Name
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Location
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Research areas
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Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics
|
Frankfurt
|
cultural studies,
social science,
cognitive science,
linguistics
|
Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
|
Radolfzell /
Konstanz
|
evolutionary biology,
ethology,
ecology
|
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
|
Leipzig
|
developmental biology,
evolutionary biology,
genetics,
ethology, and
cognitive science
|
Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
|
Halle
|
cultural studies,
jurisprudence,
social and
behavioural sciences
|
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
|
Heidelberg
|
astronomy,
astrophysics
|
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
|
Garching
|
astronomy,
astrophysics
|
Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History
|
Rome (
Italy)
|
cultural studies
|
Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
|
Martinsried
|
developmental biology,
evolutionary biology,
genetics,
immunology, infection biology,
medicine,
structural biology,
cell biology
|
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
|
Jena
|
microbiology,
ecology,
earth science,
climatology
|
Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence
|
Martinsried /
Seewiesen
|
organismic biology,
ornithology,
neurobiology,
behavioural ecology,
evolutionary biology,
evolutionary genetics,
neuroscience
|
Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing
|
Cologne
|
developmental biology,
evolutionary biology,
genetics,
structural biology,
cell biology
|
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine
|
Münster
|
developmental biology,
evolutionary biology,
genetics,
immunology, infection biology,
medicine,
structural biology,
cell biology
|
Max Planck Institute for Biology
|
Tübingen
|
developmental biology,
evolutionary biology,
genetics,
botany,
structural biology,
cell biology
|
Max Planck Institute of Biophysics
|
Frankfurt
|
developmental biology,
evolutionary biology,
genetics,
structural biology,
cell biology
|
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
|
Frankfurt
|
neuroscience
|
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
|
Dresden
|
developmental biology,
evolutionary biology,
genetics,
neuroscience,
structural biology,
cell biology
|
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
|
Mainz
|
chemistry,
earth science,
climatology
|
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
|
Leipzig
|
neuroscience,
cognitive science,
linguistics
|
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
|
Bonn
|
jurisprudence,
social and
behavioural sciences
|
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
|
Golm
|
immunology, infection biology,
medicine,
structural biology,
cell biology
chemistry,
solid-state physics,
materials science
|
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law
|
Freiburg
|
jurisprudence,
social and
behavioural sciences
|
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
|
Tübingen
|
neuroscience,
cognitive science,
|
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
|
Rostock
|
social and
behavioural sciences
|
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity
|
Göttingen
|
cultural studies,
social and
behavioural sciences
|
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
|
Göttingen
|
neuroscience,
structural biology,
cell biology
solid-state physics,
materials science,
complex systems
|
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems
|
Magdeburg
|
structural biology,
cell biology
chemistry,
complex systems
|
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
|
Jena
|
developmental biology,
evolutionary biology,
genetics,
microbiology,
ecology,
neuroscience,
botany
|
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion
|
Mülheim
|
structural biology,
cell biology
chemistry
|
Ernst Strüngmann Institute for Neuroscience in Cooperation with Max Planck Society (associated institute)
|
Frankfurt
|
medicine,
neuroscience
|
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology
|
Plön
|
developmental biology,
evolutionary biology,
genetics,
behavioural biology
|
Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience
|
Jupiter, Florida (
United States)
|
neuroscience,
structural biology,
cell biology
|
Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society
|
Tübingen
|
developmental biology,
evolutionary biology,
structural biology,
cell biology
|
Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
|
Berlin
|
chemistry,
solid-state physics,
materials science,
particle physics,
plasma physics,
quantum mechanics
|
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
|
Berlin
|
developmental biology,
evolutionary biology,
genetics,
immunology, infection biology,
medicine
|
Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology
|
Jena
|
evolutionary biology,
genetics, infection biology,
social science,
linguistics
|
Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
|
Golm /
Hanover
|
astronomy,
astrophysics,
particle physics,
plasma physics,
quantum mechanics
|
Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research
|
Bad Nauheim
|
developmental biology,
evolutionary biology,
genetics,
immunology, infection biology,
medicine,
physiology
|
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
|
Berlin
|
cultural studies
|
Max Planck Institute for Human Development
|
Berlin
|
cultural studies,
cognitive science,
social and
behavioural sciences
|
Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics
|
Freiburg
|
developmental biology,
evolutionary biology,
