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)
de Bionda, C. L.; Kost, S.; Salas, N. E.; Lajmanovich, R. C.; Sinsch, U.; Martino, A. L.: Age structure, growth and longevity in the common toad, Rhinella arenarum, from Argentina. Acta Herpetologica 10 (1), pp. 55 - 62 (2015)
Albre, J.; Liénard, M. A.; Sirey, T. M.; Schmidt, S.; Tooman, L. K.; Carraher, C.; Greenwood, D. R.; Löfstedt, C.; Newcomb, R. D.: Sex pheromone evolution is associated with differential regulation of the same desaturase gene in two genera of leafroller moths. PLoS Genetics 8 (1), e1002489 (2012)
Voelckel, C.; Mirzaei, M.; Reichelt, M.; Luo, Z.; Pascovici, D.; Heenan, P. B.; Schmidt, S.; Janssen, B.; Haynes, P. A.; Lockhart, P. J.: Transcript and protein profiling identify candidate gene sets of potential adaptive significance in New Zealand Pachycladon. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10, 151 (2010)
Schmidt, S.; Baldwin, I. T.: Down-regulation of systemin after herbivory is associated with increased root allocation and competitive ability in Solanum nigrum. Oecologia 159 (3), pp. 473 - 482 (2009)
Schmidt, S.; Baldwin, I. T.: Systemin in Solanum nigrum. The tomato-homologous polypeptide does not mediate direct defense responses. Plant Physiology 142 (4), pp. 1751 - 1758 (2006)
Schmidt, D. D.; Voelckel, C.; Hartl, M.; Schmidt, S.; Baldwin, I. T.: Specificity in ecological interactions. Attack from the same lepidopteran herbivore results in species-specific transcriptional responses in two solanaceous host plants. Plant Physiology 138 (3), pp. 1763 - 1773 (2005)
Groot, A. T.; Unbehend, M.; Hänniger, S.; Juarez, M. L.; Kost, S.; Heckel, D. G.: Evolution of Reproductive Isolation of Spodoptera frugiperda. In: Pheromone communication in Moths: Evolution, Behavior, and Application, pp. 291 - 300 (Eds. Allison, J. D.; Cardé, R. T.). Univ. of California press, Oakland (2016)
Schmidt, S.: Responses of Black Nightshade (Solanum nigrum) to insect herbivory with a special focus on the 18-amino acid polypeptide systemin. Dissertation, 132 pp., Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2007)
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“.