Rodrigues, A.; Johnson, A. J.; Joseph, R. A.; Li, Y.; Keyhani, N. O.; Stanley, E. L.; Weiss, B.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Smith, M. E.; Hulcr, J.: Fungal symbiont community and absence of detectable mycangia in invasive Euplatypus ambrosia beetles. Symbiosis 90, pp. 305 - 319 (2023)
Dearing, M. D.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Gershenzon, J.: Demonstrating the role of symbionts in mediating detoxification in herbivores. Symbiosis 87, pp. 59 - 66 (2022)
Ganesan, R.; Wierz, J. C.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Flórez, L. V.: How it all begins: Bacterial factors mediating the colonization of invertebrate hosts by beneficial symbionts. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews 86 (4), pp. 1 - 21 (2022)
Goettler, W.; Kaltenpoth, M.; McDonald, S.; Strohm, E.: Comparative morphology of the symbiont cultivation glands in the antennae of female digger wasps of the genus Philanthus (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae). Frontiers in Physiology 13, 815494 (2022)
Janke, R. S.; Kaftan, F.; Niehs, S. P.; Scherlach, K.; Rodrigues, A.; Svatoš, A.; Hertweck, C.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Flórez, L. V.: Bacterial ectosymbionts in cuticular organs chemically protect a beetle during molting stages. The ISME Journal 16 (12), pp. 2691 - 2701 (2022)
Janke, R. S.; Moog, S.; Weiss, B.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Flórez, L. V.: Morphological adaptation for ectosymbiont maintenance and transmission during metamorphosis in Lagria beetles. Frontiers in Physiology 13, 979200 (2022)
Kanyile, S. N.; Engl, T.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Nutritional symbionts enhance structural defence against predation and fungal infection in a grain pest beetle. Journal of Experimental Biology 225 (1), jeb243593 (2022)
Kiefer, J. S. T.; Schmidt, G.; Krüsemer, R.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Engl, T.: Wolbachia causes cytoplasmic incompatibility but not male-killing in a grain pest beetle. Molecular Ecology 31 (24), pp. 6570 - 6587 (2022)
Shalom, S. R.; Weiss, B.; Lalzar, M.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Chiela, E.: Abundance and localization of symbiotic bacterial communities in the fly parasitoid Spalangia cameroni. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 48 (9), e02549-21 (2022)
Dose, B.; Niehs, S. P.; Scherlach, K.; Shahda, S.; Flórez, L. V.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Hertweck, C.: Biosynthesis of sinapigladioside, an antifungal isothiocyanate from Burkholderia symbionts. Chembiochem 22 (11), pp. 1920 - 1924 (2021)
Ganesan, R.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Flórez, L. V.: Transposon-insertion sequencing as a tool to elucidate bacterial colonization factors in a Burkholderia gladioli symbiont of Lagria villosa beetles. Journal of Visualized Experiments 174, e62843 (2021)
Nechitaylo, T. Y.; Sandoval-Calderón, M.; Engl, T.; Wielsch, N.; Dunn, D. M.; Goesmann, A.; Strohm, E.; Svatoš, A.; Dale, C.; Weiss, R. B.et al.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Incipient genome erosion and metabolic streamlining for antibiotic production in a defensive symbiont. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 118 (17), e2023047118 (2021)
Wierz, J. C.; Gaube, P.; Klebsch, D.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Flórez, L. V.: Transmission of bacterial symbionts with and without genome erosion between a beetle host and the plant environment. Frontiers in Microbiology 12, 715601 (2021)
Brückner, A.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Heethoff, M.: De novo biosynthesis of simple aromatic compounds by an arthropod (Archegozetes longisetosus). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287 (1934), 20201429 (2020)
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“.