Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology

Welcome to the web pages of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Plön!

We are an internationally oriented institution dedicated to exploring the principles, mechanisms, and impacts of evolutionary change. The institute comprises the departments of Theoretical Biology and Microbial Population Biology, along with several independent research groups. Currently, around 180 individuals from over 30 nations are actively contributing to research at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Plön. Discover more about our research activities under the "Research" section and stay updated on the innovative insights generated by our diverse and collaborative team.
New Nesting Opportunities for Birds – A Project for Greater Biodiversity at MPI EvolBio in Plön 

New Nesting Opportunities for Birds – A Project for Greater Biodiversity at MPI EvolBio in Plön
 

Same but different: how closely related bacteria differ from each otherStudy lead by researchers from Kiel University and the MPI-EB in Plön shows how strains of the disease-causing bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa differ in their type VI secretion system

Same but different: how closely related bacteria differ from each other
Study lead by researchers from Kiel University and the MPI-EB in Plön shows how strains of the disease-causing bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa differ in their type VI secretion system

Properties of Winning Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma Strategies

Properties of Winning Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma Strategies

Two Group Leaders from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology Complete Prestigious Leadership Program 

Two Group Leaders from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology Complete Prestigious Leadership Program
 

New Study Reveals the Social Leverage Effect: How Institutions Transform Weak Reputation Incentives into Strong Cooperation Drivers

New Study Reveals the Social Leverage Effect: How Institutions Transform Weak Reputation Incentives into Strong Cooperation Drivers

New findings on ecological and evolutionary dynamics of urinary tract infections

New findings on ecological and evolutionary dynamics of urinary tract infections

Cooperation in Society: How Our Memory Influences Our Behavior

Cooperation in Society: How Our Memory Influences Our Behavior

New Method for Analyzing Microbiome Interactions

New Method for Analyzing Microbiome Interactions

Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Does Evolutionary Medicine Offer New Therapeutic Approaches? 

Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Does Evolutionary Medicine Offer New Therapeutic Approaches?
 

Workshop on the Future of Evolutionary Graph Theory Held at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology

Workshop on the Future of Evolutionary Graph Theory Held at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology

Science in Dialogue: New Lecture Series starts at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Plön 

Science in Dialogue: New Lecture Series starts at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Plön
 

No Reason for Concern about Genetic Erosion

No Reason for Concern about Genetic Erosion

Successful Symposium on Antibiotic Resistance "Evolutionary biology meets the antibiotic crisis" 

Successful Symposium on Antibiotic Resistance "Evolutionary biology meets the antibiotic crisis"
 

New DFG research group ‘DynaSym’ in cooperation with the University of Konstanz.

New DFG research group ‘DynaSym’ in cooperation with the University of Konstanz.

Evolution evolves! A new scientific understanding of evolution is emerging 

Evolution evolves!
A new scientific understanding of evolution is emerging
 

City of Plön Takes Sponsorship of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology

City of Plön Takes Sponsorship of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology

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The Biodiversity Group at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology (MPI EvolBio) has launched a special project to promote biodiversity: new nesting opportunities for birds have been created at Schöhsee. The recently installed nesting tubes ...

Study lead by researchers from Kiel University and the MPI-EB in Plön shows how strains of the disease-causing bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa differ in their type VI secretion system

An international research team from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Cardiff University, and Google has reexamined Axelrod's groundbreaking work. By simulating over 195 strategies in thousands of tournaments, the study revealed that ...

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