
568
1K
Happy birthday, Max Planck! πThe physicist, pianist, #NobelPrize winner, #quantum trailblazer & timeless thinker was born #OTD 1858 in Kiel: his discoveries in the field of #physics forever changed how we understand energy & matter!π
15
265
1K
15
161
969
Two incredible women scientists share a birthday todayπ Marie Curie (1867), two-time Nobel Laureate who coined βradioactivityβ & discovered #radium & #polonium, and Lise Meitner (1878), who unlocked the mystery of #nuclearfission, but was (in)famously snubbed for a #Nobel. Both
17
297
994
What's the best smell in the whole wide world? Books!ππThis great graphic by @compoundchem explains why the aroma of books is so tantalising - now let's all go & inhale our favourite books! πππ€More: #WorldBookDay
10
333
923
Happy birthday, Max Planck! πππThe accomplished pianist, revolutionary physicist, #NobelPrize winner & brilliant thinker, whose pioneering work in #quantumtheory reshaped the landscape of physics, was born #OTD.
2
189
901
Wir sind sprachlos! Ferenc Krausz vom Max-Planck-Institut fΓΌr Quantenoptik in MΓΌnchen erhΓ€lt zusammen mit Pierre Agostini und Anne LβHuillier den Physik-Nobelpreis 2023. Wir gratulieren! ππΎπ#Nobelpreis #Physik @NobelPrize @MPI_Quantum.
14
99
790
Happy #PaperbackBookDay, fellow bookworms!π€On July 30, 1935, Penguin introduced its 1st paperbacks. But no matter if you prefer paperbacks or hardcovers, old or new books, one thing is indisputably true: #books are just the best smell in the world!ππ[Graphic by @compoundchem]
1
278
789
Happy Christmas (eve), everyone!πHere's our quick traditional reminder of the equation for a merry Christmas! π #sciencechristmas
7
269
762
Caution: winning a #NobelPrize can cause quite an unexpected splash!πππ Svante PÀÀbo, @MPI_EVA_Leipzig @maxplanckpress, before & after winning the #NobelPrize in Medicine 2022π
9
55
745
Happy #PiDay, everyone! Today, March 14 is the tastiest day in maths: 3/14, the dateβs shorthand, matches the first three digits of the mathematical constant Ο (pi), so maths enthusiasts all over the world celebrate its irrational, infinite beauty by eating lots of pies! ππ₯§
17
244
816
Absolutely delighted, over the moon & quite frankly dancing around with joy at this moment that Reinhard Genzel, Max Planck Institute f. Extraterrestrial Physics is one of the 2020 #Physics #NobelPrize winners!πCongratulations, also to Andrea Ghez & Roger Penrose @maxplanckpress.
9
122
708
7
158
725
π Exciting news for early-career researchers! . The new Max Planck #Postdoc Program offers a guaranteed contract of at least 3 years, targeted mentoring, and career workshops. Applications are open now! .#ScienceCareer #PostdocProgram
4
317
789
Happy #PiDay, everyone!π€Pi Day is celebrated on March 14 by #maths lovers around the world because when written out 3/14, the date corresponds to the first three digits of the mathematical constant Ο. Regardless how you look at Ο β itβs infinitely & irrationally delicious!ππ
10
193
691
This is for all the squirrels in our lives: yes, we agree - everyday should be #SquirrelAppreciationDay!ππΏοΈπΏοΈπΏοΈπ€β€οΈCartoon by @errantscience = @MCeeP & @MichelleAReeve
4
109
671
And now it's time for our favourite seasonal science tweet each year - the equation that should be in every Xmas stocking!πβοΈπHappy Christmas everyone & most merry equations! π
11
178
675
We're excited beyond words that our @maxplanckpress director Emmanuelle Charpentier has won the #ChemistryNobelPrize for her pioneering #CRISPR work! Many congratulations!ππ₯³π€πΎ Also congratulations to Jennifer Doudna @UCBerkeley who shares the prize
5
101
648
Call for Applications 2020/2021: We offer junior researchers again the possibility to apply for a position as a Max Planck Research Group Leader in all areas of science. Application deadline is October 22, 2020 #sciencecareer #MPRGL.
12
523
661
The Max Planck Society offers its heartfelt sympathies to all those affected by the devastating earthquake in Turkey & Syria. We have an international community & we understand that some of our scientists, staff, & students may have family or friends in the areas concerned. (1/2)
16
94
654
Ready to lead your own research team-?πThe Max Planck Society offers you the chance to head an independent Research Group at a participating Max Planck Institute of your choice - the next open topic call starts on Sep 9, 2024. Stay tuned for updates!π.
