Kaltenpoth, M.: An endosymbiont’s journey through metamorphosis of its insect host. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117 (35), pp. 20994 - 20996 (2020)
Kaltenpoth, M.; Flórez, L. V.: Versatile and dynamic symbioses between insects and Burkholderia bacteria. Annual Review of Entomology 65, pp. 145 - 170 (2020)
Lemoine, M. M.; Engl, T.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Microbial symbionts expanding or constraining abiotic niche space in insects. Current Opinion in Insect Science 39, pp. 14 - 20 (2020)
Semiatizki, A.; Weiss, B.; Bagim, S.; Rohkin-Shalom, S.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Chiel, E.: Effects, interactions, and localization of Rickettsia and Wolbachia in the house fly parasitoid, Spalangia endius. Microbial Ecology 80 (3), pp. 718 - 728 (2020)
Waterworth, S. C.; Flórez, L. V.; Rees, E. R.; Hertweck, C.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Kwan, J. C.: Horizontal gene transfer to a defensive symbiont with a reduced genome in a multipartite beetle microbiome. mBio 11 (1), e02430-19 (2020)
Kehoe, L.; Reis, T.; Virah-Sawmy, M.; Balmford, A.; Kuemmerle, T.; Knohl, A.; Antonelli, A.; Balmford, A.; et al.: Make EU trade with Brazil sustainable. Science 364 (6438), p. 341 - 341 (2019)
Martinez, A. J.; Onchuru, T. O.; Ingham, C. S.; Sandoval-Calderon, M.; Salem, H.; Deckert, J.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Angiosperm to Gymnosperm host-plant switch entails shifts in microbiota of the Welwitschia bug, Probergrothius angolensis (Distant, 1902). Molecular Ecology 28 (23), pp. 5172 - 5187 (2019)
Onchuru, T. O.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Quantitative PCR primer design affects quantification of dsRNA-mediated gene knockdown. Ecology and Evolution 9 (14), pp. 8187 - 8192 (2019)
Onchuru, T. O.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Established cotton stainer gut bacterial mutualists evade regulation by host antimicrobial peptides. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 85 (13), e00738 (2019)
Schneider, D. I.; Ehrman, L.; Engl, T.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Hua‑Van, A.; Le Rouzic, A.; Miller, W. J.: Symbiont-driven male mating success in the neotropical Drosophila paulistorum superspecies. Behavior Genetics 49 (1), pp. 83 - 98 (2019)
Segers, F. H. I. D.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Foitzik, S.: Abdominal microbial communities in ants depend on colony membership rather than caste and are linked to colony productivity. Ecology and Evolution 9 (23), pp. 13450 - 13467 (2019)
Strohm, E.; Herzner, G.; Ruther, J.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Engl, T.: Nitric oxide radicals are emitted by wasp eggs to kill mold fungi. eLife 8, e43718 (2019)
Dietel, A.-K.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Kost, C.: Convergent evolution in intracellular elements: plasmids as model endosymbionts. Trends in Microbiology 26 (9), pp. 755 - 768 (2018)
Dose, B.; Niehs, S. P.; Scherlach, K.; Flórez, L. V.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Hertweck, C.: Unexpected bacterial origin of the antibiotic icosalide: Two-tailed depsipeptide assembly in multifarious Burkholderia symbionts. ACS Chemical Biology 13 (9), pp. 2414 - 2420 (2018)
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“.