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EU project Micro B3 starts
06.02.2012
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EuroMarine General Assembly in Bremen
31.01.2012
Report from the EuroMarine General Assembly in Bremen [more]
Our Blue Future
26.01.2012
Marine Science in the European Parliament [more]
From Genes to Ecosystem
13.01.2012
EuroMarine General Assembly in Bremen
More than 100 international scientists of the EU multidisciplinary marine network EuroMarine meet on 17 January for three days in Bremen. [more]
Happy New Year 2012
03.01.2012
We wish you a Happy New Year 2012! [more]
New Centre of Excellence in Aarhus to explore the deep biosphere
01.12.2011
Bo Barker Jørgensen, former Max Planck director, is granted a new Center for Geomicrobiology for five years [more]
Exhibition on human health issues in Haus der Wissenschaft
25.11.2011
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Young female Max Planck researcher wins UNESCO-L’Oréal sponsorship award
24.11.2011
Judith Klatt of the Max Planck Intitute in Bremen is awarded sponsorship grant for mothers in research [more]
Biodiversity research project launched
16.11.2011
Innovative research project launched with the potential revolutionise the study of computer based biodiversity research around the world [more]
Max Planck Day
07.11.2011
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ERC Grant for Antje Boetius
04.11.2011
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International research consortium sets new standards for genome research
13.10.2011
12th GSC workshop at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen [more]
Farewell Party of Prof. Bo Barker Jørgensen
10.10.2011
The founding director retires after almost 20 years at the Max Planck Institute in Bremen [more]
Molecular mechanism of the anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) unraveled
03.10.2011
Nitric oxide and the rocket fuel hydrazine are key molecules in the anammox reaction [more]
Microbial Diversity in the Oceans
29.09.2011
From top to bottom: A view on the diversity of bacterial communities across marine realms and ecosystems [more]
Springs of Life in the Dead Sea
21.09.2011
Scientists discover dense and diverse microbial communities in and around fresh water springs on the Dead Sea floor [more]
Microbes at hydrothermal vents eliminate the greenhouse gas methane
14.09.2011
Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) was now detected in sediment around hydrothermal vents [more]
Hydrogen highway in the deep sea
10.08.2011
Max Planck Researchers discover hydrogen-powered symbiotic bacteria in deep-sea hydrothermal vent mussels [more]
Nitrogen losses off the Coast of Oman
26.07.2011
Intensive Nitrogen losses off the coast of Oman
Caused by Coupling of two microbial processes [more]
EuroMarine
08.06.2011
EuroMarine - A new multidisciplinary marine network: From genes to ecosystems [more]
Ocean Acidification and Coral Reefs
31.05.2011
Natural CO2 seeps show what could happen to Coral Reefs in a world of increasing green house gas emissions [more]
Learning from Microbes
25.05.2011
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New standards for genomic data
12.05.2011
How to handle priceless sequence data
MIMARKS and MIxS - novel minimum information standards for marker genes and any (x) sequence in environmental research [more]
Hypox Meeting in Luzern
28.04.2011
Hypoxia in European Waters [more]
Young mothers in research
23.03.2011
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard Foundation awards grant to Judith Klatt, PhD student at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology - and since one year a young mother. [more]
Algae in darkness – Survival strategy unraveled
14.03.2011
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 nor respiration with oxygen is possible. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen have unraveled the mystery of how these microalgae are able to cope with such unfavorable conditions. Their conclusions appear in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: In darkness, the diatoms breathe with nitrate in place of oxygen. [more]
Climate secrets locked at the bottom of the Mariana Trench
26.01.2011
The deepest part of the ocean traps amounts of carbon. [more]
Happy New Year 2011
01.01.2011
We wish you a Happy New Year 2011! [more]
Historic El Nino events 125 000 years ago
22.12.2010
Historic El Nino events to blame for heavy rainfalls in the Northern Atacama Desert 125 000 years ago. [more]
Understandable Science 2010
16.12.2010
The MPI Scientist Dr. Miriam Weber wins the third price for „Understandable Science“, awarded by the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht. [more]
Carbon Fluxes in the Oceans
07.12.2010
Carbon Fluxes in the Oceans
Size matters: The strange behavior of small particles at density interfaces [more]
8th Bremen Life Sciences Forum
23.10.2010
Max Planck Institute in Bremen hosts the 8th Bremen Life Sciences Forum
Cutting edge topic "Technology Transfer" viewed from different perspectives [more]
Web log from the German research vessel METEOR
12.10.2010
Weblog METEOR 82_3
in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean near the Azores life has found a niche near the hydrothermal vents. Read the 
blogs written by our marine researchers and watch the videos. [more]
New deep-sea hot springs discovered in the Atlantic
07.10.2010
Hydrothermal vents may contribute more to the thermal budget of the oceans than previously assumed [more]
Marine Research in Bremen
04.10.2010
Public outreach on the National Holiday in Bremen [more]
The Future of Energy: Exhibition in the Haus der Wissenschaft
30.09.2010
In cooperation with several institutes the Haus der Wissenschaft shows several aspects about energy, from basics to solar energy. [more]
Advances in Microbial Ecophysiology and Biochemistry – Symposium
24.09.2010
Advances in Microbial Ecophysiology and Biochemistry – Symposium
Advances in Microbial Ecophysiology and Biochemistry the symposium with Martin Polz, Dianne K. Newman, Birgit Alber, Johannes Gescher, Frank E. Löffler and Matthias Boll will be held on 23. September 2010 at the Max-Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen.
