News 2022

Drugstore in the forest: New anthelmintic compounds isolated from fungi.

More than 1.7 billion people worldwide are affected by infections with roundworms, whipworms and hookworms. These neglected tropical diseases are…

The International Journal of Molecular Sciences recently published a special issue on the occasion of Prof. Wessjohann's 60th birthday. At the time of the anniversary last year, editor of the special issue and visiting…

On June 7, 2022, Maria Jose Chica, Director of Research at Casa Luker SA visited the IPB. Casa Luker is among the largest and oldest Colombian cocoa and chocolate producers and both, the IPB and Casa Luker are currently…

Thi Hai Yen Lam from the Natural Products & Metabolomics Research Group won the best poster award at the "Trends in Natural Products Research: A Young Scientists' Meeting". The conference was held May 23-26, 2022, in Crete,…

On May 31, 2022, the nationwide Diversity Day, the IPB together with IAMO and IWH presented a booth at the market place in Halle. Taking the motto "All eyes on diversity", representatives of the three Leibniz institutes in…

IPB Press Release June 1, 2022

It was with great dismay that we recently learned that our long-time colleague and highly esteemed former Managing Director, Professor Dierk Scheel, passed away unexpectedly for all of us in Halle at the end of last week.

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Finally on site again! On May 12 and 13, 2022, the IPB again hosted its annual Leibniz Plant Biochemistry Symposium. After a pandemic break in 2020 and an online symposium last Spring, about 80 participants finally met again…

Cellulose structures in seed mucilage: New influencing factors discovered.

IPB scientists have recently gained new insights into the complex genetic regulation of mucilage formation in Arabidopsis seeds. Like some other…

From June 14-17, 2022, IPB PhD students will organize the Plant Science Student Conference (PSSC). This year, the meeting for PhD students from plant science and related disciplines will take place as an online conference.…