19/06/2026
What if an accepted scientific limit wasn't really a limit?
That question guided Nobel Laureate Stefan Hell throughout much of his career. At a time when many researchers believed the resolution of light microscopes had reached a fundamental boundary, Hell pursued a different vision: finding new ways to see the invisible.
His pioneering work led to super-resolution microscopy, a family of techniques that allows scientists to observe structures inside cells with unprecedented detail. By pushing beyond what was once thought possible, he transformed microscopy from a tool for observing cells into one capable of revealing molecular-scale processes in living systems.
For these groundbreaking achievements, Hell shared the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Eric Betzig and William E. Moerner.
We are delighted to welcome Nobel Laureate Stefan Hell to Lindau this summer at ✨
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences