Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine

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We are offering 5 Postdoc Positions within the Max Planck Postdoc Program!

Take advantage and apply by April 13, 2026 to the positions in the labs of @ralfhadams.bsky.social, @ruibenedito.bsky.social and @katemiro.bsky.social.

Link to our website:
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The CiM-IMPRS doctoral program in Münster is offering 16 PhD positions in Life and Natural Sciences! Join our PhD program in October and apply now.

All information for your application by May 1, 2026 can be found at this link:
www.uni-muenster.de/CiM-IMPRS/ap...

Wir suchen DICH als Auszubildende/n Tierpfleger*in (m/w/d) Fachrichtung Forschung und Klinik!

Hast du Interesse am Umgang mit Tieren und ein Gespür für Ordnung und Hygiene? Bist du verantwortungsvoll, engagiert und ein Teamplayer?

Dann bewirb dich!:
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Wir suchen Dich als Technische*n Assistent*in (BTA, MTA, CTA) (m/w/d) für unser internationales Team der neuen Abteilung "Funktionelle Genetik".

Vollzeit oder Teilzeit möglich.
Bewerbungsfrist: 15.02.2026

Wir freuen uns auf deine Bewerbung!

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⏸️ & ▶️ in the 🔦!
Way to go!

Strong as a team Five Max Planck researchers secure prestigious ERC Synergy Grants in 2025, enhancing collaborative research in Europe.

Congratulations! In the current call of the European Research Council, Max Planck researchers have secured five Synergy Grants. Together with the University of Cambridge, we are among the top three most successful #research institutions in #Europe ! 🙌 www.mpg.de/25684336/erc... @erc.europa.eu

📣 Read the full news here:
www.mpi-muenster.mpg.de/press-releas...

Portrait of Sara Wickström standing in a modern building. The image is part of a turquoise graphic with the Max Planck Society logo above and the text “Sara Wickström, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine – ERC Synergy Grant 2025” below.

🚀 Exciting news! ERC Synergy Grant of €8.5 million to Sara Wickström @sarawickstrom.bsky.social, Daniel St Jonston @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social and Ewa Paluch @universitypress.cambridge.org! This highly interdisciplinary project will boost our understanding of tissue biology. #ERCSyG @erc.europa.eu

Portrait of Vishal Mohanakrishnan, winner of the MTZ®-MPI Award 2025, with sunlight in the background. On the right side, the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine logo and text “MTZ®-MPI-Award 2025 to Vishal Mohanakrishnan” appear on a blue background.

🏅 MTZ®-MPI Award 2025 goes to
Vishal Mohanakrishnan @vishalmkrishnan.bsky.social
for discovering Type R capillaries that play a vital role in bone remodelling and maintenance throughout life.
The MTZ®foundation yearly honors young MPI scientists for outstanding research.
🔗 Full: s.gwdg.de/44DNyT

✨ Am 12.9. von 18 – 21 Uhr öffnen wir im MPI Münster die Türen zur #LangeNacht der Universitätsmedizin! Erleben Sie #Biomedizin mit #VirtualReality 🕶️🔬 – von selbstheilenden Embryonen bis zu Blutgefäßen, den Autobahnen des Körpers. Eintritt frei!🌱 #MaxPlanckGesellschaft

We are looking for a #Postdoc with a great interest in biological robustness to lead a project investigating the self-correction capabilities of the developing nervous system. Join us at the @rocha-lab.bsky.social Rocha lab @mpi-muenster.bsky.social!

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Stellenanzeige für administrative Assistenz (M/W/D)

Stellenanzeige für Studentische Hilfskraft (M/W/D)

Job opening for Postdoc (M/F/D)

Wir stellen ein! / We are hiring!
* Administrative Assistenz / Administrative Assistant
* Studentische Hilfskraft / Student Assistant
* Postdoc

Deutsche Seite: www.mpi-muenster.mpg.de/karriere
English page: www.mpi-muenster.mpg.de/career

New Director at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine New director Rui Benedito brings advanced genetic tools to study how mutations affect single cells and contribute to cardiovascular disease or cancer.

Rui Benedito has joined our MPI in Münster as a director. He develops innovative genetic tools to study how mutations alter single-cell behavior — pushing the frontiers of biomedical research. Welcome, Rui! @ruibenedito.bsky.social
🎉 #Genetics #SingleCell
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Detection of neural stem cells outside the brain Detection of neural stem cells outside the brain: The discovery of peripheral neural stem cells in mice could open up enormous possibilities for the development of treatments for neurological diseases...

Detection of neural stem cells outside the brain: international study in mice could be a breakthrough for regenerative medicine. International study published in @naturecellbiology.bsky.social by Dong Han, Hans R. Schöler and many others.
🔗📢Press release: www.mpi-muenster.mpg.de/press-releas...

The CiM-IMPRS doctoral program is now accepting applications! We offer 16 PhD positions in Life and Natural Sciences. All information for your application by May 9, 2025 can be found at this link:
www.uni-muenster.de/CiM-IMPRS/ap...

Mechanical forces underlying cell, tissue & organ shaping informed by hair follicle formation

📷: Clémentine Villeneuve et al Wickstrom Lab @helsinki.fi @mpi-muenster.bsky.social @manningresearch.bsky.social @syracuseu.bsky.social in @naturecellbiology.bsky.social

➡️: bpod.org.uk/archive/2025...

Right next door ➡️ - opening of the spectacular exhibition 🖼️🔬 in the Multiscale Imaging Centre of the University of Münster on Feb. 2

Professor Hans Schöler im Interview mit @tvvde.bsky.social 'Tierversuche verstehen': was sind #Hirnorganoide, warum werden sie in der Forschung eingesetzt und wo liegen die ethischen Grenzen in deren Verwendung?

More than 40% of postdocs leave academia, study reveals Publishing highly cited papers helps postdoctoral researchers to land a faculty job.

More than 40 percent of #postdocs leave academia. Those who landed a coveted faculty position were more likely to have had a highly cited paper, changed their research topic between their #PhD and postdoc, or moved abroad after receiving their doctorate. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @pnas.org

Specialized vasculature: Hidden architects of long bone remodeling Discovery of Type R capillaries: key player in bone remodeling, ageing, osteoporosis treatment and bone regeneration.

Our first post on Bluesky! 🎉 Newly discovered type of capillaries important for bone remodelling throughout life. Fascinating insights from Vishal Mohanakrishnan and a team led by Ralf H. Adams at the MPI in Münster published in Nature Cell Biology.

Read the full story here! 🔗