News 2021

Insights into rapid calcium signalling in systemic acquired resistance.

Upon pathogen recognition, plants are able defend themselves effectively, by inducing rapid cellular responses at the site of attack. One of these early…

Insights into the Arabidopsis Nuclear Proteome during PTI.

Scientist from IPB and MLU Halle recently published a high-quality draft catalogue of the Arabidopsis nuclear proteome and of protein import into the nucleus during…

Enzymatic degradation of old tires.

IPB scientists , together with partners from MLU, have succeeded for the first time in degrading synthetic rubber enzymatically. Synthetic rubber has become an indispensable…

Enzymatic degradation of old tires.

IPB scientists , together with partners from MLU, have succeeded for the first time in degrading synthetic rubber enzymatically. Synthetic rubber has become an indispensable…

Discoveries in coffee grounds.

IPB chemists together with Egyptian scientists recently took a closer look at various coffee products from the Middle East region. In a comparative metabolomics approach, they identified a…

Better enzymes through Directed Evolution.

Fungal-derived unspecific peroxygenases (UPOs) have emerged over the past two decades as highly efficient biocatalysts for the oxyfunctionalization of carbon, sulfur, and nitrogen.…

Smart against fraud: Saffron substitutes unmasked.

Because of its unique taste, its health-promoting properties and its laborious extraction, saffron is the most expensive spice of all time. As early as the Middle Ages, the…

Structural insights into branch-forming glycosyltransferases.

As if the chemical diversity of plant metabolites were not already vast enough, the repertoire of compounds can be considerably expanded even further by various…

Complex responses to lack of nutrients.

Plants have evolved sophisticated responses to cope with nutrient deficiencies and to free up resources. These responses often vary from one lacking nutrient to another. Phosphate…

Beating fungi with bioactives from fungi.

IPB natural product chemists recently produced various derivatives of deoxygenated hygrophorones from the natural fungicide hygrophorone. The final products showed equal or better…