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.
Properties of Winning Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma Strategies
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 findings on ecological and evolutionary dynamics of urinary tract infections
Cooperation in Society: How Our Memory Influences Our Behavior
New Method for Analyzing Microbiome Interactions
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
Science in Dialogue: New Lecture Series starts at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Plön
No Reason for Concern about Genetic Erosion
Successful Symposium on Antibiotic Resistance "Evolutionary biology meets the antibiotic crisis"
New DFG research group ‘DynaSym’ in cooperation with the University of Konstanz.
Evolution evolves!
A new scientific understanding of evolution is emerging
City of Plön Takes Sponsorship of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology
Exploring the evolution of social norms with a supercomputer
Workshop on Evolutionary Single-Cell Biology
Rent-a-Scientist 2024:
Christine Pfeifle and Kristian Ullrich inspire students as part of the "Rent-a-Scientist" programme
Change of Managing Director
Symposium to mark the 10th anniversary of the Department of Theoretical Biology
Evolution of reciprocity with limited payoff memory
Evolutionary Diversification and Innovation:
Dr. Nathalie Feiner becomes new research group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology
News
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 ...
The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology is pleased to announce the successful completion of the “Sign Up! for Leadership” program by two of its outstanding group leaders, Dr. Markéta Kaucká and Dr. Linda Odenthal-Hesse. Both scientists were ...
Institutions form the backbone of human societies. They foster cooperation by rewarding prosocial behaviour and punishing selfish actions. However, they face a fundamental paradox: while they are designed to incentivise cooperation, institutions ...