Yuvaraj, J. K.; Kandasamy, D.; Roberts, R. E.; Hansson, B. S.; Gershenzon, J.; Andersson, M. N.: Eurasian spruce bark beetle detects lanierone using a highly expressed specialist odorant receptor, present in several functional sensillum types. BMC Biology 22, 266 (2024)
Lehmanski, L. M. A.; Kandasamy, D.; Andersson, M. N.; Netherer, S.; Alves, E. G.; Huang, J.; Hartmann, H.: Addressing a century-old hypothesis – do pioneer beetles of Ips typographus use volatile cues to find suitable host trees? New Phytologist 238 (5), pp. 1762 - 1770 (2023)
Netherer, S.; Kandasamy, D.; Jirosová, A.; Kalinová, B.; Schebeck, M.; Schlyter, F.: Interactions among Norway spruce, the bark beetle Ips typographus and its fungal symbionts in times of drought. Journal of Pest Science 94, pp. 591 - 614 (2021)
Tanin, S. M.; Kandasamy, D.; Krokene, P.: Fungal interactions and host tree preferences in the spruce bark beetle Ips typographus. Frontiers in Microbiology 12, 695167 (2021)
Hammerbacher, A.; Kandasamy, D.; Ullah, C.; Schmidt, A.; Wright, L.; Gershenzon, J.: Flavanone-3-hydroxylase plays an important role in the biosynthesis of spruce phenolic defenses against bark beetles and their fungal associates. Frontiers in Plant Science 10, 208 (2019)
Huang, J.; Kautz, M.; Trowbridge, A. M.; Hammerbacher, A.; Raffa, K. F.; Adams, H. D.; Goodsman, D. W.; Xu, C.; Meddens, A. J. H.; Kandasamy, D.et al.; Gershenzon, J.; Seidl, R.; Hartmann, H.: Tree defence and bark beetles in a drying world: carbon partitioning, functioning and modelling. New Phytologist 225 (1), pp. 26 - 36 (2019)
Kandasamy, D.; Gershenzon, J.; Andersson, M. N.; Hammerbacher, A.: Volatile organic compounds influence the interaction of the Eurasian spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) with its fungal symbionts. The ISME Journal 13 (7), pp. 1788 - 1800 (2019)
Kandasamy, D.; Gershenzon, J.; Hammerbacher, A.: Volatile organic compounds emitted by fungal associates of conifer bark beetles and their potential in bark beetle control. Journal of Chemical Ecology 42 (9), pp. 952 - 969 (2016)
Kandasamy, D.: Chemical interactions between the spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus), its host tree (Piceae abies), and its fungal associates. Dissertation, 213 pp., Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2019)
The natural product chemist and Director at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena has been elected a member of the German National Academy of Sciences.
As the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, we are fully committed to the principle of scientific freedom as enshrined in Article 5 of the German Basic Law and recognized worldwide as a fundamental human right.
The award recognizes her outstanding research in the chemistry and biochemistry of plant natural products, with particular emphasis on the detailed elucidation of metabolic pathways and the engineering of novel pathways and compounds for biomedical applications.
The doctoral researcher from the Department of Insect Symbiosis gave an excellent talk about the temporal and spatial dynamics of symbiont lineages in a grain pest beetle.
At the 39th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology (ISCE), currently taking place in Prague, Jonathan Gershenzon, Managing Director of our Institute and Head of the Department of Biochemistry, was awarded the Society's Silver Medal.
Jonathan Gershenzon, Head of the Department of Biochemistry, has been elected to membership of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). This prestigious honor recognizes his outstanding contributions to the life sciences.
After the IMPRS symposium on April 17-18, 2024, Marion Lemoine, Ronja Krüsemer, Johannes Körnig and Iulia Barutia received the presentation awards for the best talks and posters.
Wir laden am 25. April 2024 wieder alle interessierten Schülerinnen und Schüler ab der 8. Klasse ein, am Forsche Schüler Tag einen Blick in unsere Forschungslabore zu werfen und selbst Wissenschaft „auszuprobieren“.