Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology

The Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology is located in Bremen, Germany. It was founded in 1992, almost a year after the foundation of its sister institute, the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology at Marburg.^[1] In 1996, the institute moved into new buildings at the campus of the University of Bremen. It is one of 80 institutes in the Max Planck Society (Max Planck Gesellschaft).

Currently, the institute consists of three departments with several associated research groups:

Biogeochemistry
Molecular Ecology
Symbiosis

Additionally, the following research groups reside in the institute.^[2]

Microbial Physiology
Greenhouse Gases
Microbial Genomics and Bioinformatics
Flow Cytometry
Metabolic Interactions
Microsensors
HGF MPG Joint Research Group for Deep-Sea Ecology and Technology
MARUM MPG Bridge Group Marine Glycobiology
Max Planck Research Group Microbial Metabolism
Marine Geochemistry Group
Max Planck Research Group for Marine Isotope Geochemistry

Degree programme

The MPI for Marine Microbiology offers the PhD programme "International Max-Planck Research School (IMPRS) of Marine Microbiology" (Marmic) together with the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, the University of Bremen and Jacobs University Bremen.