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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 8h

🌟 Join us at the Open Day at Bildungscampus Heilbronn! 📅 Fri, 16 Oct 🕒 15–20h 📍 Gravity, Bildungscampus 11 Visit us there & discover our interactive experiences & experiments! 🔬✨ Max Planck Schools will be there, too! @mattertolife.bsky.social @mps-cognition.bsky.social @mps-photonics.bsky.social

Poster announcing the Open Day at Bildungscampus in Heilbronn on October 16th

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 9h

Our Cellular Biophysics Department is at the forefront of protein development research. Today, we learn about the research on synthetic bacteriophages by PhD student Maxence Lechemia.✨ Find out more by watching the video below! 👇🎬 #MPIMR #CellularBiophysics #Proteins #Research #Science #Biology

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

🤝 New cooperation between us & Fraunhofer IZI: SYNTHIA brings synthetic biology & immunology together to advance scalable cell-based immunotherapies. 🔬 NK cells could enable “off-the-shelf” therapies, while synthetic feeder systems aim to standardize production. www.mr.mpg.de/14683957/har...

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Harnessing Synthetic Cellular Systems as Immune Cell Boosters

How can cell-based immunotherapies for cancer and autoimmune diseases become more widely available in the long term? The SYNTHIA project is addressing this challenge: The Max Planck Institute for…

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

All together in Heilbronn! 📸 We are currently at the Bildungscampus for our Scientific Retreat. It’s science all day 🔬 with deep insights into our interdisciplinary research, andgreat socializing ☕️😀. Excited for more today! ✨ #MPIMR #MaxPlanck #ScienceRetreat #Heilbronn #Research #TeamSpirit

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🔬 Open PhD position in #ReproductiveMechanobiology! ERCStartingGrant-funded, 3 years, start Jan 2027 or asap. Microscopy, biomechanics, ex vivo tissue work, quantitative analysis. For Master’s in biology, biophysics, physics, bioengineering or rel. fields. 📩 bewerbermanagement.net/jobposting/5...

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PhD Position in reproductive mechanobiology (m/f/div)

The female reproductive tract is a highly dynamic system in which tissue mechanics, active forces, and fluid flow interact with cellular and physiological processes. Yet, how these physical…

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

In some countries weekend holidays are moved to create a long weekend. 🌴🎉 Not In Germany, unfortunately. 😔 This year, German Unity Day falls on a Saturday. Greetings for the holiday from Heidelberg! Do your grocery shopping on Friday! 😉 🛒🍂 #mpimr #maxplanck #TagDerDeutschenEinheit #Heidelberg

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Great visit from the MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization trainees! 🔬 They learned about our workshops, IT server rooms, the Chemical Biology labs & our historical library. 📔 Always a pleasure connecting with fellow Max Planck colleagues! 🤝 #MPIMR #MPIDS #Trainees #Research #Heidelberg

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🎉Congrats to Sarel Fleishman! 🎉 🥇 Our institute awarded the protein designer at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel the Otto Meyerhof Medal for his outstanding scientific contributions to the development of new proteins using computational methods. 🧬💻 www.mr.mpg.de/14683075/sar... #MPIMR

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

📣 Tomorrow, Wednesday, at 11 am in our institute! 🌟 A warm invitation to this year's Meyerhof Lecture by Sarel Fleishman (Weizmann Institute of Science), followed by the awarding of the Otto Meyerhof Medal.🏅 #maxplanck #mpimr #meyerhoflecture #medalceremony

Poster announcing the Meyerhof Lecture 2026 by Sarel Fleishman from Weizmann Institute of Science at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research on September 30 at 11 am

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🚀 The LEMS Conference begins today and our institute is proud to have a current and a former research group leader on the scientific committee, Peer Fischer and Kerstin Göpfrich respectively. Check out LEMS if you're interested in Synthetic Immunology, Organoids, and Molecular‑Systems Engineering!

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

💡It was wonderful to watch children and adults alike satisfy their thirst for knowledge at last Friday's Festival of Science and Curiosity at bsky.app/profile/embl...! 🔎 Our experiment exploring the light spectrum certainly caught many eyes and sparked enthusiastic questions. 🌈😍

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Our institute has a rich and diverse linguistic landscape. 🌍 Today is the #EuropeanDayOfLanguages, and we celebrate the multilingualism and multiculturalism of our research community. 🔬🗣️ #mpimr #maxplanck #EuropanDayOfLanguage #europe #culture

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🚀🎈Let's get started!😃 Together with our colleagues from the other Max Planck Institutes in Heidelberg, we're looking forward to welcoming lots of visitors at our booth at the Festival of Science & Curiosity at EMBL. Come on by—there's so much to see and do! Until 10 pm! 🌃 #sparkcuriosity #mpimr

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Our Nobel series concludes with the best finale: Stefan Hell, Director of our Optical Nanoscopy department! 🏆🔬✨ #NobelLaureate #MaxPlanck #Science #Optics

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Silver medal for our team "Troubleshooters" at the Minerva Cup 2026! 🥈⚽️ Hosted by the MPI Stuttgart institutes (MPI FKF & MPI IS) at TSV Jahn Büsnau, five teams battled for the trophy. Congrats to Team Mixed 1 for taking the win! 🏆 #maxplanck #MPIMR #MinervaCup #Football #sport

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

📣 We are happy to announce this year’s Meyerhof Symposium including the medal ceremony!🏅 The Meyerhof Lecture will be held by Sarel Fleishman (Weizmann Institute of Science @weizmann.ac.il). Everyone interested is welcome to attend the lecture! #maxplanck #mpimr #meyerhoflecture #medalceremony

Poster announcing the Meyerhof Lecture at MPI for Medical Research on September 30, held by Sarel Fleishman

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

✨The Festival of Science & Curiosity is almost here, and we're taking part, too! ✨ 📆 Friday, September 25, 3 pm to 10 pm 📍 at @embl.org, Heidelberg 🔬🧪🧬🪐💡Microscopy activitites, quizzes, workshops, and much more www.embl.org/events/festi... #maxplanck #mpimr #sparkcuriosity

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Festival of Science & Curiosity

A European Researchers’ Night event. Meet researchers, enjoy hands-on activities, workshops and talks.

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🦠 Happy #InternationalMicroorganismDay! To celebrate the engines of Earth’s biogeochemical cycles, Dr. Thomas Barends guides us through the creation of his #Winogradsky column. 🧪 Using sediment straight from the #Neckar, you can watch the river’s microbes self‑organize into vivid layers 📩 below!

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🧠 Health Weeks at the Max Planck Society 🩺 Over the next two weeks, our colleagues across all Max Planck Institutes are invited to take part in a series of digital events dedicated to #health and well-being! Good science only happens when you take care of yourself!

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🔬 Next in our Nobel Series: 1991 Laureate Bert Sakmann! 🧠 He revolutionized physiology by inventing the patch-clamp technique to measure micro-currents in single cell membranes. 👇Watch the video to learn more! #Science #Biophysics #MPI

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

📣 Today at 3 pm at our institute: Benedikt Goretzki will talk about "Chemical Biology in the era of AI at Isomorphic Labs" 🤩 Everyone interested is welcome to attend the talk in person! #mpimr #scientifictalks #science #chemicalbiology #ai #isomorphiclabs

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🔬 Nobel Series Episode 3: Walther Bothe! ⚛️ He received the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics for developing the coincidence method with Hans Geiger. His discoveries laid the foundations of nuclear spectroscopy. Watch the video to discover more 👇 #Science #NobelPrize #Physics #MPIMR

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🌟Congratulations to Stephanie Möllmert on her ERC starting grant!🌟 The funding by @erc.europe.eu for her project REPROMECH will enable her to investigate the physical & mechanical conditions in the fallopian tube. We're convinced her work will make a significant impact.🔬🚀Best wishes! #mpimr #ERCStG

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

🎉Exciting news! We’re thrilled to welcome Stephanie Möllmert as new research group leader! 👩‍🔬 Her group "Reproductive Mechanobiology" studies forces and mechanical conditions in the female reproductive tract. 🔬 Have a great start with us, @stephmoellmert.bsky.social!🤝🚀 www.mr.mpg.de/14679386/new...