Information on the scientific programm and registration: [more]
Marine Research in Bremen
24.09.2010
Festivities during the National Holiday in Bremen [more]
Biomaris Marine Research Award
11.09.2010
Max Planck Scientist wins Biomaris Award for marine research. [more]
German Max Planck scientists win international awards
01.09.2010
ISME in Seattle: Bo Barker Jørgensen and Marc Strous honored for their research [more]
Microbial degradation of crude oil - Fundamental microbiological issues
28.08.2010
On the occasion of the oil spill in the Golf of Mexico on the 20th of April 2010 [more]
Bacteria as ecosystem engineers
04.08.2010
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German Research Vessel visits Sevastopol
25.05.2010
International research projects with Ukrainian scientists [more]
HYPOX program: Oxygen depletion in the seas
06.05.2010
HYPOX Project: Scientists take a close look at the effect of oxygen depletion on marine ecosystems
Web logs 9 April - 
8 May 2010 from the German Research Vessel Maria S. Merian (Expedition MSM15/1) [more]
Nitrous oxide and nitric oxide from the human mouth
26.04.2010
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Young students visit the MPI
23.04.2010
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Scientist from Bremen new Member of the German Research Council
22.04.2010
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Bacteria produce oxygen even without light
24.03.2010
Bacteria produce oxygen even without light
The molecular secrets of a bacterium which produces its own oxygen to use the green house gas methane was unravelled. [more]
The greatest Chemists
02.02.2010
Microorganisms are “the greatest chemists” of our planet. As far as we know, every chemical reaction that is thermodynamically feasible is exploited by these organisms to sustain growth or at least survival. [more]
Max Planck Lecture Quantum Physics
29.01.2010
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Quantum Physics
25.01.2010
On Thursday, 28 January 2010 at 16:00 the Nobel laureate
Prof. Dr. Gerardus ´t Hooft will give a lecture with the title
„The unique beauty of the subatomic landscape“ [more]
Happy New Year 2010
31.12.2009
We wish you a Happy New Year 2010! [more]
European scientists at sea: A scientific weblog
01.12.2009
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Bremen Marine Science Team wins IEEE - OES Award
19.11.2009
Bremen Marine Science Team wins IEEE - OES Award for organizing the
OCEANS ´09 IEEE Bremen "Balancing technology with future needs" [more]
Hidden Treasures
12.11.2009
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. [more]
German Umweltpreis for Bo Barker Jørgensen
26.10.2009
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Climate changes and deep-sea ecosystems
19.10.2009
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Marine Research in Bremen- The Future is now
25.09.2009
On 23 September 2009 the new Director Marcel Kuypers was officially introduced. [more]
Winner of the German Environmental Award 2009: Bo Barker Jørgensen
18.09.2009
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Arctic bacteria — some like it hot
17.09.2009
Surprisingly high numbers of heat-loving bacteria found in the cold Arctic Ocean [more]
Science Train stops in Bremen
02.09.2009
The exhibition train of the Max Planck Society will offer interesting insights into science and technology. [more]
Project BIOACID has started
01.09.2009
German project studying the acidification of the oceans is funded by the BMBF [more]
LOOMELong-term Observatory On Mud-volcano Eruptions
31.08.2009
A methane emitting mud volcanoe under observation [more]
What sponges, beards and the lung have in common
21.08.2009
Max Planck mathematicians and their colleagues in Poland developed a novel criterion for the calculation of mass and energy transport in porous systems [more]
Exhibition in the Haus der Wissenschaft
17.08.2009
What are the consequences of the global climate change? Is a further increase of the sea level putting the City of Bremen at risk? The new exhibition in the Haus der Wissenschaft will be presenting these aspects. [more]
Deep sea observatory installed
12.08.2009
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. [more]
