News 2020
08.12.2020
+++ News Ticker Science #65 +++ Proteomics +++
Seed Proteomics Methods: Challenges and Perspectives. IPB experts in collaboration with Russian colleagues have recently published a review on methods in seed proteomics. Seeds of cereals and legumes rich in oils, proteins, and...read more
02.12.2020
End of year newsletter
The December issue of our IPB newsletter is all about sweet tomatoes and effective toothbrushes. There is also exciting information for all fungi friends: From February 2021 on, Wolfgang Brandt offers lectures and excursions to...read more
24.11.2020
+++ News Ticker Science #64 +++ Natural Products +++
What are the active compounds in the toothbrush tree? Branches and roots of the toothbrush tree Salvadora persica have been used in the Middle East and North Africa very effectively for tooth cleaning and oral hygiene for...read more
20.11.2020
+++ News Ticker Science #63 +++ Plant Immunity +++
N-hydroxypipecolic acid is a general activator of systemic immunity in plants. Due to their expertise in plant immunity, IPB’s Tina Romeis and Tiziana Guerra from the Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops recently...read more
18.11.2020
It’s all in your mind? New exhibition at IPB
It seems to be busy in the mind of the painter Ludwig-Lutz Kampelmann from Halle. With his exhibition "Alles aus meinem Kopf" the stage technician of the Halle opera house gives at least a small insight into his moving...read more
11.11.2020
+++ News Ticker Science #62 +++ NMR Methods +++
PSYCHE - A Valuable Experiment in Plant NMR-Metabolomics. IPB researchers together with colleagues from IPK Gatersleben recently examined different NMR methods to enhance the metabolomic analysis of biological samples. The high...read more
10.11.2020
+++ News Ticker Science #61 +++ Natural Products +++
Skin care products from plant-based glucosylceramides? Together with IPB and MLU scientists, pharmacists from Ethiopia recently published a study on the glucosylceramide composition of various plant species. Ceramides are...read more
04.11.2020
+++ News Ticker Science #60 +++ Cell Wall Polymers +++
Seed hemicelluloses tailor mucilage properties and salt tolerance. In a study in New Phytologist, IPB scientists of the Independent Junior Research Group Designer Glycans recently shed light on the functions of various...read more
03.11.2020
Apply now: Leibniz Drug of the Year 2021 and Research Award 2021.
Two calls of the Leibniz Research Alliance "Bioactive Compounds and Biotechnology". Application deadline is 16.11.2020.read more
02.11.2020
Mycorrhizing your way to sweeter tomatoes
IPB Press Release from November 2, 2020read more
20.10.2020
+++ News Ticker Science #59 +++ Plant Defense +++
Downy mildew resistance is genetically mediated by prophylactic production of phenylpropanoids in hop. Researchers from IPB, JKI and Hopsteiner GmbH recently published a study in Plant, Cell & Environment on the underlying...read more
20.10.2020
+++ News Ticker Science #58 +++ Proteome Analytics +++
Exploring the Arabidopsis proteome. IPB proteomics experts recently succeeded in performing deep proteome analytics of Arabidopsis thaliana and gained numerous insights. For this purpose, a comprehensive extraction of tissue...read more
19.10.2020
Election of new PhD and PostDoc Representatives
The postdocs of the IPB have elected their representatives: Anja Liese (upper picture, middle), supported by the deputies Dr. Wilhelm Menzel (left) and Sarah Consuela Lederer (right). They will speak for the interests of all ...read more
12.10.2020
+++ News Ticker Science #57 +++ Multicomponent Reaction +++
Isonitriles: Versatile Handles for the Bioorthogonal Functionalization of Proteins. Due to their expertise in multicomponent reactions, Bernhard Westermann and Yanira Mendez have been invited to write a review for ACS Omega on...read more
09.10.2020
IPB shows exhibition on ways out of the depression
The IPB Health Management Team offers information on mental health this year. For this purpose, Barbara Wolf organized a touring exhibition of the German Depression Aid Foundation for the institute. The exhibition's theme is...read more
09.10.2020
+++ News Ticker Science #56 +++ Multicomponent Reaction +++
Production of Pneumococcal Multivalent Glycoconjugates as Vaccine Candidates with Ugi Multicomponent Bioconjugation. IPB scientists and partners from Cuba have developed a multicomponent reaction for the production of...read more
08.10.2020
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 awarded for genetic scissors CRISPR/Cas9
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 was awarded to the two scientists Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna for the discovery of CRISPR/Cas9. Using this genetic mechanism, they developed a revolutionary method that enables...read more
30.09.2020
Genome Editing in Europe: New Agenda or New Disputes?
International Leopoldina-DFG conference (zoom meeting and livestreaming) on October 1 and 2, 2020read more
25.09.2020
Einschätzung der vier Forschungsorganisationen zur Corona-Epidemie
Die Präsidenten der vier außeruniversitären Forschungsorganisationen Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft, Leibniz-Gemeinschaft und Max-Planck-Gesellschaft haben heute eine neue gemeinsame Stellungnahme zur...read more
24.09.2020
IPB launches new online newsletter
The IPB now publishes a new online newsletter with interesting topics on science, events and personalia. Depending on the target audience, we will release different newsletter editions in English and German that use either...read more