Door 17 of our advent calendar reveals a delicious treat!🧇 Yesterday, the Institute's Christmas party table offered a feast of self-made contributions, one of which were waffles branded by Kerstin Göpfrich's research group, who bid us goodbye.👋 We wish them all the best! 😊

No one likes socks for Christmas??🧦🤔Day 18 of our advent calendar challenges this myth by featuring a gift-worthy pair of patterned socks inspired by one of the scientific departments at our Institute. 🎁🤗Can you guess which one? Look out for more designs in the coming days!

Day 19 of our advent calendar has another reimagined Christmas gift classic in stock: the comfy sweater! 🧥Again, the design is inspired by one of our scientific departments.🎁 Do you know which one it is? 👀Grab a sweater and keep warm!♨️

Congrats to our PhD student Ana!

Day 20 of our advent calendar imagines a snowy scene in front of our Institute.🌨️ Hello Mr. Snowman - nice to meet you! ⛄️

Day 21 of our advent calendar marks the start of our Christmas tree countdown to the 24th: each day a new tree!🎄 Today's tree was found in one of our Chemistry labs. 👀⚗️

Day 22 of our advent calendar accommodates another candidate for our Christmas tree countdown till the 24th: a tree decorated with colourful bubbles filled with amyloid-albumin fibers.🪩🎄 (Image by Carolina Diaz).

Day 23 of our advent calendar features the last Christmas tree for our festive countdown, provided by the Optical Nanoscopy department! 🎄 The holidays are upon us! 🎇 🥳 (Image by Richard Lincoln, Ph.D.)

Day 24 has arrived! 🥳Our Institute wishes you Merry Christmas and happy holidays! 🎄🎉Have a joyful and festive break and take good care of yourselves! See you soon!🌟

Bye bye 2024 👋We are ready for 2025! ✨The Institute wishes you a wonderful New Year's Eve tonight🎇 See you in the new year! 🥂🎉

Happy New Year! 🎇We hope you had a great start into 2025.🗓️ We cannot wait to learn what the new year has in store for us! Let's get lucky!🍀😊

🚀🥳We are very excited to be on #Bluesky now too! 🎉Follow us there and please spread the word! ♥️We look forward to making contacts and talking about science! 🤗🤝 👉Bluesky: mpi-mr.bsky.social

In last week's guessing game, we challenged you to figure out the correct lab equipment as pictured in detail.🤔 Here's the solution: It's a NanoPhotometer NP80! Did you get it right? Stay tuned for future guessing games of this photo series!📷

Such fascinating discoveries, such exciting fields of research! 🚀

Just a quick 👋 "Hi" from our construction site while enjoying the beautiful weather during lunch break. 🌞

🆕Did you her the news? We're on Bluesky now! 🦋🥳Follow for news about our research, our people, our institute, and more 🧬👩‍🔬🧑‍🔬🧪See you there! 👉Bluesky: mpi-mr.bsky.social

Congratulations to our director Stefan W. Hell!

We are suspending our activities on X and focusing on communication on Bluesky and LinkedIn. Let's stay in touch there! 💬🤗 👉bsky.app: mpi-mr.bsky.social 👉Linkedin.com/company/mpimr