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MPIKG | On 7 July, the members of the German Research Foundation (DFG) elected Max Planck Director Peter H. Seeberger as Vice President. The Potsdam-based biochemist will initially be a member of the Executive Committee of the largest research funding organization and central self-governing institution for science in Germany for an initial period of four…

Fraunhofer Research News | In general, plastics are processed at way over a hundred degrees Celsius. Enzymes, by contrast, cannot usually withstand these high temperatures. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP have managed to reconcile these contradictions: They are able to embed enzymes in plastics without the enzymes losing their activity…

On August 25, the Rooftop Pitch Potsdam will take place for the second time. The Potsdam pitch event offers startups with innovative start-up concepts and investors a suitable forum, opportunity for pitch and networking — and the view of the science floor at the Bildungsforum Potsdam.

MPI-MP | How do different species actually develop? So far, we know that in many living organisms there is an incompatibility between the actual genetic material in the cell nucleus and the genetic material of the individual cell organelles, the powerhouse of the cell. This incompatibility prevents different species from mixing, but little is known…

Fraunhofer Research in Brief | Plastics are usually processed at well over one hundred degrees Celsius, enzymes, on the other hand, usually do not withstand these high temperatures. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP have succeeded in bringing these opposites together: They can incorporate enzymes into plastics without the enzymes losing…

MPIKG | For the first time, researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces have synthesized sugar chains that correspond to the shells of the four main variations of the bacterium Streptococcus suis. This is an important first step in the development of glycoconjugate vaccines against a pathogen that is particularly prevalent in…