Microscopic imaging

Boudinot, B. E.; Bock, B. L.; Tröger, D.; Weingardt, M.; Hammel, J. U.; Grabe, V.; Solórzano-Kraemer, M. M.; Jandausch, K.; Oberski, J. T.; Schmuck, T.: Discovery of Goethe’s amber ant: its phylogenetic and evolutionary implications. Scientific Reports 16, 2880 (2026)

Carr, S. C.; McDonald, A.; Langley, C.; Grabe, V.; Gase, K.; O’Connor, S. E.: Protein-protein interactions modulate a key branch point in monoterpene indole alkaloid biosynthesis. ACS Chemical Biology 21 (1), pp. 8 - 13 (2026)

Carr, S. C.; Wu, S.; Gase, K.; Nakamura, Y.; Kamileen, M. O.; Kunert, M.; Heinicke, S.; Kang, M.; Grabe, V.; Caputi, L. et al.; O’Connor, S. E.: Tuning reductase activity in monoterpene indole alkaloid biosynthesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 123 (25), e2605425123 (2026)

Florean, M.; Schultz, H.; Grabe, V.; Luck, K.; O’Connor, S. E.; Köllner, T. G.: A pseudoenzyme enables indole biosynthesis in eudicot plants. Nature Chemical Biology 22, pp. 120 - 127 (2026)

Schlüter, S.; Florean, M.; Nakamura, Y.; Kang, G.; Heinicke, S.; Luck, K.; Grabe, V.; O’Connor, S. E.; Köllner, T. G.: De novo biosynthesis of halogenated benzoxazinoids in Nicotiana benthamiana. Metabolic Engineering 96, pp. 331 - 341 (2026)

van de Peppel, L. J. J.; Grabe, V.; Lehenberger, M.; Becker, F. F. M.; Holighaus, G.; Biedermann, P. H. W.: The evolution of fungus farming in ship-timber beetles (Coleoptera: Lymexyloidea). Systematic Entomology 51 (2), e70056 (2026)

Colinas, M.; Morweiser, C.; Dittberner, O.; Chioca, B.; Alam, R. M.; Leucke, H.; Nakamura, Y.; Serna Guerrero, D. A.; Heinicke, S.; Kunert, M. et al.; Wurlitzer, J.; Ploss, K.; Hong, B.; Grabe, V.; Lopes, A. A.; O’Connor, S. E.: Ipecac alkaloid biosynthesis in two evolutionarily distant plants. Nature Chemical Biology 23 (8), pp. 3414 - 3416 (2025)

Furch, A. C. U.; Zimmermann, M. R.; Noll, G. A.; Wrobel, L. S.; Scholz, S. S.; Buxa-Kleeberg, S. V.; Hafke, J. B.; Fliegmann, J.; Mithöfer, A.; Ehlers, K. et al.; Haufschild, T.; Nötzold, J.; Koch, A. M.; Grabe, V.; Teutemacher, F.; Maaß, J.-P.; Prüfer, D.; Oelmüller, R.; Peiter, E.; Kogel, K.-H.; van Bel, A. J. E.: Transformation of flg22 perception into electrical signals decoded in vasculature leads to sieve tube blockage and pathogen resistance. Science Advances 11, eads6417 (2025)

Grzech, D.; Smit, S. J.; Alam, R. M.; Boccia, M.; Nakamura, Y.; Hong, B.; Barbole, R.; Heinicke, S.; Kunert, M.; Seibt, W. et al.; Grabe, V.; Caputi, L.; Lichman, B. R.; O’Connor, S. E.; Aharoni, A.; Sonawane, P. D.: Incorporation of nitrogen in antinutritional Solanum alkaloid biosynthesis. Nature Chemical Biology 21, pp. 131 - 142 (2025)

Jałoszyński, P.; Meira, O. M.; Yavorskaya, M. I.; Prokin, A.; Grabe, V.; Beutel, R. G.: The morphology of the rare beetle Silphopsyllus desmanae (Leiodidae), a commensal of the semiaquatic russian desman. Journal of Morphology 286 (3), e70031 (2025)

Kamileen, M. O.; Nakamura, Y.; Siegmund, M.; Keshan, R.; Grabe, V.; Heinicke, S.; Kunert, M.; Hong, B.; Alam, R. M.; Kang, G. et al.; Caputi, L.; O’Connor, S. E.: Conserved early steps of stemmadenine biosynthesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry 302 (2), 111120 (2025)

Li, Z.; Wang, Q.; Knebel, D.; Grabe, V.; Ulrich, Y.: Division of labour in colony defence in a clonal ant. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 380 (1922), 20230270 (2025)

Pallavi, N.; Reddy, Y. N. P.; Govind, G.; Reichelt, M.; Wekesa, C.; Furch, C. U. A.; Grabe, V.; Shaanker, R. U.; Oelmüller, R.; Nataraja, K. N.: Fusarium incarnatum strain K23 reprograms the response of tomato seedlings to salt stress. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 44, pp. 7138 - 7156 (2025)

Boccia, M.; Kessler, D.; Seibt, W.; Grabe, V.; Rodriguez Lopez, C. E.; Grzech, D.; Heinicke, S.; O’Connor, S. E.; Sonawane, P. D.: A scaffold protein manages the biosynthesis of steroidal defense metabolites in plants. Science 386 (6728), pp. 1366 - 1372 (2024)

Boccia, M.; Ploß, K.; Kunert, M.; Keshan, R.; Hatam, M.; Grabe, V.; O’Connor, S. E.; Sonawane, P. D.: Metabolic engineering of vitamin D3 in Solanaceae plants. Plant Biotechnology Journal 22 (12), pp. 3389 - 3391 (2024)

Deng, Y.; Yu, R.; Grabe, V.; Sommermann, T.; Werner, M.; Vallet, M.; Zerfaß, C.; Werz, O.; Pohnert, G.: Bacteria modulate microalgal aging physiology through the induction of extracellular vesicle production to remove harmful metabolites. Nature Microbiology 9, pp. 2356 - 2368 (2024)

Jiang, X.; Dimitriou, E.; Grabe, V.; Sun, R.; Chang, H.; Zhang, Y.; Gershenzon, J.; Rybak, J.; Hansson, B. S.; Sachse, S.: Ring-shaped odor coding in the antennal lobe of migratory locusts. Cell 187 (15), pp. 13973 - 3991.e24 (2024)

Subasi, B. S.; Grabe, V.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Rolff, J.; Armitage, S. A. O.: How frequently are insects wounded in the wild? A case study using Drosophila melanogaster. Royal Society Open Science 11 (6), 240256 (2024)

Svietlova, N.; Zhyr, L.; Reichelt, M.; Grabe, V.; Mithöfer, A.: Glutamine as sole nitrogen source prevents induction of nitrate transporter gene NRT2.4 and affects amino acid metabolism in Arabidopsis. Frontiers in Plant Science 15, 1369543 (2024)

Vu, A. H.; Kang, M.; Wurlitzer, J.; Heinicke, S.; Li, C.; Wood, J. C.; Grabe, V.; Buell, C. R.; Caputi, L.; O’Connor, S. E.: Quantitative single-cell mass spectrometry provides a highly resolved analysis of natural product biosynthesis partitioning in plants. Journal of the American Chemical Society 146 (34), pp. 23891 - 23900 (2024)