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New adjuvants with multicomponent reaction.

The production of effective adjuvants plays an important role in the development of new vaccines. These vaccine boosters enable a strong and targeted…

On November 8, Tom Schreiber explained to a young audience in Halle that CRISPR is not a crunchy cereal, but rather a new technology that can be used to target and specifically modify any location in…

Proteomics of growth and defense.

The activation of plant defense mechanisms against pathogens is energy-intensive and therefore often occurs at the cost of growth and development. The molecular…

Jasmonate inhibitor acts species-specific.

Not every inhibitor works in every plant. Bettina Hause and iDiv scientists recently discovered this for the substance Jarin-1. The effect of the alkaloid,…

UPOs see the light.

Nonspecific peroxygenases (UPOs) are enzymes that can selectively and efficiently transfer oxygen to organic compounds. UPO-catalyzed reactions are therefore suitable for the…

The chemistry of premium chocolate.

The processing of cocoa beans into chocolate is based on complex traditional drying, fermentation and roasting steps that are not standardized and therefore…

Katharina Bürstenbinder will take up a professorship in cell biology at Philipps-Universität Marburg on November 1, 2023. This marks the end of a very successful and remarkably dedicated time at IPB…

The IPB doctoral students have recently elected their representatives for the term 2023-2024. Starting end of September, Jolina Marx, Milica Tomić, Ranjit Baral and Kiran Raj assumed their roles…

Congratulations to Jonas Buhl! The PhD student of the Molecular Signal Processing department was awarded the prize for the best presentation at the recent online meeting of the Junior European Calcium…

First enantioselective UPO by enzyme engineering.

Nonspecific peroxygenases (UPOs) of fungal origin catalyze a wide range of hydroxylation reactions very efficiently and require only hydrogen…