South Pacific: the most hostile place on earth
17.07.2009
International team of scientists explore the Deep biosphere with amazing results. [more]
New director at the Max Planck Institute
16.07.2009
Environmental scientist Marcel Kuypers appointed as director. [more]
Eruptions of the Haakon Mosby Mud Volcano
09.07.2009
German scientists installing long term observatory [more]
Summer Academy at the MPI Bremen
07.07.2009
School students learning molecular biology. [more]
Kids learning science
17.06.2009
Young kids (Kindergarden and 3rd grade) on a visit at the Max Planck Institute in Bremen. [more]
Sequencing the unseen majority in the World´s Oceans
08.06.2009
Research Saling Yacht Sorcerer II visits Helgoland to cooperate with German marine researchers [more]
Global Warming: Oxygen and Aquatic Habitats in a Changing World
08.06.2009
Due to global warming and eutrophication aquatic systems suffer increasingly from hypoxic (low oxygen) conditions. [more]
OCEANS`09 a success
18.05.2009
On Thursday, 14 May 2009 the International Conference Oceans 09 ended. A total of 931 people from 42 countries were participating. [more]
Advanced colour photography – a new method of spectral analysis gets to the bottom of single cells and biofilms
31.03.2009
Investigations of the inner life of single cells usually require the destruction of these cells in order to extract and quantify their content. Until now this rendered repeated measurements and studies of temporal developments impossible. A recent development at the Max-Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology has changed that. MOSI, a novel colour photography system, allows for fast and non-destructive imaging of cell pigments at various scales and thereby opens up new possibilities in microbial ecology. [more]
The Marine Nitrogen Cycle - Revisited
02.03.2009
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 oxgen minimum zone. [more]
Cruise reports from Maria S. Merian
21.01.2009
Scientists report from the German Research Vessel Maria S. Merian about their cruise to the LOGATCHEV hydrothermal vent field. [more]
Tiny knights in shining armor – bacteria detoxify deadly seawater
10.12.2008
Some marine bacteria produce hydrogen sulphide, which is toxic to animals. Scientists now discovered that bacteria also protect marine animals from this toxic gas. A bacterial bloom detoxified a vast expanse of hydrogen sulphide-containing water off the coast of Namibia, before it could unfold its full deadly impact. [more]
Leibniz Award for Ecological Research
04.12.2008
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Watching microorganisms at work
31.10.2008
A novel nanoSIMS-based technology provides unprecedented insights into the activity of single cells with surprising results. [more]
Marine Symbiosis (only in German)
06.10.2008
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MPI-Doktorand gewinnt Posterpreis
24.09.2008
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Symposium am Bremer Max-Planck-Institut: Das NanoSIMS-Massenspektrometer ermöglicht tiefe Einblicke in die Zelle
10.09.2008
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Bremer Wissenschaftssenatorin Jürgens-Pieper besucht das Max-Planck-Institut für marine Mikrobiologie
18.07.2008
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Linking deep sea biodiversity and climate dynamics
11.07.2008
Does the biodiversity and functioning of deep-sea organisms play a role in the Earth’s climate? Science blog: METEOR Expedition M76/3 GUINECO - MARUM research on fluid and gas seepage off West Africa [more]
Maria S. Merian in Bremen
10.07.2008
German Research vessel visits Bremen [more]
New building for the Max Planck Institute
04.07.2008
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Genomic Standards for the Future
19.05.2008
Setting the Guidelines [more]
The Settling of Porous Particles in Water
15.04.2008
The Max Planck Society supports a scientific collaboration between the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology and the Massachussets Institute of Technology, MIT. [more]
Workshop on Molecular Markers: Ribosomal RNA
01.04.2008
7- 9 April 2008: International Workshop on ribosomal RNA technology held in Bremen. [more]
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