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Stephanie Möllmert is new research group leader

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Science & History 📚️ 🏛️ After more than 50 years, our colleague Herbert Zimmermann says farewell to our institute. 👋 Since 1967, he has shaped the institute through science and his dedication to preserving its history. 👉️ Find out more: www.mr.mpg.de/14678469/a-s... #MPMR #maxplanck #science #legacy

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

🔬 Launching Episode 2 of our Nobel Prize Series: Richard Kuhn. He mapped carotenoids and vitamins B2 and B6, later serving as Director at what is now our institute. 🥕✨ #Science #NobelPrize #MPI

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

📣🗓 Join us for our next Rudolf Mößbauer Colloquium on Monday! We're delighted to welcome Benedikt Goretzki, Isomorphic Labs. Everyone interested is welcome to attend the talk in person! #mpimr #maxplanck #RMC #Colloquium #Research #Science #scientifictalk #academictalk #ScienceCommunity

Poster of Rudolf Mößbauer Colloquium with Benedikt Goretzki at MPI for Medical Research

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

💡 Today's #ScienceSpotlight features our PhD student Juliane Bernhard from the Department of Cellular Biophysics as she uses microfluidic technology to study how our immune cells fights cancer! 🥊

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Can you guess the lab equipment? 🕵️‍♂️🔬 👇️ Take a look at the the video and match it to one of our departments. #mpimr #maxplanck #opticalnanoscopy #cellularbiophysics #science #chemicalbiology #biomolecularmechanisms #labequipment #guessthelabequipment

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

On World Photography Day, let's travel back into the past together. 📸✨ What difference can you spot between our institute then and now? 👀 #maxplanck #MPIMR #WorldPhotographyDay

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Today, we celebrate something that doesn’t always make it into the headlines: persistence. 🏋️ To every researcher who have ever stared at a failed experiment and thought: “What can we learn from this?” 🎊 Happy Never Give Up Day! 🥳

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

🔬 Visualizing Cellular Uptake of Lipid Nanoparticles III This depth projection by Maximilian Fidlin is color-coded to reveal the 3D positions of the lipid nanoparticles. Here, the particles remain outside the cell due to inhibited cellular uptake. #maxplanck #MPIMR #BiomembraneEngineering

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

🔬 Visualizing Cellular Uptake of Lipid Nanoparticles II Captured by Gyu Min Hwang: nuclei (green) and lysosomes (pink). After entering the cell, lipid nanoparticles are broken down in a cell's lysosomes. Tracking their distribution and fate allows our researchers to optimize nanoparticle design.

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

As the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth during today's solar eclipse, don’t forget to protect your eyes! 🌒☀️ The #eclipse will be visible from 7 PM in Heidelberg in the west-northwest and, incidentally, our institute happens to be an ideal spot to watch it. 👀✨ #MPIMR #Heidelberg

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

This week features breathtaking images from @kejahnke.bsky's Biomembrane Engineering group! Pictured: HeLa cells with lipid vesicles. By changing the composition of the lipid vesicles, PhD candidate Gabriele Rigano investigates how these modifications influence cellular uptake.

