PULS/CE Archive

Issue 21 April 2013

Topics of this issue are:

Eisner’s heirs
STOP: Avoid rotten food!
Surviving with symbiotic bacteria
Not without my microbes
Economic fine-tuning of plant defenses

Issue 20 November 2012

Topics of this issue are:

Subterranean Research Unit Starts Operation
Elucidating Insecticide Resistance
How Plants Make Cocaine
Behavioral Assays in the Flywalk
Aphid Warning!

Issue 19 April 2012

Topics of this issue are:

Controlled by the Biological Clock!
Using Plants to Silence Insect Genes
Every Cue Counts!
"Back to the Roots!"
Kick-off for a Max Planck Partner Group in India

Issue 18 October 2011

Topics of this issue are:

First Work Party Day at MPI
Lollipops with Side Effects
Survival in the Insect Gut
Molecular Messages from the Antennae
Digestion Inhibitors as Plant Protectors

Issue 17 April 2011

Topics of this issue are:

Little Differences
Host Change Alters Toxic Cocktail
Small Genetic Changes with Major Consequences
Antibiotics in situ
Scent of a Poplar

Issue 16 October 2010

Topics of this issue are:

Nature Versus Wilderness
Little E/Z Changes Make a Big Difference
Lethal Backfire: Green Odor with Fatal Consequences for Voracious Caterpillars
Red Light Regulates Nectar Secretion
Two Plants, One Fraud

	Issue 15 April 2010 Topics of this issue are: Independent Research in the Max Planck Society Changing Flowering Times Protect Tobacco Plants Against Insect Herbivory Beewolves Protect Their Offspring with Antibiotics Channeling Scents in Fruit Flies

	Issue 14 September 2009 Topics of this issue are: Molecular Dowry for Offspring? Natural Defense Strategies Against Major Corn Pest Networking in Plant Defense

	Issue 13 April 2009 Topics of this issue are: Good Opportunities for Young Talent The Desert Smells Novel Electric Signals in Plants Leaf-Cutting Ants Protect Themselves with Antibiotics Silent Killers

	Issue 12 November 2008 Topics of this issue are: Career Grant for Max Planck Junior Scientist The Right Mixture Is Everything Savanne Ecology Junior Scientists Meet MPICE Alumni

	Issue 11 July 2008 Topics of this issue are: What to do with the "one-billion-dollar-bug"? How insects smell Otto Hahn Medal: Two recipients from MPICE

	Issue 10 February 2008 Topics of this issue are: Second Long Night of the Sciences in Jena Insect larvae detect unhealthy food Defend or grow?

	Issue 09 October 2007 Topics of this issue are: The 23rd Annual ISCE Meeting in Jena Surprise in the organic orchard - a healthier worm in the apple War between the Sexes: The MEDEA Contest Ectomycorrhiza: A mutually improved lifestyle

	Issue 08 April 2007 Topics of this issue are: RNA silencing in wild tobacco Ion channels: Already present in larval saliva? Special: MPG Partner Group with the NCL in Pune, India

	Issue 07 November 2006 Topics of this issue are: SOS - Save Our Sugars! Siderophores: ironing out the scarcity Report from the First International Conference on Glucosinolates in Jena 13 more Fellowships awarded in the International Max Planck Research School Issue 07 November 2006 also available in Portuguese

	Issue 06 July 2006 Topics of this issue are: News from the mustard oil bomb success story New plant protection agents against rost fungus diseases Finding the genetic basis of Picea abies resistance to bark beetle attack Staff portrait: The IT group - your friend and helper!

	Issue 05 March 2006 Topics of this issue are: One gene regulates the chemical cry for help Eavesdropping on volatile compounds Staff Portrait: HighTech in the basement

	Issue 04 December 2005 Special Issue: The International Max Planck Research School in Jena Issue 04 December 2005 also available in Korean

	Issue 03 October 2005 Topics of this issue are: First glance at the microevolutionary dynamics of a non-coding region Staff Portrait: Bündnis 10/Die Grünen Night on Campus Issue 03 October 2005 also available in Thai Issue 03 October 2005 also available in Italian Issue 03 October 2005 also available in Chinese

	Issue 02 August 2005 Topics of this issue are: Master of Self-Healing - Green algae close wounds by enzymatic activation of a protein cross-linking agent Enzyme as controller in nectar How many genes influence plant growth? Issue 02 August 2005 also available in Chinese

	Issue 01 April 2005 (pdf) Topics of this issue are.: Glucosinolates: Why does this effective defense mechanism in plants not harm the cabbage butterfly? Scientists find common roots for thousands of plant compounds MecWorm: Robot imitates gnawing caterpillar Issue 01 April 2005 also available in Chinese Issue 01 April 2005 also available in Italian

	Issue 00 Dezember 2004 (pdf) Topics of this issue are.: "Molecular Farming" of Pheromones: Sexual Attractants from Plants Pharmaceutical Products from the Sea: Bacteria in Marine Sponges produce Anti-tumor Substances Field Release with Genetically Modified Solanum nigrum Plants (Black Nightshade) Successfully Started