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Our 9th Leibniz Plant Biochemistry Symposium was an all-round successful event. Over 90 participants visited the Leopoldina on 13 and 14 May to listen to the excellent speakers and their exciting…

Annually, the Leibniz Research Network Bioactive Compounds organizes the "Leibniz Conference on Bioactive Compounds". The conference provides an opportunity for exchange and also highlights a member…

IPB Press Release, 24.04.2024

Our 9th Leibniz Plant Biochemistry Symposium will take place on May 13th and 14th with the theme "Plant Metabolites and Signaling".

Please find the program here.

The event will be held at the Nationa…

New CRISPR method allows stable knock-in of large genes.

Major progress on the CRISPR front. With the help of CRISPR/Cas, IPB scientists and French partners have succeeded in integrating larger DNA…

Arabidopsis F-box protein prolongs JA-based defense response. Commentary in Molecular Plant.

As highly respected jasmonate experts, Claus Wasternack and Bettina Hause recently had the honor of…

Sesquiterpene lactones: A comprehensive review of fascinating natural products.

IPB scientists, together with Dutch and Canadian partners, have recently published a review on sesquiterpene lactones…

Out of the plant - into the yeast! Modern diterpene production through biotechnology.

IPB scientists have recently generated a substantial library of diterpenoids by combinatorial biosynthesis. In a…

The Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB) cordially invites interested secondary school students and their parents to this year's Tag der Berufe (Day of Vocational Training).

When?
On…

Machine learning-assisted LOV protein engineering.

LOV photoreceptors control light-dependent processes such as phototropism in higher plants, but are also found in algae, fungi, and bacteria. They…