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

“How do you make the invisible visible?” 🤔 💡 Our director Stefan Hell answers this question in the Podcast. He constantly develops optical nanoscopy at our institute + @mpi-nat.bsky.social + abberior. 👉 Find out more - link to the interview below! buff.ly/BS5oYgm #mpimr #maxplanck #spektrum

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Cats & Science? 🐱🎉 Cats have a long history of working alongside researchers. From acting as sources of inspiration, to being "co-authors" on groundbreaking physics papers. 📚✨ Drop your cat photos and their stories in the comments! 👇💬 #mpimr #maxplanck #CatDay26 #CatLovers #FelineFriends

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

💭 To all who dream of following in the footsteps of our talented researchers: Here’s some advice from our Master’s intern, Anastasiia Lokteva, who has traveled far to find the lab that fits her way in science: "Trust your gut feeling!" 🥼 #maxplanck #MPIMR #intern #molecularbiotechnology

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

💻️ In honor of System Administrator Appreciation Day, let’s celebrate the brains behind the screen! 🎂 🎉

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

🎓 Happy National Intern Day! 🌟 Today we celebrate our talented interns who bring fresh perspectives, creativity, and dynamism to our research every day. We’re glad you’re part of our team! ✨ PD: Can you name the molecule they form? 🤔 #mpimr #maxplanck #internships

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

🔬 Launching our Nobel Prize Series: Spotlight on Otto Fritz Meyerhof. He received the 1922 Nobel Prize of Medicine for his research on how muscles convert glycogen to lactic acid for energy, later leading the Physiology Dept at what is now @mpimf-heidelberg.bsky.social 🧠⚡️ #mpimr #maxplanck

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

🎉 Heidelberg will be celebrating science – all the way into the night! 🌙 👉 At the European Researchers' Night, the Festival of Science and Curiosity, on September 25. 🗓️ It's a fantastic event that @embl.org is bringing back to Heidelberg! ✨🙌 We're already looking forward to it!

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

💨 Blowing off steam the scientific way! This nitrogen cylinder holds 700L of compressed gas and needs to be emptied before storage. Can your stress relief be seen across the sky? 😜☕️ #nitrogen #MPIMR #maxplanck #blowingoffsteam #stressrelief

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Great colleagues + great weather + great BBQ = 💯 Our research groups led by Viktorija @glembockyte.bsky.social, Kevin @kejahnke.bsky.social & Roman @romansarott.bsky.social t.bsky.social came together in our institute garden for a wonderful afternoon! 🌞🤝 #mpimr #TeamSpirit #InstituteLife

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The perfect end to a busy day! 🌇 A few of us attended #AllianceSplash hosted by the Alliance @hlsalliance.bsky.social. Insights into the latest developments, great research posters, conversations with wonderful people. Oh, and a nice rooftop terrace!😀☀️ #Networking #mpimr #science

Employees of Max Planck Institute for Medical Research and more people on a roof terrace

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Today is #WorldBrainDay 🧠! The Optical Microscopy Facility, run by Dr. Elisa D'Este, brings you a snapshot of synapses captured by our optical nanoscopes! The hippocampus is the foundation of learning: it consolidates information into long-term memory, enabling us to study the brain itself! 🔬

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

🤩🚧👩‍🔬 An empty hall today. A research hub tomorrow! Transformation has begun at our #future second site in Heilbronn: state-of-the-art labs, a welcoming foyer & space shared with the #MaxPlanck Schools. Can't wait to see this come to life! #mpimr @mps-cognition.bsky.social @mps-photonics.bsky.social

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Hall under construction, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research Heilbronn

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

🥼Today’s #ScienceFunFact is brought to you by Ana Sánchez Ferrón from the Single Molecule Sensing research group! Tune in to learn about #DNAOrigami, a tiny technology with a big impact. 📏

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

👉️ Today! 🤩 We are pleased to welcome @martinpacesa.bsky.social (University of Zurich, Institute of Pharmacology) at 10 am at our institute! 🤩 Everyone is welcome to join. #mpimr #maxplanck #RMC #Colloquium

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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

❔🤔 What's it like to start your own research group? ❕ 💡 Our group leader @kejahnke.bsky.social shares insights into his journey in a conversation with @gso-forresearchers.bsky.social. Link to the interview below! 🌟 #mpimr #maxplanck #scientificcareer

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