9
319
655
Welcome back, dear #carotenoids, #flavonoids & #anthocyanin, we missed you!π€πWe love the brilliant reds, oranges, yellows & golds of autumn leaves: here's a great infographic by @compoundchem about the #chemistry behind these dazzling autumnal huesπππ
3
196
630
We are over the moon! π€π―πCongratulations to Klaus Hasselmann, Founding Director of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology @MPI_Meteo @maxplanckpress for being awarded the #Physics #NobelPrize2021, jointly with Syukuro Manabe!πππΎ The other half goes to Giorgio Parisi.
3
73
608
Good morning, everyone! Does this ring any bells?π*We are actually already daydreaming about lunch!πBy @errantscience
13
138
599
To everyone in the U.S. standing up for science today, calling for policies that support science, not suppress it: weβre with you! Cutting science doesnβt just harm scientists β it harms society as a whole. #StandUpForScience
32
172
645
Happy #WomenInScienceDay! Today we're celebrating all the incredible women & girls in science around the world - we are proud of you! π₯³π€ππOne of our truly inspiring role models, the amazing Emmanuelle Charpentier, won the #NobelPrize in Chemistry 2020 with Jennifer Doudna.
2
125
592
βLetβs make science, not warβ: Russian scientists & science journalists have published an open letter condemning the war with #Ukraine, calling it 'unfair' and 'senseless' (currently over 4,000 signatories). Russian: English:
7
203
545
We just love this: Goldilocks & the Three Bears, the science version : ) by @tomgauld for @newscientist
3
375
536
βοΈβοΈβοΈ Snowflake photographs by Wilson Bentley, winter 1902. Bentley was the first person to photograph a single snow crystal in 1885.βοΈ
2
295
511
13
714
500
βΌοΈSave the dateβΌοΈThe new Max Planck #Postdoc Program kicks off its first call for applications from April 1, 2025; applications can be submitted until May 13, 2025. #ScienceCareer
3
196
550
Wir freuen uns fΓΌr Reinhard Genzel und sein Team am Max-Planck-Institut fΓΌr extraterrestrische #Physik in Garching bei MΓΌnchen. ππ Reinhard Genzel erhΓ€lt gemeinsam mit Roger Penrose und Andrea Ghez den #Nobelpreis fΓΌr Physik 2020! @NobelPrize @maxplanckpress
8
67
452
The Max Planck Society is deeply shocked by the recent terrible events in Israel. Our thoughts are with all those affected and their families, friends and loved ones.
17
66
462
The case for masking up: new study shows tight-fitting #FFP2 & vKN95 face masks drastically reduce the risk of #COVID19 infection - but even ill-fitting masks still significantly reduce the risk of infection @maxplanckpress
11
243
429
Happy birthday, Max Planck!π πBorn in Kiel on April 23, 1858, the physicist & Nobel Prize Winner (1918) made many key contributions to theoretical physics & is known as the father of #quantumtheory. Oh, and there's a research organization named after him !π@maxplanckpress
6
249
463
Happy International Women's Day! ππThe Max Planck Institutes celebrate the event by highlighting female researchers and their work #WomenInScience #InternationalWomensDay #Weltfrauentag
5
86
446
Born #OTD 1858: today's the birthday of our favourite physicist - guess whoπ? - yes, Max Planck! brilliant thinker & visionary physicist who changed the course of scientific history & whose contributions to the development of #quantumtheory transformed our understanding of the
5
111
442
Research shows that facemasks protect us & others against the #coronavirus: so how do you fold your masks to make sure they are a snug & safe fit?π·Hereβs a quick video by our colleagues @ Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization. Watch out for the βWβ shape!ππ
6
217
429
A big shout-out to all you squirrels out there! β€οΈπΏοΈπΏοΈπΏοΈThank you for inspiration & generally for brightening our days, especially in these home office times!) π€By @errantscience @MCeeP & @MichelleAReeve
9
74
432
The #coronavirus not only infects the human retina, but can also replicate in it. A new study @MPI_Muenster & @WWU_Muenster
13
229
423
Happy #Halloween, everyone! πIsn't it somehow fitting that the major aroma component of freshly cut pumpkins is called 'Cis-3-hexen-1-ol'? (βHexeβ is German for βwitchβ π) Enjoy this great #pumpkin #chemistry graphic by @ndbrning @cenmag |@compoundchem
2
150
431
We can't stop smiling! *Ok, grinning from ear to ear would be more accurate!*ππΎπ We are absolutely overjoyed that this year's #ChemistryNobelPrize goes to Benjamin List, director @ Max-Planck-Institut fΓΌr Kohlenforschung! Congratulations!ππ€ π@ListLaboratory @maxplanckpress
1
66
439
Applications are open for our tenure-track Lise Meitner Research Group Leader positions 2022! The MPG's Lise Meitner Excellence Program is expressly aimed at promoting outstanding female early-career researchers in all areas of #science. Apply now!π
4
311
400
'Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives'. Carl Sagan, born #OTD 1934 [Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute]
4
166
