The Euclid space telescope contains technology from two Max Planck Institutes

Development work with a clear perspective

Planning a space telescope mission like Euclid allows for only one launch attempt. Researchers and engineering teams from the Max Planck Society have had to overcome major challenges to make the technology work in space. They have developed optical components and parts of the instruments on board, a…

Messung des Motorprotein Kinesin-1 (rot), wie es auf den Mikrotubuli (weiß) entlang „läuft“. Die Beobachtung der 2D-Bewegungen einzelner Kinesin-1-Dimere (auf der Skizze in verschiedenen Farben) unter physiologischen ATP-Konzentrationen zeigt auf, wie sie entlang einzelner Bahnen voranschreiten. MINFLUX erfasst dabei bisher unerkannte Details der Bewegung des Motorproteins auf einzelnen Protofilamenten des Mikrotubulus (grau skizziert) und unterstreicht so das Potenzial von MINFLUX als revolutionäre Methode zur Beobachtung von Konformationsänderungen in Proteinen. (Bild: MPI für medizinische Forschung) / Detailed measurement of how the motor protein kinesin-1 (red) walks on microtubules (white). Tracking of the 2D movements of individual kinesin-1 dimers (color coded on the sketch) at physiological ATP concentrations revealed key details of how the protein walks in individual lanes. MINFLUX facilitated near protofilament tracking of the motor protein on the microtubule (sketched in grey) and highlights the effectiveness of MINFLUX as a tool for monitoring conformational changes in proteins. (Photo: MPI for Medical Research)

24.03.2023
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Devices

Pushing the MINFLUX technique to higher spatial and temporal precision allows protein dynamics to be observed under physiological conditions

Fast even at the nanometer level: major advance in super-resolution fluorescence microscopy

Scientists led by Nobel Laureate Stefan Hell at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg have developed a super-resolution microscope with a spatio-temporal precision of one nanometer per millisecond. An improved version of their recently introduced MINFLUX super-resolution micros…

Ultraschall bildet ein Schallfeld in dem Partikel zu einem Objekt geformt wrden. Kai Melde, MPI for Medical Research, Heidelberg University / The use of sound waves to create a pressure field to print particles. Kai Melde, MPI for Medical Research, Heidelberg University

25.02.2023
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3D printing

Scientists introduce a new technology to assemble matter in 3D using sound waves for 3D printing.

Creating 3D objects with sound

Scientists from the Micro, Nano and Molecular Systems Lab at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research and the Institute for Molecular Systems Engineering and Advanced Materials at Heidelberg University have created a new technology to assemble matter in 3D. Their concept uses multiple acoustic…

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