Events

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Night of Science – Science for Everyone!

Every year in June, we open our doors for an adventurous evening! Learn more about our research during exciting lectures and guided tours through our impressive electron microscope laboratory. Come and talk to our scientists and experience in a playful way how nitrogen becomes delicious ice cream, how enzymes cleave nutrients and how our DNA looks like.
Female students in white lab coats cleaning used laboratory equipment after an experiment.

Girls’ Day

The Girls’ Day gives schoolgirls an insight into professions in which, on average, only a few women work, in order to promote a stereotype-free career choice. At our Institute, participants can be scientists for a day and experiment in the lab themselves.
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Guided Tours for Visitors

Whether class trip, excursion or company tour – guided tours through our laboratories inspire young and old and offer exciting insights into our research.
Visitor groups are always welcome, please contact us if you are interested!
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Conferences, Talks and Scientific Events

At our Institute, we regularly offer talks by scientists from the Riedberg campus and from all over the world, natural scientists in facinating professions, and symposia on biophysics.

Nitrogen ice cream, DNA challenge, tours and lectures – and much more!

On the occasion of the annual program start for new PhD students, our graduate program – the IMPRS on Cellular Biophysics – organizes a versatile symposium on research topics from the field of cellular biophysics. Check out the program and join us to get to know the Faculty, and learn about the different research projects within the IMPRS on Cellular Biophysics.

From virtual journeys inside the cell to ice cream made with liquid nitrogen. Visitors to the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics explored the fascinating molecular world at this year’s Night of Science.

Nitrogen ice cream, DNA challenge, tours and lectures – and much more!

Be a scientist for a day! Solve biological 3D puzzles and discover how tiny building blocks control your body!

A Biophysical Perspective at the Städel Museum. Join us as we explore the intersection of art and biophysics with emeritus director Prof. Werner Kühlbrandt at the Städel Museum in Frankfurt

Meet Anja, the Heart of Our Library!

Nitrogen ice cream, DNA challenge, tours and lectures – and much more!

What is autophagy? How do our cells remove their waste? How can we combine art and science? How can research be represented artistically? Visit us, learn, explore and be creative on November 29!

Julia Krause-Harder from Atelier Goldstein crafts a dinosaur sculpture from materials from the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics exhibited in its Café Max

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Nitrogen ice cream, DNA challenge, tours and lectures – and much more!

On the occasion of the annual program start for new PhD students, our graduate program – the IMPRS on Cellular Biophysics – organizes a versatile symposium on research topics from the field of cellular biophysics. Check out the program and join us to get to know the Faculty, and learn about the different research projects within the IMPRS on Cellular Biophysics.

Nitrogen ice cream, DNA challenge, tours and lectures – and much more!

Meet Anja, the Heart of Our Library!

What is autophagy? How do our cells remove their waste? How can we combine art and science? How can research be represented artistically? Visit us, learn, explore and be creative on November 29!

Julia Krause-Harder from Atelier Goldstein crafts a dinosaur sculpture from materials from the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics exhibited in its Café Max

On the occasion of the jubilee, the Foundation awarded the Frankfurt Biophysics Prize for the first time to Dr. Julia Mahamid and Prof. Dr. Sabine Petry

From virtual journeys inside the cell to ice cream made with liquid nitrogen. Visitors to the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics explored the fascinating molecular world at this year’s Night of Science.

Be a scientist for a day! Solve biological 3D puzzles and discover how tiny building blocks control your body!

A Biophysical Perspective at the Städel Museum. Join us as we explore the intersection of art and biophysics with emeritus director Prof. Werner Kühlbrandt at the Städel Museum in Frankfurt

Nitrogen ice cream, DNA challenge, tours and lectures – and much more!

What is autophagy? How do our cells remove their waste? How can we combine art and science? How can research be represented artistically? Visit us, learn, explore and be creative on November 29!

Julia Krause-Harder from Atelier Goldstein crafts a dinosaur sculpture from materials from the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics exhibited in its Café Max

On the occasion of the jubilee, the Foundation awarded the Frankfurt Biophysics Prize for the first time to Dr. Julia Mahamid and Prof. Dr. Sabine Petry

Past Events

On the occasion of the annual program start for new PhD students, the IMPRS on Cellular Biophysics organizes a versatile symposium on research topics from the field of cellular biophysics. Check out the program and join us to get to know the Faculty, and learn about the different research projects within the IMPRS on Cellular Biophysics.
Experience exciting lectures and guided tours! See how ice cream is made from nitrogen, and take part in our DNA challenge or split enzymes yourself! Dive into our augmented reality cell!
Female students in white lab coats are cleaning the used laboratory equipment after an experiment.

Girls’ Day on April 27, 2023

We had a fantastic Girls' Day with 20 curious and motivated girls!
They learned how to explore the smallest building blocks in our bodies.
Have you ever extracted and studied the DNA of tomatoes? The girls did!
Max Planck Institutes jointly host a film viewing and discussion night featuring “Girl Rising”, a documentary that aims to change the way the world values girls and their education.
On the occasion of International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the gender equality officers and their colleagues of the Max Planck Institutes for Brain Research and of Biophysics organized an emotion-packed night featuring Girl Rising, a documentary that tells the stories of nine girls, striving beyond circumstance and overcoming nearly insurmountable odds to achieve their dreams.
Recordings of many interesting Night of Science lectures from previous years are available online.
 

 

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