394
Today marks the birthday of two (!) remarkable women scientistsπ₯³- Marie SkΕodowska Curie (1867), most famous for the discovery of #radium & #polonium & her #radioactivity research & Lise Meitner (1878), whose brilliance unlocked the secrets of #nuclearfission. Happy birthday,
7
93
379
Happy birthday to Charles Darwin! ππ€Born #OTD in 1809, Darwin's theory of #evolution by natural selection sparked a scientific revolution & changed the way we think about our place in the world. #DarwinDay [The Tree of Life Sketch from Charles Darwin's Notebook B, 1837]
7
88
369
An image of the #MilkyWay`s black hole! .Observation with the Event Horizon Telescope improves our understanding of the processes at the galactic centre @ehtelescope #blackhole
5
82
367
What's essential for a happy Xmaths? A very merry equation, of course!πππ€
3
205
358
Today is one of the most important days for scientists all around the world, a day where well-deserved recognition is bestowed where it is due! Yep, that's right - it's #InternationalCoffeeDay!π πβοΈ[infographic by @compoundchem
6
233
371
Happy #DarwinDay everyone! βFrom so simple a beginning, endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.β[Final sentence of "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection", 1859]
5
220
351
Warming stripes for #Germany. Each stripe represents average temperature for a year, starting on the left in 1881 and ending in 2017. The colour scale goes from 6.6Β°C (dark blue) to 10.3Β°C (dark red) #climate @ed_hawkins
5
308
329
It's #InternationalCatDay - a day to celebrate / admire / worship the kittens, cats, moggies & felines in your life & in general & to scratch lots of ears today! πΊπΈHonouring this special day w/ an homage to SchrΓΆdinger's quantum feline!ππΈ[cartoon by @piecomic]
4
87
331
Mit der Entdeckung, dass sich auch kleine organische MolekΓΌle hervorragend als #Katalysatoren eignen, gehΓΆrt Benjamin List zu den Pionieren eines neuen Forschungsfeldes in der #Chemie. Ein PortrΓ€t des Chemie-NobelpreistrΓ€gers 2021.#Nobelpreis @nobelprize
4
52
334
Earth is not an infinite resource: the #PeriodicTable of endangered elements draws attention to the 44 elements whose supply is at risk, such as zinc, gallium & helium @kottke @compoundchem @AmerChemSociety
7
456
320
Happy #IDWGS2022! Today is #WomeninScienceDay, a day to celebrate the fantastic achievements of #WomenInScience around the world & encourage others to explore their passion! ππ₯³π€One of our inspirational role models is Emmanuelle Charpentier, our 2020 #Chemistry #Nobel Laureate.
2
78
332
Happy birthday, #MargaretHamilton, born August 17, 1936: the visionary computer scientist & lead software engineer for #NASAβs Apollo Program was the brilliant mind behind the code that was key to taking humanity to the moon in 1961! πππ#womeninscience
3
55
331
At its meeting on 23 June 2022, the Max Planck Societyβs Senate appointed Patrick Cramer, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences in GΓΆttingen @mpi_nat, as new President-elect for the term of office from 2023 to 2029. @CramerLab #maxplanckhv2022
5
76
322
Wir gratulieren! Der Mathematiker Peter Scholze erhΓ€lt die Fields-Medaille, die als Nobelpreis der #Mathematik gilt @maxplanckpress @HCM_Bonn #ICM2018
7
100
312
βEndless forms most beautifulβ: Happy birthday to Charles Darwin, born #OTD in 1809, whose theory of #evolution by natural selection sparked a scientific revolution & changed the way we think about our place in the world. #DarwinDay
4
130
319
It's our 70th anniversary today! π#OTD: The Max Planck Society was founded February 26, 1948 in GΓΆttingen as successor organisation of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society @maxplanckpress
21
179
319
Wishing you all a very happy Friday π€πwith this quick 'before & after pic' of our Max Planck director Prof. Ben List from the MPI fΓΌr Kohlenforschung, who won the @NobelPrize in #Chemistry in October! ππππ@ListLaboratory @maxplanckpress
1
35
325
Wow, just wow!π€©Huge congratulations to our President-elect Patrick Cramer, director at the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Science @mpi_nat @CramerLab, on being awarded the 2023 #ShawPrize for #LifeScience & #Medicine for groundbreaking research in
10
40
315
Want to head your own independent Research Group?π In an exciting research environment & enjoying full scientific & budgetary autonomy? Yes -? Then apply now! π€Positions are open for Max Planck Research Group Leaders. Application deadline: May 11, 2023
3
203
305
19
352
306
This morning, why not model the relative size of #planets with your breakfast? : ) http://t.co/0qQJFv93Ad via @IC_EYFS #space.
27
534
305
Congratulations! π€πTruly delighted that Rajula Srivastava, early-career mathematician at the University of Bonn & the Max Planck Institute for #Mathematics, is honoured w/ the 2025 Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize for her work in harmonic analysis & number theory!
4
45
328
2
259
264