Halitschke, R.; Stenberg, J. A.; Kessler, D.; Kessler, A.; Baldwin, I. T.: Shared signals – “alarm calls” from plants increase apparency to herbivores and their enemies in nature. Ecology Letters 11 (1), pp. 24 - 34 (2008)
Kessler, D.; Gase, K.; Baldwin, I. T.: Field experiments with transformed plants reveal the sense of floral scents. Science 321 (5893), pp. 1200 - 1202 (2008)
Kessler, D.; Baldwin, I. T.: Making sense of nectar scents: the effects of nectar secondary metabolites on floral visitors of Nicotiana attenuata. The Plant Journal 49 (5), pp. 840 - 854 (2007)
Jassbi, A. R.; Zamanizadehnajari, S.; Kessler, D.; Baldwin, I. T.: A new acyclic diterpene glycoside from Nicotiana attenuata with a mild deterrent effect on feeding Manduca sexta larvae. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung, B: A Journal of Chemical Sciences 61 (9), pp. 1138 - 1142 (2006)
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“.