07.07.2020
+++ News Ticker Science #45 +++ Ecometabolomics +++
Root exudates under field conditions. Researchers from the IPB and German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) recently published a study on root exudate composition of grass and forb species in natural...read more
07.07.2020
+++ News Ticker Science #44 +++ Biotechnology +++
Enhancing plant performance through combinatorial engineering of signaling networks. Tina Romeis (IPB) and her team at the FU Berlin together with researchers from the MPI-MP Potsdam and the University of Münster recently...read more
29.06.2020
+++ News Ticker Science #43 +++ Methods +++
New versatile approach for high-throughput analysis using GC-MS IPB scientist have developed a versatile high-throughput screening method that aims to accelerate catalyst discovery and development. In order to avoid long...read more
09.06.2020
+++ News Ticker Science #42 +++ Calcium Signaling +++
Role of mannosyltransferase ALG12 for MAMP receptor integrity Changes in cellular calcium levels are one of the earliest signaling events in plants exposed to pathogens or other exogenous factors. IPB scientists recently...read more
27.05.2020
+++ News Ticker Science #41 +++ Methods +++
Detection of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Gene Expression by In Situ Hybridization. Bettina Hause and Natalia Requena (University of Karlsruhe) recently presented a new method for the preparation of mycorrhizal roots for the...read more
22.05.2020
+++ News Ticker Science #40 +++ Cyclic peptides +++
Insights into the secondary structures of lactam N-substituted stapled peptides IPB chemists together with collaborators from the MLU Halle and the University of Havana have taken a closer look at features of a special class of...read more
20.05.2020
+++ News Ticker Science #39 +++ Cell Biology
User-friendly assessment of pavement cell shape features with PaCeQuant: Novel functions and tools Scientists led by Katharina Bürstenbinder (IPB), together with bioinformaticians from the Halle University and the German...read more
19.05.2020
+++ News Ticker Science #38 +++ Analytical Methods +++
Optimized protocol for Fingerprinting of Rhizobial Free Fatty Acids IPB scientists, in close cooperation with Russian researchers, have published a straightforward protocol for the quantification of free fatty acids from the...read more
18.05.2020
+++ News Ticker Science #37 +++ Antiinfectives +++
Anthelmintic and antimicrobial compounds from Indonesian lichen Parmelia cetrata Ach. IPB chemists recently published an extensive phytochemical study of Parmelia cetrata, a foliose lichen from Indonesia. They successfully...read more
08.05.2020
+++ News Ticker Science #36 +++ Phytohormones +++
The auxin-prompted dance between TIR1 and AUX/IAA proteins demands a hug that helps plants to grow Plants have the astounding ability to thrive and adapt in environments that more often than not, are hostile. Signaling...read more
09.04.2020
+++ News Ticker Science #35 +++ CRISPR/Cas9 +++
Better Cas9 efficiency for gene knock-out in plants. A team led by Sylvestre Marillonnet recently published a preprint of a study in which they tried to optimize the Cas9 enzyme for gene editing in plants. In plants,...read more
31.03.2020
+++ News Ticker Science #34 +++ Jasmonate +++
Sulfation switch in the shade. In a recent News & Views article, Claus Wasternack highlights a study led by the Ballaré Lab from Argentinia (Fernandez-Milmanda et al.) His article was published alongside the study in the...read more
12.03.2020
+++ News Ticker Science #33 +++ Pollen +++
Pollen Surface Replenished: A tapetal flavonoid transporter in Arabidopsis. IPB researchers have now identified a gene encoding for a transporter responsible for translocating flavonoid glycosides to the surface of Arabidopsis...read more
03.03.2020
+++ News Ticker Science #32 +++ Plant Stress +++
Senescence master regulator ORE1 is a direct substrate of CPK1 in Arabidopsis. Professor Tina Romeis, and her partners of the Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 973 “Priming and Memory of Organismic Responses to Stress“, have...read more
28.02.2020
+++ News Ticker Science #31 +++ Synthesis +++
Synthesis of lipidated cyclo-peptides as promising anti-phytopathogenic agents. Together with Cuban and Chilean scientists, IPB chemists have developed a multicomponent-based approach for the synthesis of cyclic polycationic...read more
27.02.2020
+++ News Ticker Science #30 +++ Plant Defense +++
Fungal higginsianin B inhibits plant immune responses. IPB scientists, in cooperation with international plant researchers, have identified a natural compound from the fungus and plant pathogen Colletotrichum higginsianum that...read more
24.02.2020
+++ News Ticker Science #29 +++ Metabolomics +++
First metabolite profiling of roasted date pits proves their suitability as a coffee substitute. IPB chemists and Egyptian scientists recently carried out first scientific investigations regarding the suitability of roasted...read more
20.02.2020
+++ News Ticker Science #28 +++ Bioactives +++
Detection of anthraquinones in complex mixtures. IPB chemists have recently published an efficient approach for the detection of anthraquinones in complex mixtures of compounds. For the identification of these natural...read more
11.02.2020
+++ News Ticker Science #27 +++ Therapeutic Targets +++
Glucagon and Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptors: Promising Therapeutic Targets Hidayat Hussain, guest researcher at IPB, together with partners from Oman, has published a review article on the structural diversity of glucagon...read more
10.02.2020
+++ News Ticker Science #26 +++ Bioactives +++
Bioactives from Ethiopian torch lilies. With the participation of the IPB, scientists have published a study on bioactives from Ethiopian torch lilies (Kniphofia foliosa Hochst). They analyzed the biological activity of the...read more