The next generation of emerging scientists gathered at MPZPM from July 20 to 21. The symposium offered the opportunity to actively shape #research at the intersection of #physics and #medicine as research group leaders at MPZPM. See more 👉 mpl.mpg.de/news/article... 📸 MPL

International Quantum Symposium in Honor of Gerd Leuchs: Twenty-seven active program partners and over 100 participants joined the symposium in Erlangen to celebrate Prof. Gerd Leuchs. Discover more 👉 mpl.mpg.de/news/article... 📸 MPL

From June 10 to 12, 2026, more than 70 scientists from across the world gathered at MPL in Erlangen for the second edition of “Frontiers of Neuromorphic Computing”. #neuromorphiccomputing Selected sessions are available to watch on Youtube 👉 www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... 📸 MPL

Paris Week from July 15-17 in Erlangen brought together researchers from Paris-based scientific institutions matched by participants from FAU, MPL, MPZPM, and UKER. They worked to establish a network of collaborations pushing the boundaries of the new emerging field of Physics and Medicine. 📸 MPL

Researchers at MPL and Harvard University have succeeded in developing three functional components for photonic microchips that are up to 500 times smaller than conventional designs. The results have been published in Nature Communications 👉 doi.org/10.1038/s414... #integratedphotonics 📸 MPL

Researchers at MPL, the unihannover.bsky.social and the @leibnizipht.bsky.social have developed a new type of optical fiber by freezing liquid core optical fibers (LiCOF) in nitrogen at -196 °C. The study has been published in @optica.org 👉 doi.org/10.1364/OPTI... 📸 Philipp Denghel #science

Mark your calendars: “How do you feel” – Symposium in memory of Jochen Guck, late director of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light 🗓️ September 21-22, 2026 📍 MPZPM, Erlangen Find out more and register here 👉 indico.mpl.mpg.de/event/26/ #science #biophysics #research

We are celebrating the 10th anniversary of our institute building! 🎉 On this occasion, the public summer event of MPL’s support association took place. Find out more 👉 mpl.mpg.de/about-us/sup... 📸 MPL #Science #Research

During a visit to the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, students from the Middle Franconia Gifted Program learned about selected #research projects. The visit to the MPL provided a first glimpse into fundamental research. 📸 MPL, Susanne Viezens #Science #FutureScientists

Scientific exchange at the intersection of #physics and #medicine: this is the Paris Week in Erlangen at MPZPM. 🕒 July 15-17, 2026 📍 MPZPM, Kussmaulallee 2, Erlangen You can find more information here 👉 mpzpm.mpg.de/news/events/...

Congratulations! Our research group leader Dr. Viola Introini received the IUPAP Early Career Scientist Prize at the International Conference on Biological Physics. The IUPAP is honoring her work in the field of biophysical malaria research. 📸 MPL #Biophysics #Science #Research #IUPAP

Don’t miss out on this #talk part of our Lectures on Physics and Medicine series #LPM! 📅 ✍️ 👤 Oskar Hallatschek, UC Berkeley ▶️ Microfluidic Island Biogeography 🕒 July 9, 3 pm CET 📍 MPZPM, Kussmaulallee 2, Erlangen 👉 Zoom access: eu02web.zoom-x.de/j/6541025550... #Biophysics #Science #Research

Our research group leader Dr. Clara Wanjura, winner of the Gustav Hertz Prize 2026, talked to dpgphysik.bsky.social about her research on neuromorphic systems and how they could help make #AI more energy-efficient and sustainable (video in german language).

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Was sind neuromorphe Systeme? Wofür können wir sie einsetzen und wie können sie den Einsatz von KI energieschonender und effizienter machen? Dr. Clara Wanjura @mpi-scienceoflight.bsky.social hat es uns erklärt. Das Video dazu findet Ihr auf unserem YouTube-Kanal: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r1q...

Join us in celebrating the 10th #anniversary of our institute building! Gain insights into how scientists work at our #research institute, find out how you can support them & what benefits you will enjoy. 📆 July 9, 2026 Please register via email (friends@mpl.mpg.de). 👉 mpl.mpg.de/about-us/sup...

New #publication “Nano–electron volt Fourier-limited transition of a single surface-adsorbed molecule” by our #NanoOptics Division! Vahid Sandoghdar, Masoud Mirzaei, & Alexey Shkarin explain the #research behind the paper. 👉 www.science.org/doi/full/10.... #Science #QuantumPhysics #QuantumOptics

Don't miss out on this workshop, organized, among others, by MPL research group leader Dr. Katja Zieske! 📆 June 30, 2026 🕒 12:00 – 13:45 CEST 👉 Zoom-ID: 961 7810 6979 Passcode: DGZ_FW

Dorothe Burggraf, MPL's head of #administration & #infrastructure: “I welcome the UN highlighting the contributions of public service employees with today's #PublicServiceDay. Those who work in the administration of a #research institute experience the fascination of #science firsthand.”