genetics,
immunology, infection biology,
medicine
|
Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology
|
Berlin
|
immunology, infection biology,
medicine
|
Max Planck Institute for Informatics
|
Saarbrücken
|
computer science
|
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
|
Munich
|
jurisprudence,
social and
behavioural sciences
|
Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
|
Stuttgart /
Tübingen
|
solid-state physics,
materials science,
structural biology,
cell biology,
computer science
|
Max Planck Institute for Coal Research
|
Mülheim
|
chemistry,
solid-state physics,
materials science
|
Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz
|
Florence (
Italy)
|
cultural studies
|
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
|
Hamburg
|
jurisprudence
|
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
|
Heidelberg
|
jurisprudence,
social and
behavioural sciences
|
Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy
|
Munich
|
jurisprudence,
social and
behavioural sciences
|
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance
|
Munich
|
jurisprudence
|
Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory
|
Frankfurt
|
cultural studies,
jurisprudence
|
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics
|
Bonn
|
mathematics
|
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences
|
Leipzig
|
mathematics
|
Max Planck Institute for Medical Research
|
Heidelberg
|
structural biology,
cell biology
|
Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research
|
Cologne
|
immunology, infection biology,
medicine,
neuroscience
|
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
|
Hamburg
|
earth science,
climatology
|
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
|
Bremen
|
microbiology,
ecology,
chemistry
|
Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology
|
Marburg
|
developmental biology,
evolutionary biology,
genetics,
microbiology,
ecology,
botany
|
Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics
|
Halle
|
solid-state physics,
materials science,
particle physics,
plasma physics,
quantum mechanics
|
Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences
|
Göttingen
|
neuroscience,
medicine,
chemistry,
structural biology,
genetics,
evolutionary biology,
developmental biology,
cell biology, infection biology,
immunology,
particle physics,
plasma physics,
quantum mechanics
|
Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar
|
Bonn
|
developmental biology,
genetics,
immunology,
medicine,
neuroscience,
structural biology,
cell biology
|
Max Planck Research Unit for Neurogenetics
|
Frankfurt
|
genetics,
medicine,
neuroscience,
cell biology
|
Social Neuroscience Lab
|
Berlin
|
neuroscience,
social and
behavioural sciences
|
Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens
|
Berlin
|
genetics,
immunology, infection biology,
medicine,
microbiology
|
Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
|
Heidelberg
|
astronomy,
astrophysics,
particle physics,
plasma physics,
quantum mechanics
|
Max Planck Institute for Physics
|
Garching
|
astronomy,
astrophysics,
particle physics,
plasma physics,
quantum mechanics
|
Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems
|
Dresden
|
solid-state physics,
materials science,
complex systems
|
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids
|
Dresden
|
chemistry,
solid-state physics,
materials science,
particle physics,
plasma physics,
quantum mechanics
|
Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
|
Garching
|
astronomy,
astrophysics,
complex systems
|
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
|
Erlangen
|
solid-state physics,
materials science,
quantum mechanics,
medicine,
microbiology,
cell biology
|
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology
|
Dortmund
|
structural biology,
cell biology
physiology,
chemistry
|
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
|
Cologne
|
developmental biology,
evolutionary biology,
genetics,
botany
|
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
|
Golm
|
botany,
structural biology,
cell biology,
physiology
|
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
|
Garching /
Greifswald
|
particle physics,
plasma physics,
quantum mechanics
|
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
|
Mainz
|
structural biology,
cell biology
chemistry,
solid-state physics,
materials science
|
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry
|
Munich
|
developmental biology,
evolutionary biology,
genetics,
immunology, infection biology,
medicine,
neuroscience,
physiology,
cognitive science,
|
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
|
Nijmegen (
Netherlands)
|
cognitive science,
linguistics
|
Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics
|
Garching
|
particle physics,
plasma physics,
quantum mechanics
|
Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
|
Bonn
|
astronomy,
astrophysics
|
Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy
|
Bochum
|
computer science
|
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
|
Cologne
|
social and
behavioural sciences
|
Max Planck Institute for Software Systems
|
Kaiserslautern /
Saarbrücken
|
computer science
|
Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
|
Göttingen
|
astronomy,
astrophysics
|
Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
|
Stuttgart
|
chemistry,
solid-state physics,
materials science,
particle physics,
plasma physics,
quantum mechanics
|
Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
|
Hamburg
|
solid-state physics,
materials science
|
Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials
|
Düsseldorf
|
chemistry,
solid-state physics,
materials science
|