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Michel Heidecker recently received the Master Award of the Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. The biochemist studied at the University of Hamburg and came to the IPB in Halle for his…

Mint species with great potential for drug discovery.

IPB researchers, together with international partners, recently published a phytochemical review on the plant genus Lagochilus. This genus of the…

After completing the scientific evaluation of the IPB, the Leibniz Association Senate has recommended the continued funding of the institute for a period of another seven years. In its statement of…

Press release by Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg on March 22, 2021

Press release by the Leibniz Association on March 18, 2021 (in German)

Healing with frankincense.

Natural boswellic acids from the frankincense plant are currently being discussed as potential bioactives against certain types of cancer. IPB scientists have now joined…

New herbal bioactives against whitefly.

Glandular trichomes of the wild tomato species Solanum habrochaites produce a variety of defense substances against different aggressors. The substance…

Exocyst subunit Exo70B2 is linked to immune signaling and autophagy.

During the immune response, plants synthesize various proteins including plasma membrane-localized receptors and molecules, which…

On the occasion of Professor Ludger Wessjohann's 60th birthday and in recognition of his outstanding scientific contribution to the field of natural products chemistry, researchers of the Department…

The Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB) invites you to the Leibniz Plant Biochemistry Symposium on May 7, 2021. The theme of the symposium, that will take place online this year, will be…