Vogel, H.; Shukla, S.; Engl, T.; Weiss, B.; Fischer, R.; Steiger, S.; Heckel, D. G.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Vilcinskas, A.: The digestive and defensive basis of carcass utilization by the burying beetle and its microbiota. Nature Communications 8, 15186 (2017)
Zalucki, M. P.; Zalucki, J. M.; Perkins, L. E.; Schramm, K.; Giddings Vassão, D.; Gershenzon, J.; Heckel, D. G.: A generalist herbivore copes with specialized plant defence: the effects of induction and feeding by Helicoverpa armigera. Journal of Chemical Ecology 43 (6), pp. 608 - 616 (2017)
Zhang, J.; Khan, S. A.; Heckel, D. G.; Bock, R.: Next-generation insect-resistant plants: RNAi-mediated crop protection. Trends in Biotechnology 35 (9), pp. 871 - 882 (2017)
Bretschneider, A.; Heckel, D. G.; Pauchet, Y.: Three toxins, two receptors, one mechanism: Mode of action of Cry1A toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis in Heliothis virescens. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 76, pp. 109 - 117 (2016)
Bretschneider, A.; Heckel, D. G.; Vogel, H.: Know your ABCs: Characterization and gene expression dynamics of ABC transporters in the polyphagous herbivore Helicoverpa armigera. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 72, pp. 1 - 9 (2016)
Heckel, D. G.: A return to the pore – dissecting Bacillus thuringiensis toxin mode of action via voltage clamp experiments (commentary). The FEBS Journal 283 (24), pp. 4458 - 4461 (2016)
Kirsch, R.; Heckel, D. G.; Pauchet, Y.: How the rice weevil breaks down the pectin network: Enzymatic synergism and sub-functionalization. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 71, pp. 72 - 82 (2016)
Kost, S.; Heckel, D. G.; Yoshido, A.; Marec, F.; Groot, A. T.: A Z-linked sterility locus causes sexual abstinence in hybrid females and facilitates speciation in Spodoptera frugiperda. Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution 70 (6), pp. 1418 - 1427 (2016)
Koutroumpa, F.; Groot, A. T.; Dekker, T.; Heckel, D. G.: Genetic mapping of male pheromone response in the European corn borer identifies candidate genes regulating neurogenesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113 (42), pp. E6401 - E6408 (2016)
Pauchet, Y.; Bretschneider, A.; Augustin, S.; Heckel, D. G.: A P-glycoprotein is linked to resistance to the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry3Aa toxin in a leaf beetle. Toxins 8 (12), 362 (2016)
Roy, A.; Walker III, W. B.; Vogel, H.; Kushwaha, S. K.; Chattington, S.; Larsson, M. C.; Anderson, P.; Heckel, D. G.; Schlyter, F.: Data set for diet specific differential gene expression analysis in three Spodoptera moths. Data in Brief 8, pp. 448 - 455 (2016)
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“.