MPI Videos
See to understand - the video page of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology
Here we provide videos from some research areas of the institute.
Gene Drive - Explainer Video (German)
MrWissen2go Mirko Drotschmann explains the methods of the Gene Drive. Expert interviews with Chaitanya Gokhale (Research Group Leader Theoretical Models of Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics) and Guy Reeves (Department Evolutionary Genetics).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP1NWy1izaQ
How sex can help to win the race
Pauline is a PhD student in the Department of Microbial Population Biology, this video explains the topic of her PhD thesis. She won first place in the IMPRS 2020 video competition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl-IOCm_uH4
How residents may give insights into the genomic variation seen in a migratory bird
This video was made by Andrea Bours, PhD student at the Max Planck Institute, research group Behavioural Genomics. It made 2nd place at the video competition of our International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) in 2020. Andrea explains in this video what her PhD project is about.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA-lv4dNV04
Do New Genes Stem From the Non-Coding Part of the Genome During Fast Adaptation Processes?
Diethard Tautz explains new research approaches for Evolutionary Genetics.