| Name
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Location
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Research areas
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| Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics
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Frankfurt
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cultural studies, social science, cognitive science, linguistics
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| Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
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Radolfzell / Konstanz
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evolutionary biology, ethology, ecology
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| Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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Leipzig
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developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, ethology, and cognitive science
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| Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
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Halle
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cultural studies, jurisprudence, social and behavioural sciences
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| Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
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Heidelberg
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astronomy, astrophysics
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| Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
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Garching
|
astronomy, astrophysics
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| Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History
|
Rome (Italy)
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cultural studies
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| Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
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Martinsried
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developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, immunology, infection biology, medicine, structural biology, cell biology
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| Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
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Jena
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microbiology, ecology, earth science, climatology
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| Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence
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Martinsried / Seewiesen
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organismic biology, ornithology, neurobiology, behavioural ecology, evolutionary biology, evolutionary genetics, neuroscience
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| Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing
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Cologne
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developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, structural biology, cell biology
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| Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine
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Münster
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developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, immunology, infection biology, medicine, structural biology, cell biology
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| Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen
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Tübingen
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developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, botany, structural biology, cell biology
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| Max Planck Institute of Biophysics
|
Frankfurt
|
developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, structural biology, cell biology
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| Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
|
Frankfurt
|
neuroscience
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| Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
|
Dresden
|
developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, neuroscience, structural biology, cell biology
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| Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
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Mainz
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chemistry, earth science, climatology
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| Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
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Leipzig
|
neuroscience, cognitive science, linguistics
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| Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
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Bonn
|
jurisprudence, social and behavioural sciences
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| Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
|
Golm
|
immunology, infection biology, medicine, structural biology, cell biology chemistry, solid-state physics, materials science
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| Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law
|
Freiburg
|
jurisprudence, social and behavioural sciences
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| Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
|
Tübingen
|
neuroscience, cognitive science,
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| 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
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| Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems
|
Magdeburg
|
structural biology, cell biology chemistry, complex systems
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| Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
|
Jena
|
developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, microbiology, ecology, neuroscience, botany
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| 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
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