Congratulations to MPL #research group leader Dr. Hanieh Fattahi & her team 👏 🏅 2026 #HelmholtzPrize for the development of #FemtosecondFieldoscopy, a new technique for the high-precision analysis of optical electric fields under ambient conditions 👉 mpl.mpg.de/news/article... 📸 S. Spangenberg

On this #ThankYouEditorsTuesday, we'd like to thank our outgoing #OPG_OpEx Deputy Editor Maria Chekhova, @mpi-scienceoflight.bsky.social. Thank you for supporting @opg.optica.org and in particular Optics Express!

The birthday #symposium for our founding director Gerd Leuchs features two panel discussions: ⚛️ How far do we understand the quantum mechanical measurement process? ⚛️ The mode definition of quantum states and its information content 👉 mpl.mpg.de/events/event... 🎥 MPL #optics #quantumscience

A Network for Artificial Intelligence: @ellis.eu Unit Franconia established – a collaboration between @uni-wuerzburg.de, @fau.de and Technische Universität Nürnberg (UTN). 🎉Congrats to Unit Directors Florian Marquardt, Radu Timofte and Wolfram Burgard @fmarquardtgroup.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy

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🎉 7 new ELLIS Units join our network Units Franconia 🇩🇪, Grenoble 🇫🇷, and NRW 🇩🇪 strengthen existing hubs; Units Slovenia 🇸🇮and Sweden 🇸🇪 add new countries; Units Czechia 🇨🇿& Denmark 🇩🇰 expand from city to national Units. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4nN3vcD

Save the date for the next event in our Distinguished Lecturer Series #DLS 📅 ✍️ 👤 Klaus Ensslin, ETH Zürich ▶️ Bilayer graphene: rich in physics and good for devices 🕒 May 21, 2 pm CET 📍 MPL, Staudtstr. 2, Erlangen 👉 Zoom: eu02web.zoom-x.de/j/6124526537... #talk #quantum #science #quantumscience

Happy #lightday2026 The basic #research conducted by our scientists @ MPL focuses on the interaction between light and matter, with the use and study of #laser #light playing a particularly important role. Do you want to see what inpires us? 🎥 MPL & Tanya Chekhova 🔊 pixabay @idlofficial.bsky.social

TDSU “Micro- and Nanostructuring” & #Research Group Maria Chekhova “Quantum Radiation” T-shaped SiN nanoresonators generate quasi-BIC resonance, boosting spontaneous four-wave mixing for entangled photons. 👉 mpl.mpg.de 👤 C. Son, K. Ludwig, I. Harder 📸 E. Butzen #QuantumPhotonics #Nanophotonics

#MayThe4thBeWithYou – Happy #StarWarsDay! While lightsabers remain firmly rooted in the realm of science fiction, MPL’s scientists are actually researching light and its interaction with matter. May the ( #laser) force be with you! 📸 MPL #Photonics #QuantumOptics

New review in Applied Physics Reviews: Prof. Stephan Götzinger and Dr. Alexey Shkarin, both research group leaders at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, provide a comprehensive overview of molecular #quantum emitters and the underlying #photophysics 📄 pubs.aip.org/aip/apr/arti...

Organic molecules as single-photon sources

The development of single-photon sources has been nothing but rapid in recent years, with quantum emitter-based systems showing especially impressive progress.

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The Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung has awarded @lmoeckl.bsky.social (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light) with its publication prize for "Ångström-resolution imaging of cell-surface glycans" in Nature Nanotechnology 2025. 📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #biophysics 📸 Stephan Spangenberg

Don’t miss out on this #talk part of our Lectures on Physics and #Medicine series #LPM at MPZPM! 📅 ✍️ 👤 Andreas Bausch, tum.de ▶️ Structure Formation in Organoid Systems 🕒 Thursday, April 30 at 2 pm CET 📍 MPZPM, Kussmaulallee 2, Erlangen #Science #Research

"Light, Lasers & Quanta" To mark the 75th (+1) birthday of Gerd Leuchs, founding director of MPL, leading researchers from around the world will gather in June for a #symposium to explore current frontiers in #QuantumScience, technologies & modern #Optics. 📸 MPL 👉 mpl.mpg.de/events/event...

#Malaria remains one of the most devastating #infectiousdiseases wordwide. Today's #WordMalariaDay is held to raise #MalariaAwareness. At the Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin Viola Introini @vascularinfection.bsky.social studies its biophysical mechanisms. 👉 mpzpm.mpg.de/research/vio...